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MPG Awards 2022: Full Winners List

The Music Producers Guild’s MPG Awards made a triumphant return to an in-person awards evening on June 9 at London’s The Tower Hotel.

The top accolade of UK Producer Of The Year was won by Marta Salogni, who in the past year has worked with the likes of Black Midi.

Fiona Cruickshank took home two awards on the night: Breakthrough Producer Of The Year and Recording Engineer Of The Year.

Manon Grandjean was awarded Mix Engineer of the Year by multi-award-winning songwriter, Kamille, for an impressive year with work such as Noa, AJ Tracy & Lxandra.

Inflo was once again awarded for his work, taking home Writer-Producer Of The Year for a second year running. He also produced the Album Of The Year winner, Little Simz’ Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.

Another notable winner was the singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, Joan Armatrading who received the PPL present The MPG Outstanding Contribution Award.

This year saw the return of the Unsung Hero Award, the only category open to anyone in the industry, which was won by #BrokenRecord campaigner Tom Gray.

There were also two new categories: Vocal Producer of the Year, which was presented by Ellie Goulding to Lorna Blackwood for her work with Dua Lipa, & Calum Scott and the Rising Star Award.

The new Rising Star award replaces the previous Breakthrough Engineer category to include early-career recording, mix and mastering engineers, in an effort to highlight more of the new talent rising up through the industry.

This award was presented to Matt Taylor who said: “This month marks exactly 10 years since I left the care system, so to be recognised in this way by my industry is surreal, and an honour.

“This is a brutal industry for a careleaver, where having no family or financial support makes it nearly impossible. I hope that my success will now begin to shift the tides so more people like me can survive and thrive in recording. I may be the first careleaver to win an MPG Award, but I’m gonna make sure I’m not the last!”

The Music Producers Guild Awards featured a total of 15 categories, each designed to recognise and celebrate the best and brightest stars in music production, along with the industry’s new talent.

The event was hosted by tastemaker and broadcaster Abbie McCarthy, with Max Hardcastle, Coco Cole and Matt Puffett (from UNKLE) providing the afterparty music.

Full winners list:


Producer of the Year


Sponsored by Flare Audio

Dave Eringa

Inflo

Marta Salogni - WINNER


Writer-Producer of the Year


Sponsored by Session

Hannah V

Inflo - WINNER

Richard Turvey

Breakthrough Producer of the Year


Chris Taylor

Fiona Cruickshank - WINNER

Hannah V

Self-Producing Artist


Sponsored by Shure

The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies)

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (Dean Richardson)

Lau.ra - WINNER


Recording Engineer of the Year


Sponsored by AMS Neve

Chris Taylor

Fiona Cruickshank - WINNER

Matt Wiggins

Rising Star


Sponsored by Pace iLok

Jonny Breakwell

Luke Pickering

Matt Taylor - WINNER


Mix Engineer of the Year


Sponsored by Miloco

Dan Grech-Marguerat

Guy Massey

Manon Grandjean - WINNER


Mastering Engineer of the Year


Katie Tavini

Kevin Tuffy - WINNER

Matt Colton

Vocal Producer of the Year


Sponsored by Synchro Arts

Cameron Gower Poole

Charlie Andrew

Lorna Blackwood - WINNER


Unsung Hero


Sally Herbert

Tim Burgess

Tom Gray - WINNER


Studio of the Year


Sponsored by Dolby

Abbey Road Studios - WINNER

The Church Studios

The Pool

Original Score Recording of the Year


Lisey’s Story (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) - WINNER


Composed & Produced by

Clark (aka Chris Clark)

Engineered and Mixed by

Tom Bailey


Rebecca (Music from the Netflix Film)


Composed & Produced by

Clint Mansell

Engineered and Mixed by

Geoff Foster


The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (Music From The Netflix Film)


Composed & Produced by

Daniel Pemberton,

Engineered and Mixed by

Sam Okell


Album of the Year


Sponsored by Avid


Arlo Parks: Collapsed in Sunbeams


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),

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),

Mixed by

David Wrench


Little Simz: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert - WINNER


Produced by

Inflo (1-19),

Co-produced with Miles James (track 10),

Co-produced with Jakwob (track 12),

Engineered by

Ben Baptie and Richard Woodcraft

Mixed by Ben Baptie and Richard Woodcraft


Wolf Alice: Blue Weekend


Produced by

Markus Dravs,

Engineered by

Ian Berryman,

Mixed by

Mark Stent


The MPG Inspiration Award


Sponsored by Audio Note

Linda Perry



PPL Present The MPG Award For Outstanding Contribution To UK Music


Sponsored by PPL

Joan Armatrading