Flume, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Boy & Bear, Empire Of The Sun, triple j and Renee Geyer have all picked up ARIA Award nominations as the Fine Arts and Artisan awards are announced.
Covering world, classic and jazz categories, as well as producing and cover art, the seven categories will be announced at the nominations event for the remainder of the ARIA Awards (including Album Of The Year and Group Of The Year) on Tuesday 15 October.
In-demand producer Wayne Connolly and Boy & Bear (who swept 2011's awards with five ARIAs) have got a nod for their production on the band's latest Harlequin Dream record alongside Harley Streten (aka Flume) for his debut, Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan form Empire Of The Sun's Ice On The Dune and Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker for his Lonerism production (he's also noted in the engineering category, as well). Virginia Read flies the classical flag in that flag for her work on Sally Whitwell's All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music Of Michael Nyman.
Elsewhere Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are nominated alongside Paul Kelly, Tina Arena and David Bridie in the Soundtrack category.
Indigenous star Shellie Morris has also picked up a nomination in the world category for her fantastic records with The Borroloola Songwomen, Together We Are Strong – Ngambala Wiji Li-Wununga The Song Peoples Sessions.
The awards themselves will take place at Sydney's The Star Sunday 1 December and will be screened on Nine's digital channel GO!.
The full list of nominees are below:
FINE ARTS NOMINEES
BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM
Amy Dickson, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Catch Me If You Can
David Hansen - Rivals – Arias for Farinelli & Co.
Jane Sheldon – North + South
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Westlake – Missa Solis: Requiem For Eli
Sally Whitwell – All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music Of Michael Nyman
BEST JAZZ ALBUM
Andrea Keller – Family Portraits
Jonathan Zwartz – The Remembering & Forgetting Of The Air
Renee Geyer – Swing
The Idea Of North – Smile
Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor – The Colonel & The Governor
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Airileke – Weapon Of Choice
Joseph Tawadros – Chameleons Of The White Shadow
Rasa Duende – Improvisations
Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen – Together We Are Strong – Ngambala Wiji Li-Wununga The Song Peoples Sessions
Various – Melodie Francaise
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/ CAST/ SHOW ALBUM
David Bridie – Satellite Boy
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Present – Lawless – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Paul Kelly, James Ledger, Genevieve Lacey, ANAM Musicians – Conversations With Ghosts
Tina Arena - Symphony of Life
Various - triple j's One Night Stand
ARTISAN AWARD NOMINEES
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Wayne Connolly & Boy & Bear – Boy & Bear, Harlequin Dream
Luke Steele/Nick Littlemore/Peter Mayes/Jonathan Sloan – Empire Of The Sun, Ice On The Dune
Harley Streten – Flume, Flume
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, All Imperfect Things: Solo Piano Music Of Michael Nyman
Kevin Parker – Tame Impala, Lonerism
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Dann Hume – Alpine, Seeing Red
Peter Mayes – Empire Of The Sun, Ice On The Dune
Nicky Bomba, Robin Mai – Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Virginia Read – Sally Whitwell, All Imperfect Things
Kevin Parker – Tame Impala, Lonerism
BEST COVER ART
Justin Maller – Bliss n Eso, Circus In The Sky
Aaron Hayward & Dave Homer (Debaser) – Empire Of The Sun, Ice On The Dune
Glen Hannah – Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Wreck And Ruin
Kevin Parker & Leif Podhajsky – Tame Impala, Lonerism
Graeme Base – The Cat Empire, Steal The Light
