Koi Child dominate 23rd annual WAMAwards

Jazz-rap collective Koi Child dominated last night’s sold out WAMAwards in Perth, taking home four wins out of their five nominations.

The seven-piece group from Fremantle took home awards for Most Popular Act, Most Popular Music Video, Best Album and Best Urban Act.

Also taking home multiple awards last night were Abbe May (Best Single and Best Female Vocalist), Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group (Best Jazz Act and Best Drummer/Percussionist) and POW Negro (Most Popular New and Most Popular Live Act), all with two awards each. 

Taking place at Perth’s new live music and multi-purpose venue, Gate One Theatre at the Claremont Showgrounds, the 23^rd annual WAMAwards kicked WAMFest’s extensive 2016 program.

Taking place over four days until 6 November, the popular annual event will showcase local talent with around 150 acts performing across more than 20 venues throughout Perth, Fremantle and surrounding suburbs.

West Australia Music (WAM) is also hosting the newly named WA Music Conference (WAMCon) as part of this year’s WAMFest event. Held over two days (4 to 5 November), the conference is aimed at equipping and networking industry professionals, managers, bookers, students and music fans alike.

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The 2016 WAMAwards winners are:

WA MUSIC AWARDS – GENRES & INDUSTRY

BEST BLUES / ROOTS ACT – Presented by Clancy’s Fremantle ► Old Blood

BEST COUNTRY ACT – Presented by 720 ABC Perth ► Ruby Boots

BEST ELECTRONIC ACT (live) – Presented by MRA ► SLUMBERJACK

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ACT – Presented by Sunset Events ► Eduardo Cossio

BEST FOLK ACT – Presented By Parlour ► Lucy Peach

BEST INDIGENOUS ACT – Presented by Nannup Music Festival ►Gina Williams

BEST JAZZ ARTIST – Presented by The Ellington ► Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group

BEST METAL / HEAVY ACT – Presented by The Au Review ► Voyager

BEST POP ACT – Presented by Alex Hotel ► Methyl Ethel

BEST PUNK / HARDCORE ACT – Presented by Wildergrim ►Scalphunter

BEST ROCK ACT – Presented by Badlands Bar ► Tired Lion

BEST URBAN ACT – Presented by Avenoir ► Koi Child & Mathas(TIED)

BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT – Presented by Lotterywest ►Grace Barbé

BEST ALBUM – Presented by UNIFIED ► Koi Child – Koi Child

BEST EP – Presented by RTRFM ► Verge Collection – Open Plan Living

BEST SINGLE – Presented by Australia Council for the Arts ► Abbe May – Doomsday Clock

BEST RECORD LABEL – Presented by Shiny Rabbit ►Pilerats

MANAGEMENT AWARD – Presented by Association of Artist Managers (AAM) ► Jacob Snell

MEDIA AWARD – Presented by Drug Aware ► Caitlin Nienaber(RTRFM)

GOLDEN WAMi – Presented by City of Perth ► Jacob Snell

WA MUSIC AWARDS – PUBLIC VOTED – Presented by TheMusic.com.au

MOST POPULAR ACT – Presented by APRA  AMCOS  ► Koi Child

MOST POPULAR NEW ACT – Presented by Perth Theatre Trust ►POW Negro

MOST POPULAR LIVE ACT – Presented by Perth Arena ► POW Negro

MOST POPULAR MUSIC VIDEO – Presented by North Metropolitan TAFE  ► Koi Child – 1-5-9

MOST POPULAR VENUE – Presented by moshtix ► Mojos Bar

MOST POPULAR MUSIC EVENT – Presented by National Live Music Awards ► Camp Doogs

WA MUSIC AWARDS – CRAFT

BEST SOUND ENGINEER (live) – Presented by WAAPA ► James Newhouse

BEST SOUND ENGINEER (studio) – Presented by SAE Creative Media Institute ► Dave Parkin (Blackbird Sound Studio)

BEST RECORD PRODUCER – Presented by Cool Perth Nights  ► Joel Quartermain (Wastelands Studio)

BEST ELECTRONIC PRODUCER – Presented by Pilerats ► Regan Mathews (Ta-ku)

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST – Presented by The Mustang Bar ► Abbe May

BEST MALE VOCALIST – Presented by Tone Deaf  ► Jacob Diamond

BEST GUITARIST – Presented by X-Press ► Benjamin Witt

BEST BASSIST – Presented by The West Australian ► Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah / The Tommyhawks)

BEST DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST – Presented by Mix 94.5  ► Daniel Susnjar (Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group)

BEST KEYS / SYNTH ARTIST – Presented by The Music Network ►Timothy Nelson (Timothy Nelson & The Infidels / The Kill Devil Hills / High Horse)