Juryns motivering:
”A very distinctive voice unexpectedly united the jury, everybody instantly recognized the love that has gone into the playing and, also, the packaging. It’s an ambitious and warm fusion of sonic elements, from jazz with both african and eastern influences to electronica. This double album really does something that is quite rare: it communicates the pure joy of music.”
Juryn bestod av:
Rob Young – författare av boken Electric Eden, f.d. chefredaktör The Wire, nu skribent för Uncut och The Wire.
Andres Lokko – musikjournalist.
Laurence Bell – ägare av Domino Records
Jeannette Lee – f.d. medlem i P.I.L. Ägare av Rough Trade Records med Geoff Travis. Manager för Pulp och Jarvis Cocker.
Mike Pickering – f.d. Factory Records nu A&R på Columbia Records UK.
Zach Kelly – Amerikansk journalist, medarbetare i Pitchfork.com och Paper magazine.
Jonathan Galkin – grundare av DFA Records.
Övriga nominerade:
Ane Brun – It All Starts With One
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Rubik – Solar
Gus Gus – Arabian Horse
Malk De Koijn – Toback To The Fromtime
Siinai – Olympic Games
Björk – Biophilia
Iceage – New Brigade
Montée – Renditions Of You
Anna Järvinen – Anna Själv Tredje
The Field – Looping state of mind
Lars Nylin
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