Underground Music Awards

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UNDERGROUND MUSIC AWARDS


Limited tickets are on sale now for the World Underground Music awards 2003 on the 4th December 2003 @ Po na na , Hammersmith Palais, London. From 9pm till 3am.

Tickets to the awards + afterparty from 9pm till 3.00am : £35
Tickets to the aftershow party only from 12am till 3.00am : £25
For Credit/Debit Card bookings : Pls. Call Ticketmania on 0870-6000-888
Limited tables and chairs availaible by application. (1st come, 1st served).
For info. on press tickets pls. E-mail : jodie@diffusionpr.co.uk

Nominees for the World Underground Music Awards
Voting ends on the 28th of November 2003 :
For SMS voting, place EVENT followed by the nominees number. Text your vote to 85123


VOTE ONLINE www.undergroundmusicawards.com


Best Hard Dance Artist/Producer
EVENT 1 Yomanda
EVENT 2 Jon Doe aka CLSM
EVENT 3 Darren Styles
EVENT 4 Kevin Energy


Best Hard Dance DJ

EVENT 5 Paul Glazby
EVENT 6 Billy 'Daniel' Bunter
EVENT 7 Hixxy
EVENT 8 Alex Somers


Best House DJ

EVENT 9 Frankie Knuckles
EVENT 10 Carl Cox
EVENT 11 Tall Paul
EVENT 12 Bobby & Steve

Best Garage Act Sponsored by $$$$$$$$$$.com
EVENT 13 Roll Deep
EVENT 14 Dem Lott
EVENT 15 The Endz
EVENT 16 DJ E.Z
EVENT 17 Heartless Crew
EVENT 18 Sticky & The Sugery
EVENT 19 East Connection


Best Drum & Bass Act/DJ

EVENT 20 True Playaz
EVENT 21 Dillinja & Lemon D
EVENT 22 Uncut
EVENT 23 DJ Hype
EVENT 24 Adam F
EVENT 25 Nicky Blackmarket
EVENT 26 Metalheadz


Best Producer

EVENT 27 Wookie (Soul 2 Soul Recordings)
EVENT 28 Sticky (Social Circles)
EVENT 29 Roger Sanchez
EVENT 30 Asian Dub Foundation


Best Reggae Act

EVENT 31 Bounty Killa
EVENT 32 Ragga Twins
EVENT 33 Sugar Dread
EVENT 34 Mighty Crown


Best Ambient Act/DJ

EVENT 35 Brian Eno
EVENT 36 Aphex Twin
EVENT 37 The Orb
EVENT 38 Dave Angel


Best Trance/Progressive DJ

EVENT 39 Armin Van Buren
EVENT 40 Satoshi Tomiie
EVENT 41 Danny Rampling
EVENT 42 Paul Van Dyk
EVENT 43 Joey Beltram
EVENT 44 Graham Gold


Most Inspiring Act

EVENT 45 Terri Walker (SOUL)
EVENT 46 Ms. Dynamite (R&B)
EVENT 47 Sonique (HOUSE)
EVENT 48 Dizzy Rascal (UK GARAGE)
EVENT 49 Uncut (DRUM&BASS)
EVENT 50 Ultrabeat (Dance)

Best Independent Record Label sponsored by ukmusic.com
EVENT 51 Public Demand
EVENT 52 Relentless Records
EVENT 53 FFR
EVENT 54 Subliminal Records
EVENT 55 Soul 2 Soul


Best HipHop Act

EVENT 56 Dead Prez
EVENT 57 Blak Twang
EVENT 58 MC Solaar (Sony France)
EVENT 59 Roots Manuva (UK)
EVENT 60 KRS-One (US)
EVENT 61 57th Dynasty (UK)

Best Club/Radio DJ sponsored by UKPCDJ.com
EVENT 62 Semtex
EVENT 63 Femme Fatale
EVENT 64 Masterstepz
EVENT 65 Francis James


Best Club Night

EVENT 66 Bugged Out (Liverpool)
EVENT 67 Smoove @ Ministry of Sound
EVENT 68 One Nation (London)
EVENT 69 Garage Nation (London)
EVENT 70 We Love Sundays @ Space . Ibiza
EVENT 71 Paying Clients (Germany)
EVENT 72 Twice as Nice (London)

Best Underground Breakthrough DJ sponsored by Diffusion PR
EVENT 73 Tall Paul
EVENT 74 Audio Bullys
EVENT 75 Bobby Friction
EVENT 76 DJ Spoony
EVENT 77 Andy Farley
EVENT 78 Mistress Barbara
EVENT 79 Mampi Swift

Best Nu-Soul Act sponsored by Soul Trade
EVENT 80 Terri Walker
EVENT 81 India Irie
EVENT 82 Hill St. Soul
EVENT 83 Kelly Price

Best Crossover Chart Act sponsored by Mecca USA
EVENT 84 Ms. Dynamite
EVENT 85 Shy FX & T.Power
EVENT 86 Roger Sanchez
EVENT 87Jameson


Best Radio Station

EVENT 88 House fm
EVENT 89 Flex fm
EVENT 90 Exotica Radio (France)
EVENT 91 Flava fm


Best Underground DJ

EVENT 92 DJ Jolie
EVENT 93 Mixologists
EVENT 94 Danny Tangalia
EVENT 95 Danny Rampling
EVENT 96 Felix Da Housecat
EVENT 97 LTJ Bukem

Best Compilation
EVENT 98 The Mixologists (DMC/Champion Soundz)
EVENT 99 Yoda, DJ Dan 'Unthugged' (Greenpeace)
EVENT 100 Urban Flavas (WarnerDance)
EVENT 101 Chillout session summer 2003
EVENT 102 Fatboy slim 'Brighton Beach' (skint/sony)

Best Unsigned Act supported by Xtreme Talent Agency
EVENT 103 Lady Destiny (UKG)
EVENT 104 Goddaz
EVENT 105 Duchess (D&B)
EVENT 106 Mark.J.Stevens (Singer /Lead Guitarist)
EVENT 107 LE5 Cru (Leicester)
EVENT 108 Transformerz (House)
EVENT 109 Stock (HipHop)
EVENT 110 Knightz of the Round Table (Various)
EVENT 111 Beverely (R&B/Soul Act)
EVENT 112 Jae Marsha (R&B artist)
EVENT 113 Blaq-I (Various)
EVENT 114 Blaze

UMA History
Founder of the UMA, Jordan Kensington describes the UMA as an award ceremony born out of a need to recognise the significant impact of the dance, urban & alternative music culture worldwide & celebrate the achievements of it's main players- DJ’s, artists, clubs & record labels.
It was also created with an emphasis on celebrating artists who have previously been / are currently underground spread across different genres from Dance to Urban. The awards are in direct support of the Warchild Charity (a charity which helps kids in countries affected by War) & will be used to bring much needed exposure to the Warchild charity on an international front. We have been accepting nominations since last year & since 1st July when the website (www.undergroundmusicawards.com) went live for International online voting, having accumilated 65,879 votes already in less than 2 months. SMS text voting provided by Eden has also commenced.
Guests for this awards will be guest from the World of music, TV & fashion who inspire others to achieve.

UMA news:

This years awards are in conjunction with the War Child Charity & will see the release of the conscious D&B Underground track 'You Know' featuring Prince Diamond & Real Muziq

This year 'Goldie' will be attending the awards to receive 2 awards for lifetime achievement & the other for outstanding contribution to the Underground music scene.

February also sees the launch of the UMA academy which will be offering training for young people trying to get into dj’ing, & the music industry in general

A suprise additional lifetime achievement award will also be handed to a well known ‘ ????’ (Come along on the 4th to find out!!!)

World Underground Music Awards Press Launch Review


Date : Thursday, the 6th of November 2003
Venue: Hard Rock Café, London Mayfair.


The official press launch for the first ever World Underground Music Awards & artists / DJ's /Promoters /Record Labels & everyone came to show their support for the UMA's. The night started in style, with the red carpet surrounded by press & bikers leading the way for the VIP guests.

Everyone who was anyone from the world of music, film & TV were there, including Jaimeson, Wookie, Sticky, Felix Dexter, Pete Tong, Nicky Blackmarket, Sarah Cox, Brandon Block, Jon Doe, LTJ Bukem, Black Twang, Roots Manuva, Heartless Crew, Tricky, Valerie M, X-Press 2, Asian Dub Foundation, Ashley Cole, Jodie Marsh, Johnny Vaughn, Deepak Verna, Kaish & many more were all out in force to celebrate the UMA's & raise awareness for the War Child Charity. With heavy press coverage which included news crews from Rise TV, Kiss Radio & TV, Invincible Magazine, BBC Radio 1, Capital Radio, Channel 5, Disney & more it was guaranteed to be a success!

The night was hosted by the legendary Normski & TV Presenter Catherine McQueen & with performances from Groove Armada's Valerie M, Transformerz & many more the stage was set for live performances from various nominees. Invited guests were treated to free booze & food courtesy of Corona Extra & goody bags courtesy of Mecca USA & Invincible.

The night was sealed with DJ sets by Best Underground DJ Jolie, Deezel, Prince Diamond & last but not the least Dr Psycho from the Surgery got the full packed out crowd in a frenzy.

Many Thanks for all who attended the press launch & for more details of the awards ceremony on the 4th of December 2003 check out www.undergroundmusicawards.com.