Independent Filipino OPM Artists Takes 6 Golds at AVIMA 2010

Music groups DiCE&k9/Mobbstarr, Wolfgang, Up Dharma Down, D-Coy and The Bernadettes all won the top prizes at the recently concluded Asia Pacific VOICE Independent Music Awards (AVIMA) 2010.

Held in Malaysia, independent Filipino Artists once again proved their international-caliber talents.

The Philippines took home the highest number of honors receiving 6 golds (equivalent of a Crystal trophy). India got four, while Malaysia had three and Indonesia with two.

Philippine Hip Hop DiCE&k9/Mobbstarr lead the pack bagging the Best HipHop/Urban Group for the 2nd time, while Wolfgang won Best Rock Group, D-Coy for Best HipHop/Urban Solo, The Bernadettes for Best Remix, Up Dharma Down for Best Mind Blowing Video. Up Dharma Down’s vocalist, Armi Millaire, won Best Female Vocalist Over-All. Special mentions were given to Wolfgang’s Basti Artadi for Best Rock Vocalist (Silver Award), Loonie for Best HipHop/Urban Solo (Bronze) and Turbo Goth for Best Remix (Bronze).

AVIMA 2010 is considered as the world’s biggest independent music award and also dubbed as the “World’s 1st Online Music Awards Festival.” It is participated by more than 1,500 independent musicians from more than 20 countries in Asia.

The event was uniquely supported and created around major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, ruumz.com, Friendster, Youtube and Myspace, and was brought to the world via the sponsorship and support of ruumz.com, tunetalk.com, popfolio.net and friendster.com. The awards event is organized annually by Voize.my (www.voize.my).

The event was spread across four (4) days between April 30 to May 3, building hype and injecting thrills, spills and suspense in the web.

A number of new categories were introduced as the awards unfolded with “T2B” or Tipped 2 Be The Next Big Thing, Asian Anthem of The Year, Asian Music Champion of The Year (Best Promoter) and also The Flava Award: Best African Artiste of Asia.

“It’s been a challenging two (2) years bringing four (4) major awards events to Asia with both the VIMA and AVIMA awards. We have taken it as far as we can go, and now, as we planned right from the start, is to step aside and allow someone else, perhaps a bigger media, corporation or event organizer to take over the reins and elevate it to the next level...” said Siva (Zaphod) Chandran, founder of VIMA and AVIMA and also the Managing Editor of Voize.my.

FULL AVIMA 2010 WINNERS LIST:

ASIAN ANTHEMS OF THE YEAR!
Prema Yin – Eyo Eyo (Malaysia)
Gila Monstarz – Riderz (Malaysia)
Zedde – Mumbai (India)

Best Pop/R&B Song
Melissa Indot – A Minute After Midnight (Malaysia)

Best Pop/R&B Act
Inch Chua (Singapore)

Best Rock Song
Junkyard Groove – Imagine (India)

Best Rock Group
Wolfgang (Philippines)

Best Rock Vocalist
Suraj – Motherjane (India)

Best Hip-Hop/Urban Song
Gila Monstarz – Riderz (Malaysia)

Best Hip-Hop/Urban Solo
D-Coy (Philippines)

Best Hip-Hop/Urban Group
DiCE&k9/Mobbstarr (Philippines)

Thank You For Existing Award
Sanjeev T and The Rainbow Bridge
Airportradio

Best Electro/ Dance Song
Funky Gong – Muzik Down (Japan)

Best Electro/Dance Act
Bottlesmoker (Indonesia)

Moody melancholic masterpiece
Maral – My Clothes On Other Bodies (Iran)

The Bliss Award (Best song to play at a campfire)
Fakhrul Razi – Quench (Brunei)

Best female vocalist overall
Armi Millaire / Up Dharma Down (Philippines)

Best Remix
The Bernadettes – Let’s Make Babies (Abortion Remix) (Philippines)

Best collaboration
Mad Project – Change (Melissa Indot, Altimet & Deja Voodoo Spells) (Malaysia)

Feelgood Song of The Year
Junkyard Groove – Folk You (India)

Most Mindblowing Music Video
Sana – Up Dharma Down (Philippines)

FLAVA AWARD : BEST AFRICAN ARTISTE OF ASIA
Group: Soundcircus (Nigeria/Sarawak)
Solo: Young Stunna (Nigeria/Malaysia)

GENRE BENDING ACT OF ASIA
Go Chic (Taiwan)
T2B (Tipped 2 Be THE NEXT BIG THING)
Standards (Thailand)
Go Chic (Taiwan)
Juju (Brunei)
Summerpint Junkie (India)
Ze (Malaysia)
Beat The System (Malaysia)
Iz (Malaysia)
Prayag (India)
Risky Summerbee & The Honeythief

Cheers to the independent OPM Artists who bagged 6 Golds at AVIMA 2010!