Voice Independent Music Awards VIMA AWARDS Nominees

VIMA AWARDS Nominees (FINAL)

In what was deemed as the list to define the “true” and “just” definition of the Malaysian Music industry,the VIMAs (Voice Independent Music Awards) final nominee list was unveiled last night.

The announcement was made by the visibly exhausted founder, Siva Chandran, who said, “After more than 300 songs, 50 hours of judging, debating,lobbying and tabulating of the scores,we are satisfied with the final VIMAs nominee list which we truly believe represents the music industry as a whole.The Voize team left no stone unturned as we combed through amateur indie acts, bedroom producers, college acts and of course, the who’s who of the indie music scene.It’s a one-of-a-kind nominee list because you have indie acts from Rock, Pop, R&B and Reggae to Electronica, dance and hip-hop. Our toughest challenge was judging the rock category, as there were just too many songs vying for so few rock categories. Perhaps next year we may be able to break the genre down further.It’s been a grueling 3 days for the team, but it’s been worth it. The whole of Asia is looking to us to benchmark Indie music, and the VIMAs is Asia’s first indie music awards, so we’re elated to have pulled off a massive milestone. For now…I need some well deserved sleep.”

Indie act Estrella led the way with a massive 7 nominations, followed by hip-hop artiste Altimet who tied with Melissa Indot, both earning 6 nominations.

Estrella

“The awards will be handed out on January 17th at Titanium Club, and we expect a crowd of almost 400 people comprising of celebrities and readers of Voize.my. The event is by invite only and we will be conducting a contest for readers to win exclusive passes for the VIMAs via our facebook site and voize.my.” said Premo, Marketing Executive of Voize.my (www.voize.my), an Asian and lifestyle entertainment portal, is the organizer of VIMAs and also another upcoming indie award, the AVIMA2009 (Asia’s First Indie Music Awards), comprising of 12 countries and will be held at the same venue on March 21st, 2009.

Another hip-hop act, Malique and rock acts Estranged and One Buck Short nabbed 5 nominations each.

Aaltimet

There were also plenty of surprise nominees in the list including reggae act Pure Vibracions(4 nominations), Transient Vortex (4),Vassanth (4), GBOB runner-up Aisunam (3), Luscious, Infinatez, Five and Dime,the blues-funk Curtis Blues Review, dance act Nicky C, Djyapee, Prema Yin, Reza Salleh, Karen Nunis, and the very low profile electronica extraodinaire, Silent Keat.

 
1. Best Pop Category 

Best Pop Song

1. Khabarkan – Luscious
2. Mi Gal – Pure Vibracion
3. Ada Masa – Infinatez
4. Heard You’re Ok – Tactmatic
5. Crazy – Sam
6. Stay – Estrella

Best Pop Group

1. Pure Vibracion
2. Luscious
3. Infinatez
4. Estrella
5. Milli’z
6. Radiostar

Best Pop Vocalist

1. Jerome Kugan
2. Reza Salleh
3. Yuna
4. Yuri Wong
5. Llyana (Estrella)
6. Reggae Joe (Pure Vibracion)

Best Female Vocalist  (Over All)

1. Prema Yin
2. Karen Nunis
3. Llyana (Estrella)
4. Najwa
5. Melissa Indot
6. Dina
    

2. Best Rock Category 

Best Rock Song

1. Wanting You – Deja Voodoo Spells
2. The Slave In Us – Estranged
3. My Generation – Seven Collar T-Shirt
4. Kelibat Korupsi –  One Buck Short
5. Rise Above – Frequency Cannon
6. Hanya – Paku

Best Rock Group

1. Estranged
2. Deja Voodoo Spells
3. Love Me Butch
4. One Buck Short
5. Aisunam
6. Curtis Blues Review

Best Rock Vocalist

1. Russell Curtis (Curtis Blues Review)
2. Vijay (Five and Dime)
3. Rithan (Deja Voodoo Spells)
4. Fauzi (Aisunam)
5. Mooky (One Buck Short)
6. Prema Yin
    

3. Best Hip-Hop Category

Best Hip-Hop Song

1. Bak Datang – Rebel Scum
2. Truth Hurts – Vassanth & KK Kanna
3. Come My Lady – Ad Voc Feat Kraft
4. Layu – Malique
5. Keep Your Head Up – Ghetto Republic
6. You Got Me – Altimet

Best Hip-Hop Solo

1. Malique
2. Altimet
3. Vassanth
4. Ad Voc
5. Joe Flizzow
6. Sayla
    

Best Hip-Hop Group

1. Rabel Scum
2. Ghetto Republic
3. KLG Sqwad
4. Dose Two
5. DNA
6. Phlowtron

4. Best Dance Category

Best Dance Song

1. I Feel Love – DJay Pee
2. Crystal – Transient Vortex
3. Redirection – Nicky C
4. Residue – Lurks
5. This Time – Melissa Indot
6. Life Is A Mystery – Shruthi 

Best Dance Act

1. Transient Vortex
2. Melissa Indot
3. Nicky C
4. Lurks
5. Deejay Pee
6. Silent Keat

Best Dance Dj (Club)

1. Dj Fuzz
2. Dj JD
3. DJ C-Za
4. Dj T-Bone
5. DJ GoldFish
6. Dj  Nesh 

5. Best Remix

1. Boys I Like – Transient Vortex
2. Apologize – Immortal Souls
3. This Time – Melissa Indot

6. Best Collaboration

1. Mantera Beradu – Malique Feat M Nasir
2. Chantek – Altimet Feat Adeep
3. Starlight (Remix) – Melissa Indot Feat Kraft
4. Truth Hurts – Vassant Feat KK Kanna
5. Kids – Deejay Pee & Nicky C
6. Kau Yang Punya – Malique Feat Najwa

7. Best Instrumental

1. Wadi – Melodica
2. Little V – Phoeny X
3. Kids – Deejay Pee & Nicky C
4. Crystal – Transient Vortex
5. Put Your Dreams To Sleep – Deepset
6. Electric Baby – Silent Keat

8. Best Genre Bender

1. You Got Me – Altimet
2. My Girl – Jay Walia
3. Rise Above – Frequency Cannon
4. Truth Hurts – Vassanth
5. Nasi Campur – Karen Nunis
6. Kelibat Korupsi – One Buck Short  

9. Best Song To Play At Camp Fire and To Do Away With Monday Morning Blues

1. Chantek – Altimet
2. Stay – Estrella
3. When We Were Boys – Yuri Wong
4. 50 Down The Way – Reza Salleh (Pop TeeVee Sessions)
5. Be Good – Ika
6. Wont Be Very Far – Remy J
    

10. Best College Act

1. Ghetto Republic
2. Eric Hermono
3. Marionexxes
4. Ikay Stanna
5. Phoeny X 

11. Best Guitar “Goreng” Riff

1. Arora – Estranged
2. Wanting You – Deja Voodoo Spells
3. Farewell – Coda
4. Pendekar Tangan Berapi – Nrocinu
5. Manusia – Aisunam
6. Kau – Private Whizz
    

12. Best Act In the Whole Universe (International Act)

1. The Diplomats (Indonesia/Malaysia/Canada/Hong Kong)
2. Vanessa Mosses (Australia/Malaysia)
3. Thaitanium (Thailand)
4. MotherJane (India)
5. Koil (Indonesia)
6. The Great Spy Experiment (SG)
    

13. Best Producer

1. Estranged & JD Wong (Estranged)
2. Altimet (Altimet)
3. D Navigator & Malique (Malique)
4. Greg Handerson (One Buck Short)
5. Jeffrey Little & Saiful Ridzuan (Estrella)
6. Andy A Marican (Luscious)
    

14. Most Mind Blowing Music Video

1. Barricade – Love Me Butch
2. Love Surreal -Melissa Indot
3. Fantasy Girl – Caprice
4. Yang Pernah – Estranged
5. Stay – Estrella
6. Mi Gal – Pure Vibracions