Qwartz 6

Dear Readers,

located at Palais de la Bourse in Paris, from 2nd to 3rd of april 2010, Qwartz 6 brought together independent musicians from all over the world to receive their International New and Electronic Music Awards.

This years Honorary President was Gudrun Gut together with Jury President Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Founded in 2002 Qwartz is a project supporting the creations of independent music.

During each event, listed labels as the invited independent musicians perform on stage with some of their work.
The invited guests represent the current different streams of new and electronic music, from pioneers to contemporary artists, from electroacoustics to techno and others.

Today Qwartz involves 3000 different Labels and 10 000 artists.
The awards concerns all aspects of contemporary artistic creations, complete works of music, graphics and audiovisuals, instruments, technologic innovations, festivals, press and neomediatic arts.

This 6th edition of Qwartz was in honor of the career of Laurie Anderson and Francois Bayle.


The winners are:

Qwartz Album:
FEDAYI PACHA - From the Oriental School of dub [Hammerbass]

Qwartz Experimentation/Research:
HUGHES GERMAIN - Esprit de sel [Volume-Collectif / Césaré]

Qwartz Discovery:
CERCUEIL - Shoo Straight Shout [Optical Sound]

Qwartz Compilation:
ALEC EMPIRE plays Staubgold: Rauschgold [Staubgold]

Qwartz Anthology:
FRANCISCO LOPEZ - Through the Looking-Glass [Kairos]

Qwartz Track:
FRACTIONAL - Tansw extrait de Still Life [The Centrifuge]

Qwartz Dancefloor/Clubbing:
DANIELA LA LUZ - Elle Routine extrait de Musik Non Stop Uno [Syncopated Musik]

Qwartz Artwork/Packaging:
MOUNIR JATOUM (LA COMMISSURE) - Split d’Arnaud Rivière & Antoine Chessex [Le Petit Mignon]

Qwartz New Media Art:
KURT HENTSCHLAGER

Qwartz Artist:
ARNAUD REBOTINI

Qwartz Label:
SHITKATAPULT

Qwartz Max Mathews:
OLIVIER SENS [Usine Software]

Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer:
FRANÇOIS BAYLE

Qwartz d’Honneur:
LAURIE ANDERSON