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The Awards
 

From the everyday sounds that encapsulate the events of the past twelve months to the year’s most innovative and creative sound technology, the Sound of the Year Awards celebrates sound in all its forms and from all corners of the world.

 

Judged by a panel of leading lights from the international sound community, the winner of each category will receive a basicUcho high-quality omni-directional microphone, courtesy of LOM, a minimalistic mount made by Radius 

and a Bubblebee Industries windkiller.  


 

The winner of the Sound of the Year category will also receive the Weaver by Fieldtone instruments – a handheld audio sampler that takes any sound and immediately produces rhythmical loops and evolving textures. 

 

Category partners this year include: The Science and Media Museum, Earth Day, Sound and MusicAccidental, the Southbank Centre's National Poetry Library and UK Hearing Conservation Association.

 

Media partners are Resonance and Electronic Sound.

The Judges

Alannah Chance

Audio Producer, Somerset House Trust

Christian Ching
Ecologist and Artist, Natural History Museum

Jez Riley French

Artist, Listener, Curator, Microphone Builder

 

Kate Carr
Field Recordist and Sound Artist, Flaming Pines

Kirsty Whalley
Oscar-Winning Mixing Engineer

Dr. Linda O’Keeffe
Sound Artist, University of Edinburgh​

Matmos - Drew Daniel and M. C. (Martin) Schmidt

Electronic duo

​​Rana Eid 

db Studios, Beirut

Tony Gayle
Sound Designer

 

Prof.  Trevor Cox

Professor of Acoustic Engineering, University of Salford

Will René

Librarian, National Poetry Library and Radio Host, NTS

 

Anton Spice

Writer and Researcher

Aidan Charron

​Associate Director of Global Earth Day

Dr. Annie Jamieson

Curator of Sound Technologies, National Science and Media Museum

Milo Thesiger-Meacham

Artist, Composer, Performer, Broadcaster and Creative Director of Resonance FM 

Matthew Herbert (Chair of Judges)

The Radiophonic Institute

Prizes

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The winner of the Sound of the Year category will also receive a Weaver by Fieldtone instruments – a handheld single knob audio sampler that takes any sound and immediately produces rhythmical loops and evolving textures. 

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