Présidence d’Honneur:
President of the Jury: Enki BILAL
QWARTZ ALBUM CATEGORY
QWARTZ DISCOVERY CATEGORY
QWARTZ EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH CATEGORY
QWARTZ TRACK
QWARTZ DANCEFLOOR/CLUBBING
QWARTZ ARTWORK PACKAGING
QWARTZ COMPILATION
After a blindfold listening by:
The Official Jury/The Professional Jury
The aims of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards are as follows: to present and make heard the many facets of the contemporary electronic and digital music scene; give people the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of this music and enjoy it to the full; support the creativity and cultural diversity that independent production can ensure.
See and listen to Edition 5
Designed to make use of current and future media and broadcast channels (the Internet, telephone, interactive terminals, etc.), this exposition - like the public vote for the winners of the Qwartz Awards - is worldwide in scope. 3 million people visited the website in the course of the previous editions. They were from 80 countries in Asia, North and Central America and the Caribbean, South America and Europe, including 30% of visitors from France. A gala awards ceremony (for musical and artistic excellence) closes each edition and is held in Paris (Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione) at the beginning of April . This gala evening, open to the public (voters in all categories), brings together the nominated artists and labels, as well as the principal players on the electronic and cultural scene: producers, artists, delegates from cultural centers, representatives of institutions and civil societies, journalists, partners.
FREE ADMISSION
The 350 works are presented in a way that leads visitors to explore the whole range of electronic music and express their preferences in eight of the categories that are eligible for an award: track, album, discovery, experimental, dance-floor (clubbing), compilation, video clip, artwork and packaging. In all, approximately 20 hours of listening in streaming mode (instant play of the complete album or track by track) with a visual of the jacket, and the list and names of the pieces. Visitors to the site, wherever in the world they may be, are free to listen at any time of the day or night, decide what they want to hear, come back as often as they like - to mention just some of the online advantages.
Voting - a free option - is designed to support and show appreciation for the artists. It is carried out using identification and individual follow-up processes that prevent multiple voting.
Terms and Conditions(PDF)
ARTIST PARTICIPATION AND SELECTION OF WORKS
Participation of independent artists and labels in the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards is free of charge. A call for entries is made throughout the world by e-mail to the 10,000 labels listed by Qwartz. Registration is from May to 21st July.Send your works as soon as possible: Pro/Art – Qwartz, 53-55, rue de la Fontaine au Roi 75011. Paris.Selection of works is totally independent of sales already made or reputation already acquired: the Selection Committee (the Jury) listens “blind” to registered productions on a specific media on which no name appears.
INTERNATIONAL FORUM DEDICATED TO NEW MUSIC AND ASSOCIATED ARTS IN 2010
We will organize again an International Forum dedicated to New Music and Associated Technologies during two days. 70 stands will be present on the Forum. On the 2nd of April, the forum will be dedicated to the professionals and it will be open and free to the public on Friday and Saturday the 3rd. Many stands will be dedicated to the Qwartz 6 Nominees and the non-nominees will have to pay a very low contribution to expose on the forum. Besides, spaces on the Forum will be sold.
