Nominees for the “Golden Microphone” Annual Music Record Award are known

Gold Microphone Award nominee

The following were put to the popular vote “Song of the Year of ELVI”:

• “Where God’s Sleigh Slides” – “Brainstorm”, “Folk Girls”
• “Airplane mode” – “Astro’n’out”
• “Feels” – “Brainstorm”
• “I started from the beginning” – Būū
• “Signature” – “Tools”
• “Shaman” – Aija Andrejeva, ZeBrene
• “Patch” – “Singapore Satin”, Samantha Tina
• “It’s written in heaven” – Don
• “Chalk Limousine” – “Other Boys”
• “Take My Place” – “Sudden Lights”, ANNNA

The category “Jazz or funk music album” includes:

• Deniss Pashkevich & Mikko Gunu Karjalainen Quintets – “Reflections”
• Knudsen/Rudzinskis Space Big Band – “Space Big Band”
• Kristaps Vanadzinsh Trio – “The Love Garden has Overgrown”
• Latvian Radio Big Bands, “The Sound Poets” – “Latvian Jazz Suite IV | Latvian Jazz Suite IV”
• “Very Cool People” – “50 Years Of Influence + 30 Years Of Cool Equals 13 Years Of Music Hooliganism”

The category “Electronic or dance music album” includes:

• “Brimstone” – “Brimstone vein”
• Kaspars Niklasons – “T elpa s_01”
• Oriole – “1989”
• Rick Feds – “Future Human”
• Urbanstep – “Stages”

The Hip Hop Music Album category includes:

• Bush – “Putni”
• Edavas – “Ecosystems”
• Eliots – “Stupid Reps”
• Greyhound – “During”
• “Singapore Satin” – “Stonks”

The category “Indie or Alternative Music Album” includes:

• DZ – “DZ”
• Evija Webere – “How”
• Lorete Medne – “Ten Times About Her”
• “Don’t Go” – “Here”
• “Recently” – “It will be a long time”

The category “Instrumental or Interdisciplinary Music Album” includes:

• Artūrs Skrastiņš, Intars Busulis, Andris Keišs, Jānis Šipkēvics, Jānis Aišpurs, Kaspars Znotins – “Ziedonis. Lācis. Men”
• Kārlis Auzāns – “Emilija. Queen of the Latvian Press”
• Richard Liv Orchestra – “Willful Blindness”
• Valters Pūce, musicians of “Sinfonietta Riga”, Riga Dome Boys’ Choir – “Bedre (The Pit) Soundtrack”
• Vladislav Nastavshev, Toms Aunins – “Bloodsheds”

The category “Country or hit music album” includes:

• Ineta Rudzite – “Memories, or who are you?”
• “Peace in the winds” – “Life is beautiful”
• “Peace in the winds” – “Here are our roots and meadows of hope”
• Sandris Dubovs – “Signs of Fate”
• “Sixth Mile” – “River”

In the category “Music album for children” are:

• “Knobs and snails” – “Hedgehog pot. Under the mushrooms”
• “Knīpas un knauķi”, Rūta Dūduma-Ķirse, Laura Štoma, Jānis Šipkēvics – “Emotion researchers”
• Laura Polence – “Who is missing? Who appeared?”
• Lauris Reiniks, Rūta Reinika-Preisa, Sofija Timma – “Ričijs Rū is organizing a concert”
• “Pigory” – “Piggy Pigory”

In the category “Pop music album” are:

• Būū – “Album”
• “Carnival Youth”-“Naivais ku-kū”
• “Other boys” – “Dogs take to the streets”
• “Brainstorming” – “A year without a calendar”
• “Riga Fashion” – “True Intentions”

The category “Rock or metal music album” includes:

• Felix Kigelis – “Conscience”
• “Inokentijs Mārpls” – “Dice are thrown”
• “N0Tinghila” – “Striving for glow and painful silence. Tales for adults”
• “Nova Koma” – “I’m not angry”
• “Pink Fluids” – “A Quick One Before The Mantis Gets You”

The category “Folk or World Music Album” includes:

• Ance Krauze, Raimonds Pauls – “Sasala Merīna”
• “Auļi” – “All Around”
• “Nature Concert Hall” – “Invasivus”
• “Iļģi” – “We are nine balini”
• “Callers” – “In Nature”

The “Debut” category includes:

• Būū – “Album”
• “Other boys” – “Dogs take to the streets”
• Emilija Jermola – “In August”
• Lorete Medne – “Ten Times About Her”
• Rick Feds – “Future Human”

The “Video” category includes:

• “Carnival Youth” – “Tin Soldiers”
• Evija Webere and ansis – “Good Dog”
• “Brainstorm” – “Feels”
• Ralph Eiland pied. Edava – “Peace”
• Zebrene and Aija Andrejeva – “Shaman”

The category “Concert recording videos” includes:

• “Nature Concert Hall” – “Naturkonzerthalle 2021 | Lathyrus pratensis”
• “Nature Concert Hall” – “Nature Concert Hall – Invasivus”
• “Instruments” – “Instruments.” Beautifully strange “on Mežaparks stage”
• “Brainstorming” – “A year without a calendar”
• Saulkrasti Choir “Anima” (conductor Laura Leontjeva) – “Shaken on the Shore”

The “Song” category includes:

• Astro’n’out – Airplane Mode
• Buu – “I started from the beginning”
• Don – “It’s Written in Heaven (Milky Way)”
• “Brainstorm”, “Folk Girls” – “Where God’s Sleigh Slides”
• Zebrene and Aija Andrejeva – “Shaman”

The album “Classical or choir music” includes:

• “Kremerata Baltica. Marģeris Zariņš” – “Kremerata Baltica”, Ieva Parša – mezzo-soprano, Aigars Reinis – organ, Andris Veismanis – conductor
• “Imants Kalnins: Complete Symphonies & Concertos” – Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Choir “Latvia” and others
• “Ivanovs Symphonies Nos. 15 & 16” – Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
• “Aeternum” – State Academic Choir “Latvia”, conductor Maris Sirmais
• “Vox Clara” – “Schola Cantorum Riga”, Guntars Prānis & Ieva Nīmane

In the “Best Album Design” category:

• “Ten Ka”, “Sonic Seometry: Structures, Patterns and Forms” – album design by Edgars Ameriks
• “Juuk”, “Bats” – album design by Raitis Kalniņš
• “Other boys”, “Dogs take to the streets” – album design authors: artist Renāte Saulīte, design Dita Bērziņa
• Ojārs Vācietis, Andris Keišs, Raimonds Pauls, Oskars Ozoliņš – album design authors: brother Y / artist Ivo Grundulis
• Edavārdi – album design authors Terēze Strādniece, Maija Kuzņecova, Eduards Gorbunovs

Only at the end of January will the applicants for the prize in the nomination “Radio hits”, which is traditionally determined by the Latvian Association of Performers and Producers (LaIPA), become known. The recipient of the award for a lifetime contribution to the development of Latvian music will be announced in early February.

More than 500 entries have been submitted this year: 165 albums; 37 debut albums; 149 songs; 134 videos; 20 concert videos and 22 album designs.

The Golden Microphone ’22 Award for Music Recordings will be held on February 26th. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the tradition of honoring the best records of each year.

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