It’s time. It’s time for the electronic/hip hop music community in Maine to set forth a definition; a definition of who we are and what we do. It’s time for us to come together to understand each other as well as encourage others to dig deeper than their own understanding of electronic-based music; a true conduit of information to build a complete circuit. It’s time for the 2008 wepushbuttons Awards.

The wepushbuttons Awards recognize individuals and groups and their respective achievements, ranging from DJs to MCs to Producers to Bands that represent the realness in electronic music in our city. The Awards are realized in 18 different categories. Yes! Our “small” music community has enough richness and diversity to warrant this many separate areas of recognition.

The winners of the 2008 wepushbuttons Awards will be announced at an Awards event at SPACE Gallery on November 15, 2008. The event will be a celebration, not just of the winners, but of all the nominees and participants in the ever-growing electronic music community and it’s accomplishments as a whole. The polls closed midnight October 25, 2008.

RE-DEFINE. WE DEFINE. WE PUSH BUTTONS.

The Nominees:

Best Artist/Group: alias, Atomik, Brandon Miles, Brzowski, Dilly Dilly, Syn the Shaman

Best New Artist/Group: Ghetto Crest, Ill By Instinct, Pensivv, Shupe, Slouch & Adam B., Spose

Best Live Act: Dreamosaic, Labseven, Metris vs. Vik44, Sontiago & Dilly Dilly, Soul Movement, The Secret Weekend

Best MC: A-Frame, Alt., Bread, Brzowski, Ghost, Syn the Shaman

Electronic Act: C Money Burns, Computer at Sea, Gestalt, highkoo, Metris, Vik44

Best Pop/R&B Act: Eliza, Kristina Kentigian, Miss Fairchild, Soul Movement

Best Club DJ: DJ Graymatter, DJ Jon, DJ Lenza, DJ rocket-one, DJ Verbatum, H++L

Best Hip-Hop DJ: Boondocks, DJ Graymatter, DJ Jon, DJ Rew, DJ Shadezilla, Don Santos

Best Breaks/Drum & Bass Act: Alchera, Brandon Miles, DJ Corbin, Elusid, Stryknyne, The Fiend

Best Down-tempo Act: alias, Dj Mayonnaise, Late Night Clouds Project, Mat Young, Moshe, The Lin

Best Dub/Reggae/Dubstep Act: Jonek@t, Lukaduke, Moldy, seyffer

Best Hip-Hop Act: Brzowski, Labseven, nomar slevik, Sontiago, Spose, Syn the Shaman

Best House Act: Atomik, Marcus Caine, Mr. Dereloid, Nicotine, popgirl23, 32french

Best Techno Act: DJ Nocturnal, j.hjort, Metris, Seratto, The Secret Weekend, Vik44

Best Album: alias- “Resurgam”, Brandon Miles- “Kiss the Stars”, Metris- “Metris”, Spose- “Preposterously Dank”,
Syn the Shaman- “The Cure”, The Tules- “A Haunter’s Workshop”

Best Non-Musical Contribution: Beltek Festival, Jim Begley, Lauren Wayne, Local Motives, Mark Curdo, Portland Phoenix

Best Club: Big Easy, Bubba’s, Empire, Geno’s, SPACE, The White Heart