“Zelta Mikrofons’23” albums are evaluated in 11 genre categories, debut, album design and songs are distinguished separately. The jury also evaluates the audiovisual performance in the video and concert recording categories. The album of the year is voted by the leaders of all album categories”. The most listened song in radio stations will receive an award in the Radio Hits category, while the new nomination “Most listened record with Elektrum” will reward the song or composition most listened to on music streaming sites.Members of the public can give their musical favorites a crush award by participating in the “Elvi Song of the Year” ballot, which will close during the ceremony.
“Although this year the number of applications for the “Zelta Mikrofons” award for music recording of the year is slightly lower than last year, in general the submitted recordings give an objective picture of musical life in Latvia in 2022″, says music critic and journalist Jānis Žilde, elected president for the first time this year as a jury member.
Žilde outlines the challenges of the jury’s work: “Like every year, a big test for the jury is to put all submitted works into shelves or categories, the number of which is limited. For example, jazz is again paired with funk , rock with metal, since there are not always enough voices in each genre issue, even the “Golden Microphone” ceremony must fit the compact requirements of a live television broadcast. Traditionally, the “Debut” category must be adapted, because already well – known and experienced musicians with ten, fifteen and even more years of experience in the music industry still want to see their works in this nomination, which is not in line with the philosophical setting expressed in the award rules, i.e. “the priority of the “Debut” category is the assessment of new talent”. and complete albums. Therefore, in order to follow the spirit of the times, as well as show pr regarding individual musicians, there are intense discussions about changes in award rules regarding EP timing.”
While the results are being compiled, “Zelta Mikrofons’23” in cooperation with “Zaļa josta” and “Elvi” invites you to participate in the “Old phone or Zelta Mikrofons?” campaign, to hand in your old mobile phones for recycling. Encouraging long-term thinking and understanding of raw material recycling, special boxes will be placed in ELVI stores across Latvia until 1 February in which to leave used phones to get gold to gild microphone figurines by recycling them. Share On average, a cell phone contains 0.034 grams of gold. To get the required amount of Scrap Gold for gilding a Gold Microphone figurine, it would be enough to transfer at least 100 cellphones for rework.
It has already been reported that the annual Latvian Music Recording Award “Zelta Mikrofons’23” will be held on February 18, 2023 at the International Exhibition Center in Ķīpsala, with the audience attending for the first time. Tickets for the ceremony can be purchased at ekase.lv. The winners of “Zelta Mikrofons’23” will receive two prizes: a physical and a digital statuette. Internationally recognized Latvian artist KIWIE creates a different NFT for each nomination or brings to life the statuette in digital crypto-art.
