Matthew Adkins’ [60]Project, which was commissioned by hcmf in 2008, has been nominated for a Qwartz Electronic Music Award. Held annually in Paris, the Qwartz awards recognise the achievements of digital musicians from across the globe, in categories such as best album, best label and best artwork. The CD release of the [60]Project has been shortlisted in the experimentation/research category, competing against work by artists such as Per Samuelsson and José Miguel Candela.

Adkins has also been nominated in the album category for his record Five Panels. The shortlists were chosen by a jury headed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, and the final results are decided by public vote through the awards’ website. The prizes will be announced during a ceremony on Friday 2 April 2010 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris.

The [60]Project was devised to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the transmission of Pierre Schaeffer’s groundbreaking musique concrete work Etudes de Bruits on French national radio. More than 60 leading sound artists contributed clips based around a single sound of up to a minute’s length, which Adkins then compiled and arranged into a 60-minute piece.

Since its premiere at hcmf 2008, the [60]Project has been performed internationally at locations including the Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto in Rio, the Institute of Sonology at the Hague Conservatoire and the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music. Adkins has also lectured on the background to the project and co-authored a paper, [60]Project: Conception, Composing and Archiving. Click below to read the document.

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