Tony Allen and Moses Boyd winners of AIM Awards 2020
The Independent Music Awards 2020 were revealed yesterday evening
Last updated 13th Aug 2020
Moses Boyd, Jazz Re:freshed and the late Tony Allen all won awards at last night’s AIM Independent Music Awards.
The event, celebrating its tenth anniversary, was held virtually and helps to shine a light on the vibrant independent music sector.
Moses Boyd won UK Independent Breakthrough and Jazz Re:freshed best Indie label while Afrobeat pioneer Allen was given the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award posthumously. Tony’s life and music was celebrated when Blur frontman Damon Albarn performed a special tribute to Allen with former collaborators including Ezra Collective drummer Femi Koleoso.
Moses Boyd, Sarathy Korwar, Anderson. Paak (who featured on Flying Lotus' winning track) and Jazz Re:freshed are all nominated for the Jazz FM Awards 2020.
You can see a full list of the winners and nominees below:
AIM Award 2020 winners:
UK INDEPENDENT BREAKTHROUGH IN ASSOCIATION WITH YOUTUBE MUSIC - GEORGIA / DIGGA D / FONTAINES D.C. / KOKOROKO / MOSES BOYD (WINNER)
BEST CREATIVE PACKAGING IN ASSOCIATION WITH SIGNATURE BREW - DIGGA D – DOUBLE TAP DIARIES (WINNER) / 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)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH FUGA - VINCE CLARKE (WINNER)
INDIE CHAMPION IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCPS - HELEN SMITH (WINNER)
BEST SMALL LABEL IN ASSOCIATION WITH KEY PRODUCTION - BEDROOM INDIE / EDITION RECORDS / FEMME CULTURE / HOUNDSTOOTH / SPEEDY WUNDERGROUND (WINNER)
BEST INDEPENDENT REMIX IN ASSOCIATION WITH DESIGNSCENE - LAFAWNDAH – TOURIST X NÍDIA REWORK (WINNER) / 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 (WINNER) / BLANCO WHITE / CAROLINE / GREENTEA PENG / LAVIDA LOCA
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 (WINNER) / ZEBRA KATZ – MOOR
INNOVATOR AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMAZON MUSIC - AJ TRACEY (WINNER)
BEST DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROPER MUSIC- FLOATING POINTS – CRUSH / FKA TWIGS – MAGDALENE (WINNER) / JOE ARMON JONES – TURN TO CLEAR VIEW / LIFE – A PICTURE OF GOOD HEALTH / MOSES SUMNEY – GRÆ
INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEEZER - BICEP / FLOATING POINTS / HANIA RANI / IDLES / YAEJI (WINNER)
PIONEER AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH EVOKE STUDIOS - LITTLE SIMZ (WINNER)
PPL AWARD FOR MOST PLAYED NEW INDEPENDENT ARTIST - FREYA RIDINGS (WINNER) / FONTAINES D.C. / JAYKAE / JADE BIRD / NSG
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 (WINNER)
BEST LIVE ACT IN ASSOCIATION WITH CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY - AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON / FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH (WINNER) / RED RUM CLUB / THE REYTONS / THE DARKNESS
BEST INDEPENDENT TRACK IN ASSOCIATION WITH FACEBOOK - AJ TRACEY – DINNER GUEST (FT. MOSTACK) / DIGGA D – NO DIET / FLYING LOTUS – MORE (FT. ANDERSON .PAAK) (WINNER) / 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 LABEL IN ASSOCIATION WITH PIAS - BROWNSWOOD RECORDINGS / GOOD SOLDIER / JAZZ RE:REFRESHED (WINNER) / STONES THROW / YOUNG TURKS
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH MERLIN - TONY ALLEN (WINNER)