The Music Producers Guild has revealed the shortlist for its 2022 Awards, which will take place on June 9 2022.
This year sees the return of the Unsung Hero Award – the only category open to anyone in the industry – which sees nominations for #BrokenRecord campaigner Tom Gray, Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess for his #TimsTwitterListening Parties that boosted artists during the lockdown, and veteran string arranger and composer, Sally Herbert, who has worked across genres from Florence and the Machine, Mumford and Sons to Elvis and the RPO.
There are also two new categories: Vocal Producer of the Year and the Rising Star award.
In an effort to highlight more of the new talent rising up through the industry, the new Rising Star category replaces the previous breakthrough engineer category to include early-career recording, mix and mastering engineers.
The remaining two categories are in the gift of the MPG and will be announced ahead of the ceremony in June.
MPG 2022 Awards shortlist:
Producer of the Year
Writer-Producer of the Year
Hannah V
Inflo
Richard Turvey
Breakthrough Producer of the Year
Chris Taylor
Hannah V
Self-Producing Artist
The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies)
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (Dean Richardson)
Recording Engineer of the Year
Chris Taylor
Fiona Cruickshank
Matt Wiggins
Rising Star
Jonny Breakwell
Luke Pickering
Matt Taylor
Mix Engineer of the Year
Guy Massey
Mastering Engineer of the Year
Kevin Tuffy
Matt Colton
Vocal Producer of the Year
Cameron Gower Poole
Charlie Andrew
Lorna Blackwood
Unsung Hero
Sally Herbert
Tom Gray
Studio of the Year
Abbey Road Studios
The Church Studios
Original Score Recording of the Year
Clark: Lisey's Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
Composed & Produced by Clark
Engineered and Mixed by Tom Bailey
Clint Mansell: Rebecca (Music from the Netflix Film)
Composed and produced by by Clint Mansell
Engineered and Mixed by Geoff Foster
Daniel Pemberton: The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (Music From The Netflix Film)
Composed and produced by Daniel Pemberton,
Engineered and mixed by Sam Okell
Album of the Year
Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams
Engineered by Gianluca Buccellati (tracks 2,4-7,8-10), Sam Petts-Davies (tracks 4,5,7,8), MacIntyre (tracks 2,12), Arlo Parks (track 1), Jackum Nichols-Marcy (track 1), Bad Sounds (track 11)
Produced by Gianluca Buccellati (tracks 2,4-7,8-10), Arlo Parks (tracks 1,11,12), Paul Epworth( tracks 3,12), Bad sounds (track 11)
Mixed by David Wrench
Little Simz: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Engineered by Ben Baptie and Richard Woodcraft
Produced by Inflo (1-19),
Co-produced with Miles James (track 10)
Co-produced with Jakwob (track 12)
Mixed by Ben Baptie and Richard Woodcraft
Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend
Engineered by Ian Berryman
Produced by Markus Dravs
Mixed by Mark Stent
Contact backroom@mpg.org.uk for MPG Awards sponsorship opportunities.