Under the Honorific Chairmanship of alva noto

After the jury has listened to 3 904 tracks (456 releases) blindfold

 matali crasset Jury President

Professional Jury

Alexis Alyskewycz & Aurore Menu, Yannick Blay, Frédéric Malki, Eric Mattson, Thomas Meinecke, Erik Minkkinen, Edouard Rostand, Christine Webster

Official Jury

matali crasset, Gilles Berquet, Mïrka Lugosi, Didier Varrod

All the nominated releases will be presented online on www.qwartz.org. Internet-users are invited to listen and vote for the releases in each category from January, 31, 2011

After the jury has studied 107 applications

 Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr Jury President

 New Media Arts Jury

Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Gilles Alvarez, Charles Carcopino, Régine Debatty, Benoît Guérinault, Anne Roquigny, Gerfried Stocker, Alain Thibaut

Prize-winners will be known at the Qwartz 7 Awards Ceremony

Friday, April 1, 2011, at Le Théâtre du Trianon (Paris 18e)

category ALBUM

Caméra Police by Franck Vigroux [France] - d'autres cordes records [France]

Doll Divider by Olivia Louvel [France] - Optical Sound [France]

Palpelpin by Uské Orchestra [Belgium] - Sonig [Germany]

Swim by Caribou [Canada] - City Slang [[Germany]

Tribraque by Tribraque [France] - Bloc Thyristors / Trace Label [France]

Uppers & Downers by Cobra Killer [Germany] - monika enterprise [Germany]

Well Done Europe by The Chap [United Kingdom] - Lo Recordings [United Kingdom]

category EXPERIMENTATION/RESEARCH

Antichamber by Yannis Kyriakides [Cyprus] – Unsounds [Netherlands]

By the Throat by Ben Frost [Australia] - Bedroom Community Records [Iceland]

Dataphonics by Ryoji Ikeda [Japan] - Dis Voir [France]

Entités by Alexandre de Saint-Onge [Canada] - Oral Records [Canada]

Flyover Sound by Billy Gomberg + Offthesky [United States] - Experimedia United States]

Human Interface by Dokaka [Japan] – dualpLOVER [Australia]

Rhythm Variations by Aoki Takamasa [Japan] - raster-noton [Germany]

category DISCOVERY

Alpha by Jo Thomas [United Kingdom] – Entr’acte [United Kingdom]

Eyelid Movies by Phantogram [United States] - BBE Records [United Kingdom]

Harmonic Ratio by v4w.enko [Ukraine] - Kvitnu [Ukraine]

It's dark but it's okay by Notic Nastic [United States/Germany] - shitkatapult [Germany]

Peste by Sturqen [Portugal] - Kvitnu [Ukraine]

Shapes & Phases by Vertex [Norway] - Sofa music [Norway]

Unfinished Journey by Alexander Volodin [Russia] - Electroshock Records [Russia]

category COMPILATION

A Man & A Machine 2 - Le Son du Maquis [France]

Bucolic Eclectic Electronic - Bee Records [France]

Feeding the Transmitter - amp bit

Gravity and Quantum Mechanics - 51 beats [Italy]

Lontano - Homage to Giacinto Scelsi - St Produzioni Sonore [Italy]

Music Grows on Trees - Creaked Records [Switzerland]

category TRACK

L’immonde by Alexandre de Saint-Onge [Canada] in Entités - Oral Records [Canada]

Fine Mouche by Khan (feat. Brigitte Fontaine) [Germany] in I'm a single - I'm a single records [Germany]

Magnetik by Elastik (feat. Black Sifichi) [France] in Metalik - Sounds Around Records [France]

Police by Franck Vigroux [France] in Caméra Police - d'autres cordes records [France]

Ramble by EDH [France] in Prédature - Lentonia Records [France]

Sun by Caribou [Canada] in Swim - City Slang [Germany]

category DANCEFLOOR

Avalanche by Erol Alkan & Boys Noize [Cyprus/Germany] in Avalanche/Lemonade - Phantasy [United Kingdom]

Bock by imminent [Belgium] in cask strength - ant-zen [Germany]

Campane by I Cani [Italy] in Concerto beats [Italy]

Mind Damage by Xenia Beliayeva [Russia] in Ever Since - Shitkatapult [Germany]

Rabbit by Paral-lel [France] in Monkey Money - Bee Records [France]

Raga Bhairav by Charanjit Singh [India] in 10 Ragas to A Disco Beat - Bombay Connection Records [Netherlands]

Tear by Neurov - Pharmacom Records [Germany]

The Beat of the Heart by Daniel Meteo [Germany] in Working Class – Shitkatapult [Germany]

The Floor Filler by Anthony 'Shake' Shakir [United States] in Frictionalism - Rush Hour Recordings [Netherlands]

category ARTWORK/PACKAGING

 Berlin Eggsile by L'oeuf Raide - Jarring Effects [France]

Dataphonics by Ryoji Ikeda - Dis Voir [France]

Fever Dream by MAP - Taiga Records [Unites States]

Mort aux Vaches by Novisad - Mort aux Vaches [Netherlands]

Phanat Phoenix EP by Lafidki - Steack Au Zoo [France]

Split 7’ by Evil Moisture / Government Alpha - Le Petit Mignon [Germany]

category NEW MEDIA ARTS

Desherence by ANTIVJ [France]

Donjon by Cécile Babiole [France]

Dust by Herman Kolgen [Canada]

Stimuline by Julien CLAUSS & Lynn POOK [France / Germany]

Framework f5x5x5 by LAb[au] [Belgium]

Black Metal Forever by Michaël Sellam [France]

Asynthome by Yroyto & Transforma [France / Germany]