Moses Boyd and Digga D get three AIM Awards nominations

UK electronic-jazz drummer Moses Boyd and drill rapper Digga D are the most nominated artists for this year’s AIM Independent Music Awards, with three nominations each. Electronic music trailblazers Flying Lotus and Floating Points, as well as Polish pianist Hania Rani and psychedelic R'n'B singer Greentea Peng are vying for two awards each. The most attractive category, Best Independent Album, is filled with interesting releases: Brooke Bentham 'Everyday Nothing', Everything Is Recorded 'Friday Forever', Kidjo Ojua 'The Mixtape', Kim Gordon 'No Home Record', Laura Marling 'Song For Our Daughter', Moses Boyd 'Dark Matter', Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'Ghosteen', The Ninth Wave 'Infancy', Phoenix Da Icefire & Husky Brown 'Panacea' and Sarathy Korwar 'More Arriving'.

Full nominations:

UK Independent Breakthrough
Georgia
Digga D
Fontaines D.C.
Kokoroko
Moses Boyd

International Breakthrough
Bicep
Floating Points
Hania Rani
Idles
Yaeji

Best Independent Track (in association with Facebook)
AJ Tracey – 'Dinner Guest' (Ft. Mostack)
Digga D – 'No Diet'
Flying Lotus – 'More' (Ft. Anderson .paak)
King Krule – 'Alone, Omen 3'
Lauv – 'Modern Loneliness'
Sorry – 'Right Round the Clock'
Squid – 'Sludge'
Sudan Archives – 'Confessions'
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – 'We’ve Landed'
Yves Tumor – 'Gospel for a New Century'

Best Independent Album (in association with Spotify)
Brooke Bentham – 'Everyday Nothing'
Everything is Recorded – 'Friday Forever'
Kidjo Ojua – the Mixtape
Kim Gordon – 'No Home Record'
Laura Marling – 'Song for Our Daughter'
Moses Boyd – 'Dark Matter'
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – 'Ghosteen'
The Ninth Wave – 'Infancy'
Phoenix Da Icefire & Husky Brown – 'Panacea'
Sarathy Korwar – 'More Arriving'

Best [difficult] Second Album
Floating Points – 'Crush'
Fka Twigs – 'Magdalene'
Joe Armon Jones – 'Turn to Clear View'
Life – 'a Picture of Good Health'
Moses Sumney – 'Græ'

Best Independent Remix
Lafawndah – Tourist X Nídia Rework
King of the Rollers – You Got Me (S.p.y. Remix)
Makaya Mccraven – Gil Scott-heron – We’re New Again
Apparat – Outlier (Solomun Remix)
Marie Davidson – Work It(Soulwax Remix)

One to Watch (in association with BBC Music Introducing)
Arlo Parks
Blanco White
Caroline
Greentea Peng
Lavida Loca

Best Creative Packaging (in association with Signature Brew)
Digga D – Double Tap Diaries
Hania Rani – ‘esja’ Sheet Music Book
Motörhead – 1979
Sophie – Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-insides Non-stop Remix Album
Moses Boyd – Dark Matter Lp (Dinked Edition)

Best Independent Video (in association with Vevo)
Black Pumas – 'Colors'
Bombay Bicycle Club – 'Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing but You)'
Flying Lotus – 'Black Balloons Reprise' (Ft. Denzel Curry)
Greentea Peng – 'Mr. Sun (Miss Da Sun)'
The Howl & the Hum – 'the Only Boy Racer Left on the Island'
Zebra Katz – 'Moor'

Outstanding Contribution to Music (in association with Merlin)
Tony Allen (Winner)