The Qwartz Electronic Music Awards recognize new and

electronic music Electronic music is a Music genre, genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or electronics, circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromech ...

with awards and grants in music and technologies categories. An annual event takes place in Paris. The Qwartz Awards are presided by the pioneer Pierre Henry. Besides the awards, Qwartz organizes an International New and Electronic Music Market, concerts, parties and conferences. The Qwartz Awards recognize all aspects of contemporary art : music, audiovisual works and graphics, instruments, technological innovations, festivals, medias and new media arts. Pierre Henry, Derrick May, Laurie Anderson, Mathhew Herbert, Björk, Wolfgang Voigt, Otavio Henrique Soares Brandao, Ake Parmerud, Henri Pousseur, Can, Klaus Schulze, Lionel Marchetti in particular have already been awarded with a Qwartz d'Honneur.

Jury procedure

Selections are made by juries who select blind, without knowing the names of the artists or labels. After the juries nominate several releases or tracks in the different categories, Internet users are invited to listen to the nominated works and then vote for the prize-winners.

The awards categories

;Awarded by the Juries *Album *Experimentation/Research *Discovery *Compilation *Track *Dancefloor *Artwork and Packaging *New Media Arts (no longer awarded) *Artist *Label ;Awarded by management/honour committee *Qwartz d’Honneur *Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer *Qwartz Max Mathews (technological innovation) ;Awarded by management/honour committee from 2015 Qwartz 10th years anniversary *Qwartz du Génie Musical *Qwartz de l'Innovation Musicale

2013

(Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge) *Chairmanship: Jean-François Zygel (President of the Jury) *Président d'Honneur: Richard Pinhas *Official Jury: Christophe Bourseiller, Nicolas Dufourcq, Bruno Letort, Laurent Tran Van Lieu, Thomas Valentin. *Professional Jury: Alix Clément, Manon Deruytere, Fabrice Fassnacht, Kevin Ringeval, Perrine Vincent. ;Awards *Qwartz d'Honneur: Derrick May *Album: Sentimental Favourites LP de Andrew Pekler ekorder*Expérimentation: 1-Bell Fantasia de Junya Oikawa KM2-Oval DNA de Oval – hitkatapult*Discovery: lucen de afarOne arlrecords*Track: Lente dépression de Arne Vinzon okidoki*Qwartz Max Matthews: Le Dyskograf

2012

(Paris - 104) *Chairmanship:

Robert Henke Robert B. Henke (born 1969) is a German computer music artist working in the fields of audiovisual installation, music and performance. He was born in Munich, Germany, and lives in Berlin. Coming from an engineering background, Henke is fascinat ...

/ *Juries' President :

Monolake Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 toge ...

& Arnaud Rebotini *Official Jury: Nicolas Dufourcq, Olaf Hund, David Jisse, Atau Tanaka. *Professional Jury: Sébastien Auger, Xavier Ehretsmann, Sixto Fernando, Thomas Régnault, Tommy Vaudecrane, Christophe Vix-Gras. ;Awards *Album, Kilimanjaro by

Superpitcher Aksel Schaufler better known by his stage name Superpitcher, is a German producer affiliated with Cologne's Kompakt music label. Background Superpitcher made his first appearance on Kompakt's ''Total 2'' compilation album in 2000 with the song ...

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Kompakt Kompakt ( Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known f ...

ermany*xperimentation, 18 pieces for the Midi harp by Elisabeth Valletti

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– No label *Discovery, Life on Titan by John Heckle nited Kingdom- Mathematics Recordings nited States*Track, Dernière minute by Andy Moor nited Kingdomand Anne-James Chaton

in Transfer/1 Departures - Unsounds etherlands*Dancefloor, Glass by Incite ermanyin Dare to Dance – Hands productions ermany*Artwork/Packaging, Marc-Antoine Beaufils

for Semelles de fondation - Bloc Thyristors

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*Qwartz d'Honneur,

Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick (born April 14, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition '' Silver Apples of the Moon'', the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. He was one of the fo ...

nited States*Qwartz

Pierre Schaeffer Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innov ...

, Francis Dhomont

*Qwartz Max Mathews, Hopman Sound Transfer

*New Media Arts, Sound in Process : Lights contacts by Scenocosme ( Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt)

; RFI contest winners * Alexandre Navarro –

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* Dan Charles Dahan –

* Didier Achtal –

* Djiiva, Marise Cardoso –

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* Elisabeth Valletti –

* Felipe Otondo – Danemark * Franck Dadure –

* Gianluca Porcu –

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

* Hughes Germain –

* Jonathan Rogissart –

* Juan Crek –

* Manon Deruytere –

* Nicolas Cante –

* Panayiotis Kokoras –

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

* Sébastien Lavoie –

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen ...

* Théo Boulenger –

* Thomas Albiach –

* Yannick Franck –

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the ...

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2011

(Paris, La Cigale & Le Trianon) *Chairmanship: Alva Noto *Juries: Presidents: Matali Crasset & Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr *Official Jury: Matali Crasset (President), Gilles Berquet, Mïrka Lugosi, Didier Varrod. *Professional Jury: Alexis Alyskewicz & Aurore Menu, Yannick Blay, Frédéric Malki, Eric Mattson, Thomas Meinecke, Erik Minkkinen, Edouard Rostand, Christine Webster. *New Media Arts Jury: Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr (President), Gilles Alvarez, Charles Carcopino, Régine Debatty, Benoît Guérinault, Anne Roquigny, Gerfried Stocker, Alain Thibaut. ;Awards *Album: Doll Divider by Olivia Louvel

- Optical Sound

*Experimentation/Research: Antichamber by Yannis Kyriakides yprus- Unsounds etherlands *Discovery - Peste by Sturqen ortugal- Kvitnu kraine *Compilation, ''A Man and A Machine 2'' by Le Son du Maquis

*Track, Fine Mouche by Khan (feat. Brigitte Fontaine) ermany– I’m a single Records ermany *Dancefloor, ''The Beat of the Heart'' by Daniel Meteo ermanyin Working Class, Shitkatapult ermany *Artwork/Packaging, Loafnest (Andrew Lange + Michael S. Carlson) nited Statesfor Fever Dream by MAP *Artist, Sturqen ortugal *Label, Kvitnu kraine *New Media Arts, Dust by Herman Kolgen anada/ Special Mention to Deshérence by ANTIVJ

*Qwartzd'Honneur, Matthew Herbert nited Kingdom *Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer, Eliane Radigue

*Qwartz Max Mathews, Harpe MIDI Camac

*Qwartz, Special - Christine Groult by KM Pantin

2010

(Paris, Le Palais Brongiart) *Chairmanship: Gudrun Gut *Jury's President:

Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films ''El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work ...

*Official Jury: Christophe, Bernard Parmegiani, Patrice Renson *Professional Jury: Jocelyne Auzende, Alain Brohard, David Chauveau, Marek Choloniewski, Jean-Marc Clogenson, Hubert Michel, Damien Moreno, Kevin Ringeval, Remco Schuurbiers ;Awards *Album: Fedayi Pacha - From the Oriental School of dub ammerbass*Experimentation/Research: Hughes Germain - Esprit de sel olume-Collectif / Césaré *Discovery: Cercueil - Shoo Straight Shout ptical Sound *Compilation: ''

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Plays Staubgold: Rauschgold'' ( Staubgold) *Anthology: Francisco López - Through the Looking-Glass (

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) *Track: Fractional - Tansw extrait de Still Life he Centrifuge *Dancefloor: Daniela La Luz - Elle Routine extrait de Musik Non Stop Uno yncopated Musik *Artwork/Packaging: Mounir Jatoum (La Commissure) - Split d’Arnaud Rivière & Antoine Chessex e Petit Mignon *New Media Art: Kurt Hentschläger *Artist: Arnaud Rebotini *Label: Shitkatapult *Qwartz Max Mathews: Olivier Sens - logiciel Usine *Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer: François Bayle *Qwartz of Honneur:

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin a ...

2009

(Paris, Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione) *Chairmanship: Taylor Deupree *Album: krill.minima / urlaub auf balkonien / Thinner Netlabel *Experimental/Research: Lionel Marchetti / Adèle et Hadrien: Le Livre des Vacances / Optical Sound *Discover: Pirata / Minimental / The Arrogance of Simplicity / Pueblo Nuevo Netlabel *Artwork & Packaging: skoltz_kolgen for Silent Room / ARCADI / Optical Sound *Video: skoltz_kolgen for Silent Room / ARCADI / Optical Sound *Track: Stefan Mallmann / Chicken and Wings in Interlude Ep / Night Drive Music *Dance-Floor: Apparat / "Fractales (Apparat Ibiza Version)" on ''Things To Be Frickled'' (2008) *Compilation: Autumn Leaves / Gruenrekorder *Artist: Lionel Marchetti *Label:

*Qwartz d'honneur: Wolfgang Voigt *Qwartz dierre Schaeffer: Åke Parmerud, Roger Cochini *Qwartz Max Mathews: Bert Schiettecatte / AudioCubes Percussa (Belgium) *Web: Kenneth Goldsmith for

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*Press: Tony Herrington for the magazine

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*Digital Arts:

Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, the I ...

2008

(Paris, Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione) *Présidence d'Honneur: Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner *Album: Edith Progue / Timeline /

Mille Plateaux ''A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia'' (french: link=no, Mille plateaux) is a 1980 book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the French psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. It is the second and final volume of their collaborative ...

*Experimental/Research: Laurent ChambertLaurent Chambert
/ref> / Suspense *Discover: The Penelopes / The Arrogance of Simplicity / Citizen Records *Artist: LR & RadioMentale *Artwork & Packaging: Jon Wozencroft, for “l’album 4 Rooms”/ Jacob Kirkegaard /

Touch In physiology, the somatosensory system is the network of neural structures in the brain and body that produce the perception of touch (haptic perception), as well as temperature (thermoception), body position ( proprioception), and pain. It ...

*Track:: Long tongue / Micro Audio Waves in odd size baggage / Magic Music *Dance-Floor: Cocotte / Teenage Bad Girl in Cocotte / Citizen Records *Compilation: 50 AÑOS (1956–2006) de Musica Electroacustica en Chile, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes / Pueblo Nuevo / 3 CDs /press1 /press2 *Label: Citizen Records (France) *Hybrid: Naphtaline, Ez3kiel, Jarring Effects *Event: Les Nuits Electroniques de L’Ososphère (Strasbourg, France) *Qwartz d'honneur:

Blixa Bargeld Blixa Bargeld (born Christian Emmerich, 12 January 1959) is a German musician who has been the lead singer of the band Einstürzende Neubauten since its formation in 1980. Bargeld was also a founding member of the Australian rock band Nick Cave ...

*Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer : Jean-Claude Risset, Beatriz Ferreyra,

Max Mathews Max Vernon Mathews (November 13, 1926 in Columbus, Nebraska, USA – April 21, 2011 in San Francisco, CA, USA) was a pioneer of computer music. Biography Mathews studied electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology and the ...

2007

(Paris, Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione) *Track: The Ukrainians / Bryce Kushnier / Intr-version (Canada) *Album: Dovetail / Coloma / Klein Records (Great Britain) *Discover: The correct use of pets / Hypo & Edh / Active Suspension (France) *Dance-Floor: Ripple effect / 20for7 / Chocoflash (Australia) *Experimental/Research: Shaper of form / Dani Joss / Poeta Negra (Greece) *Compilation: Bip_Hop generation vol.8 / Bip-hop (France) *Clip: Under the bridge / Baiyon / Brain Escape Sandwich / Rec-Catchpulse(Shinsuke Yamaji) (Japan) and SchnittMenge / Spenza / Stephan Bolch (Germany) *Artwork & Packaging: Olivier Weber for Zombiparti ! de Kid Chocolat - Poor Records (Switzerland) *Artist: Coloma *Label: Staubgold (Germany) *Hybrid: Rodolphe Von Gombergh. RVG (France) *Event: Synch (Greece) and Nuits Sonores (Lyon, France) *Max Mathews: FM3 Buddha Machine (China/USA) *Robert Moog: Haliaetus (France) *Qwartz d'honneur:

Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...

*Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer:

Henri Pousseur Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist. Biography Pousseur was born in Malmedy and studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to ...

(Belgium) and Otavio Soares Brandão(Brazil)

2006

(Paris, Le Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione) *Track: Sofa / Motel *** / Dazzle and Delight (France) *Album: No Waves / Micro Audio Waves / N Records (Portugal) *Discover: Scatter Scards / Andrey Kiritchenko / Minusn Netlabel (Ukraine) and 2 / Leonard de Leonard / Leonizer Records (France) *Dance-Floor: No fun (OK Cowboy) / Vitalic / Citizen Records (France) *Experimental/Research: Zap Meemees / Satanicpornocultshop / Sonore (Japan) *Compilation: Fax collaborations & remixes / Static Discos (Mexico) *Clip:: Fully Connected / Marco Madruga & Daniela Krts *Artwork & Packaging: Nicola Bork for "Mimetic Dancing" de Mimetic – Hands (Germany) *Promising artist: Murcof (Mexico) *Label: Tomlab (Germany) *Live Act: Felix Kubin (Germany) *DJ Producer: Helius Zhamiq *Hybrid: Mladafronta DVD – Parametric (France) *Arrangement & Composition: Vitalic (France) *Vinyl: "Vista le Vie" de A futuristic family film – F Communications (France) *Event: Dis-patch Beograd *Qwartz d'honneur:

Pierre Henry Henry at his home (January 2008) Pierre Georges Albert François Henry (; 9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer and pioneer of musique concrète. Biography Henry was born in Paris, France, and began experimenting at the age of ...

(France),

Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Joke ...

(Germany), Can (Germany) *Qwartz Pierre Schaeffer: Bernard Parmegiani

2005

(Paris, Le Cabaret Sauvage) *Qwartz d'honneur:

*Album: Welcome Tourist / B.Fleischmann / Morr Music (Germany-Austria) *Discover: The Exchange / Alix / Les Disques Sérieux/Nocturne (France) *Track: Escal in The Exchange / Alix / Les Disques Sérieux/Nocturne (France) *Vinyl: A heart & two stars / Music A.M / Quatermass (Germany-Belgium) *Compilation: Maximas Texturas / Discos Konfort (Mexico) *Remix & Reprise: High again in Tribute To Remixes / Brain Damage / Dub Wiser - Hammerbass (France) *Clip: Hey Bonus ! - Octet / Camille Henrot / Diamond Traxx/Metronomic (France) *Artwork & Packaging: January / Taylor Deupree / Photographe & Uison Design / Spekk (Japan) *Composer/Arrangement: Uwe Schmidt (Germany) *Live: Dzihan and Kamien - Crouch Records (Yugoslavia-Switzerland) *Label: Poeta Negra (Greece) *Artist: Coloma - Ware Records (Germany/England) *DJ Producer: Automat - Sounds Around Records (France) *Autoproduction: Des hauts & des bas / Lou / Ici (Londres-France) *Hybrid: Cocoon, Optical Sound (France) *Max Mathews: TUB X, Rémi Dury (France) *Robert Moog:

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oftware Ableton *Event: Festival MUTEK, Québec, Canada

References

External links

Qwartz Electronic Music Awards official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Qwartz Electronic Music Awards French music awards Awards established in 2005