Official Nominations Présidence d’Honneur: Taylor DEUPREE President of the Jury: Enki BILAL After a blindfold listening by: The Official Jury Enki Bilal Chloé Delaume Christophe Katya Legendre The Professional Jury Denis Boyer Electronic Music Commission of the Parisian Libraries’ Network : Marc Boutin, Nadia Fakrikian, Pascal Geay, Isabelle Grospellier, Mikael Prignot, Laurent Saiet, Stéphane Tillie, Thierry Tricard Steve Daude Alexis Hamon Didier Longuet Bérangère Maximin David Simon VOTES ONLINE FROM THE 15 TH DECEMBER TO THE 16 TH MARCH 2009 QWARTZ Categories QWARTZ ALBUM Inside looking out by Imagho [France] - We are unique records [France] Los Angeles by Michaela Melian [Germany] - Monika Enterprise [Germany] Mirrored by Battles [US] - Warp [UK] Quaristice by Autechre [UK] - Warp [UK] Save The World by SuperMayer [Germany] - Kompakt [Germany] The Uncertain Trail by Lena [France] - Sounds Around [France] Urlaub auf Balkonien by krill.minima [Germany] - Thinner Netlabel [Germany] QWARTZ EXPERIMENTAL/RESEARCH August by Giuseppe Ielasi [Italy] - 12k [US] Nah und Fern by GAS (Wolfgang Voigt) [Germany] - Kompakt [Germany] Sand by Philip Jeck [UK] - Touch music [UK] Adèle et Hadrien - Le livre des vacances by Lionel Marchetti [France] - Optical Sound [France] Wild Shores by Wild Shores [France] - Optical Sound [France] Vor der Stadt by Peter Prautzsch [Germany] - Palacmusic [Germany] QWARTZ DISCOVERY Minimental by Pirata [Chile] - Pueblo Nuevo Netlabel [Chile] kane-i-kokala by logoplasm [Italy] - Fieldmuzick [Germany] Arcane by Alexandre Navarro [France] - SEM label [France] Clepsydre by Nicolas de Zorzi [France] - Openfact [France] Dampfschiffsymphonie / Die Waldstätte by Cyrill Schläpfer [Switzerland]- CSR Records [Switzerland] QWARTZ COMPILATION Cape Town Beats by Jarring Effects [France] Villa Rouge 5 by Citizen Records [France] Autumn leaves by Gruenrekorder [Germany] 100 by Thinner [Germany] QWARTZ TRACK [3835 tracks selected] Nicotine by sHEPARD- electrosoft in public garden [France] in CHROMA The Art of Letting Go by SuperMayer [Germany] in Save The World – Kompakt [Germany] Silver Red 2 by Qua [Australia] in Silver Red - someone good [Australia] High Heels Tea Dance Incident by Audiotaku [France] Bones in the Sand by Angel [Finland / Iceland / Germany] in Kalmukia - Editions Mego [Austria] Chicken and Wings by Stefan Mallmann [Germany] in Interlude Ep - Night Drive Music [Germany] Optophonia by Wild Shores [France] in Wild Shores - Optical sound [France] Mettle by Leila [Iran] in Warp Records Spring 2008 - Warp [UK] Atlas by Battles [US] in Mirrored - Warp [UK] A troll's trail by Lena [France] in The Uncertain Trail – Sounds Around [France] Les grands déserts convoités by Samuel Sighicelli [France] in Marée noire - D'autres Cordes Records [France] ESCOTSN by Apell [Australia] in Reconstituted - Apellmusic [Australia] Ice cold ice by The Go Find [Belgium] in Stars on the wall - Morr Music [Germany] QWARTZ DANCEFLOOR/CLUBBING [3835 tracks selected] Simply Music by Monogen [Germany] in The force vol. 3 - Night Drive Music [Germany] Ghost Woman by MARIO MASULLO & XM [Italy] in GIMME SOME TRUTH - Kalk Pets [Germany] Knock Knock by Warren Suicide in Requiem for a missing link [Germany] Shitkatapult [Germany] Two of us (extended album version) by SuperMayer [Germany] in Save The World - Kompakt [Germany] Fractales - apparat ibiza version by Apparat [Germany] in Things to be freckled - Shitkatapult / Infiné [Germany/ France] High Rise by The Micronauts [France] in Damaging Consent" & "A remixes Retrospective - Citizen Records [France] Children (Scratch Massive Remix) by John Lord Fonda [France] in The Vinyl Collection - Citizen Records [France] Bees rumble by ck two [Germany] in Sub Noises ep – Rodoid [France] QWARTZ ARTWORK AND PACKAGING Wolfgang Voigt for Nah und Fern by Gas - Kompakt [Germany] Beauxdégâts for Uské Orchestra by Moli Herzog (Remixes + Excerpts) - Ambivalence recordz / Monkey Tool [Belgium / France] Salt & Malt for one fine day in the pyramid by monokrom [Libya] - Ant-Zen [Germany] Skoltz_Kolgen for Silent Room by Skoltz_Kolgen [Canada] - Arcadi / Optical Sound [France] Jason Kahn for yamaguchi (and other Cut releases) by signal quintet [Switzerland/Germany] - Cut [Switzerland] Contacts QWARTZ Alexandre Grauer [email protected] Clémence Seurat [email protected] .