The first ever Vh1 Sound Nation Awards that took place over the weekend was an attempt to recognize the best the Indian (alternative) scene has to offer.
Following a series of stellar opening performances by electronic wonder-boy ‘Your Chin’ and retro-funk duo ‘Madboy/ (hosted by Ramona Arena and Cyrus Sahukar) the winners of the first ever 100 Pipers Vh1 Sound Nation Awards were announced :
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Vh1 Best Electronic DJ: Ash Roy
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Vh1 Best Music Video: Bandish Projekt – Alchemy
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Vh1 Best New Artist: Nischay Parekh
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Vh1 Best Live Act: Dualist Inquiry Band
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Vh1 BEST Hip Hop DJ: DJ Sa
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Vh1 Best Global Indian: Nitin Sawhney
Mid-way through the awards, the hosts decided to call for a break from the festivities and directed our attention to the other side of the now significantly packed Hard Rock Café, where Indus Creed were prepping up to perform. After an energy filled performance by the legends, we got back to the remaining awards.
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100 Pipers Vh1 Hall of Fame: Indus Creed
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Vh1 Best Hip Hop Act: Feyago
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Vh1 Best Electronic Act: BLOT
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Vh1 Best Metal Act: Reptilian Death
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Vh1 Best Rock Act: Sky Rabbit
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Vh1 Handpicked Song of the Year: Your Chin – Your Chin
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Vh1 Artist of the Year: Dualist Inquiry
To close off the event The Midival Punditz took to the stage and gave us a preview to a few of their tracks from their new album.
All-and-all the 100 Pipers Vh1 Sound Nation Awards was a great event and a wonderful initiative towards recognizing the people that have played their part in taking the Indian (non-bollywood) Music scene to the level it is at now. It’s only gonna get better from here, that much is a guarantee.