BJORK, RONSON AND MAX MARTIN HEAD MPG 2016 AWARDS LIST

London, November 2015: Bjork, Mark Ronson, Max Martin and Robert John 'Mutt' Lange, are just some of the acclaimed international producers who have secured a place on the Music Producers Guild 2016 Awards shortlist.

Bjork and Mark Ronson Max Martin and Mutt Lange Chris Briggs and Mandy Parnell

One debut album, by FKA Twigs (LP1) and number one albums from Mark Ronson (Uptown Special) and Royal Blood (Royal Blood), helped deliver nominations for an exceptionally diverse range of recording professionals, whose work encompasses a wide variety of musical styles and genres. The list also features renowned re-mixers Four Tet (Kieran Hebden) and UNKLE (James Lavelle). There are five women nominated for awards this year who have worked with over 50 top ten artists between them. These include Catherine Marks, up for 'Breakthrough Producer Of The Year', Olga Fitzroy, in the running for 'Recording Engineer Of The Year' and Mandy Parnell in the 'Mastering Engineer Of The Year' category.

Now in its eighth year, the Music Producers Guild Awards will take place on 3rd February 2016 at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London. The ceremony will feature 15 awards categories, recognising the best and brightest names in music production including the Producer of the Year, who will also be awarded the first BRIT Award of 2016.

Tony Platt, MPG Awards Group Director, says: "We are delighted that this year we have had a record number of submissions and the highest number of votes cast to form the shortlist. This has resulted in the strongest array of candidates since we started the event and the judging is going to be a serious task! We are proud that the MPG Awards truly reflects the wealth of creative talent in our industry and are looking forward to an exciting, star studded evening in our new prestigious venue next February.

The shortlists (in no particular order) are as follows:

UK Producer Of The Year (Sponsored by The BRIT Awards)
Charlie Andrew
Mark Ronson
Mike Crossey
Tom Dalgety

International Producer Of The Year (Sponsored by Pro Tools Expert)
Bjork
Max Martin
Robert John 'Mutt' Lange

Breakthrough Producer Of The Year (Sponsored by Focusrite)
Catherine Marks
FKA Twigs (Tahliah Barnett)
Neil Comber

Recording Engineer Of The Year (Sponsored by AMS Neve)
Dan Cox
Guy Massey
Olga Fitzroy

Breakthrough Engineer Of The Year
Ben Baptie
Brett Cox
Drew Bang

Mix Engineer Of The Year (Sponsored by Solid State Logic)
Cenzo Townshend
Craig Silvey
David Wrench

Mastering Engineer Of The Year
Barry Grint
John Davis
Mandy Parnell

Re-mixer Of The Year (Sponsored by Prism Sound)
Four Tet (Kieran Hebden)
UNKLE (James Lavelle)
Jungle

UK Album Of The Year
'LP1' - FKA Twigs
'Uptown Special' - Mark Ronson
'Royal Blood' - Royal Blood

UK Single Song Release Of The Year (Sponsored by Shire)
'Regret' - Everything Everything
'Pendulum' - FKA Twigs
'Ten Tonne Skeleton' - Royal Blood

Studio Of The Year (Sponsored by Avid)
AIR Studios
Strongroom Studios
Urchin Studios

The A&R Award
Chris Briggs
Ollie Hodge
Tic

Other awards to be announced on the night:

Outstanding Contribution to UK Music Award (Sponsored by PPL)
MPG Innovation Award (Sponsored by Genelec)
MPG Inspiration Award (sponsored by UK Music)

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Music Producers Guild