For the most important contribution to Dutch pop and rock of the previous year. The Popprize is handed out during the Noorderslag Festival. Last year the Popprize was handed out to Armin van Buuren.
List of all Popprize winners :
2006 - Spinvis
2005 - Within Temptation
2004 - Ali B
2003 - Bløf
2002 - Tiësto
2001 - Anouk
2000 - Arling & Cameron
1999 - Postmen
1998 - Junkie XL
1997 - Marco Borsato
1996 - Eboman
1995 - Osdorp Posse
1994 - 2 Unlimited
1993 - Bettie Serveert
1992 - The Scene
1991 - The Ex
1990 - Urban Dance Squad
1989 - Herman Brood
1988 - Claw Boys Claw
1987 - The Nits
1986 - Mathilde Santing
Groningen, January 15th 2009 – Today, during the Noorderslag festival, the international Interactive award 2009 has been awarded to Silence is Sexy. The award is a joint initiative of Noorderslag Eurosonic and theFactor.e and has been created to support European acts who use the internet in an original way to promote their music. It is the second time that this award has been presented.
According to the jury and the public Silence is Sexy have presented themselves in a unique way by using torrents as a successful marketing tool. The winner has received a price of 5000 euros. They have also won two days of professional recording time in the recording studio Spitsbergen.
Silence is Sexy
Silence is Sexy was founded in 2003. Two years later the band won the ‘Grote Prijs van Nederland’. Their first album was released in 2007. The distribution of their latest album This Ain’t Hollywood was quite special; the album could be downloaded for free on the website of the band and on Mininova, the largest torrent site in the world.
With the Interactive Award Noorderslag Eurosonic and theFactor.e want to emphasize the interactive means that are currently available for musicians to present themselves and their music in a unique way. The music industry more and more moves from the traditional way of promotion, like advertising, billboards and TV, to the infinite possibilities of the internet. The Interactive Award strongly supports and encourages this move.
The independent jury of the Interactive Award 2009 consisted of four professionals from the music and new media industry. Bazz, lead singer of Van Katoen and last year’s winner was one of the jury members, next to foreman of the jury, Thijs Helfrich, Creative Director of theFactor.e, Hans Brouwer of Massive Music and the American music marketing guru Bob Baker. The audience also had the opportunity to vote for one of the nominated acts.
‘This year the various concepts were very inspiring again’, says Thijs Helfrich, foreman of the jury. ‘It is great to see how bands, often with very low budgets, get so creative in reaching and increasing their audience.’ According to Peter Smidt, Creative Director of Noorderslag, the Interactive Award matches perfectly with the mission of Noorderslag. Peter Smidt: ‘It is very important to encourage Dutch and European pop- and rock music and that is just the effect of this international award.’
The other nominees for the Interactive Award 2009 were Bløf, Zuco 103, Aart Lus & Ed Lip and Georgia Wonder. Check the internet on http://www.interactive-award.nl to learn more about the online concepts of all the nominees.
Last Autumn young photographers from all over Europe could sign up to compete for the Lex van Rossen Award. This annual prize, meant to encourage young talented music photographers, is presented at the EuroSonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. A selection committee selected the following seven candidates out of many, many entries: Kalle Bjorklid (FI), Tom Verbruggen (BE), Charlie de Keersmaecker (BE), Patrick Ryming (DK), Jordi Huisman (NL), Julien Bourgeois (FR) and Danny North (UK).
The winner of the Lex van Rossen Award 2009 will be announced on Friday the 16th of January 2009, 4:30 p.m, at the Oosterpoort (Kleine Zaal) by Frans Vreeke, producer of EuroSonic Noorderslag. The lucky photographer will receive an amount of 2500 euros, annual subsicriptions for BLEND and GUP magazines and a publication in GUP.
Noorderlicht
Photos of the seven finalists can be seen at the Popview exhibition at the Noorderlicht Photogallery (A-Kerkhof 12, Groningen) from the 15th of January till the 1st of March 2009. The exhibition will be opened at the 15th of January, 5 p.m. by Jill Furmanovsky, the well-known English music photographer and director of Rockarchive. During Eurosonic there will be performances in the gallery provided by students of the Academy for Pop Culture. On the 15th of January there will be music of Florian Wolff (6 p.m.) and BelieveisaDoubt (9 p.m.), the following day there will be performances of Rolodex (7 p.m.) and Tommy Ebben (9 p.m.).
Noorderslag
EuroSonic Noorderslag participants can see a preview of the exhibition on the first floor of the Oosterpoort. Additionary, the January issue of BLEND magazine will feature a special about the seven nominated photographers.
Extra Information
Popview is organized by the Popview organization in co-operation with Productiehuis Popcultuur Groningen. The jury of the Lex van Rossen Award 2009 consisted of Frans Vreeke (producer EuroSonic Noorderslag), Jan Vollaard (music journalist NRC Handelsblad), Ton Broekhuis (director Noorderlicht/ Photogallery/ Photographer), Anja Hiddinga (Stichting Collexxx) and Jill Furmanovsky (director Rockarchive/ music photographer).
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