Neo-soul singer Sampha, jazz drummer Yussef Dayes and composer Daniel Pemberton have topped the nominations for the 2024 Ivor Novello awards, which recognise the very best in British and Irish songwriting and composition for the display screen.
Sampha and Dayes are individually nominated for greatest album, whereas they share a joint nomination for co-writing Sampha’s observe Spirit 2.0, which is up for greatest track musically and lyrically.
In a evaluate of Sampha’s nominated album Lahai, Guardian critic Alexis Petridis described Spirit 2.0 as “an ideal summation of the album’s qualities – the tune luxurious, however set to a backing that slowly builds from a nagging guitar determine and an icy synth tone into jazzy drum’n’bass”. The south London-born artist has been courted as a collaborator by a variety of US A-listers together with Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and Solange, whereas releasing solo materials – his debut album Course of gained the Mercury prize in 2017.
Dayes, one of many central gamers within the vibrant London jazz scene of latest years, continues his latest flush of success following the discharge of his album Black Classical Music. He gave a well-received headline present at Royal Albert Corridor and have become a uncommon jazz nominee on the Brit awards, recognised within the rock/different class this 12 months. Black Classical Music is predominantly instrumental reasonably than song-based, however the awards additionally recognise composition, and in keeping with organisers the album class “celebrates constant and ingenious creativity, in addition to distinctive songwriting”.
Pemberton is nominated in two composing classes: greatest authentic movie rating for Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse, and greatest tv soundtrack for the third season of Sluggish Horses, the latter shared with producer-composer duo Toydrum, AKA Pablo Clements and James Griffith.
Pemberton has beforehand been Oscar-nominated in 2021 for his track with Celeste, Hear My Voice, included in The Trial of the Chicago Seven, and has 4 Golden Globe nominations for scores for movies corresponding to Steve Jobs and Motherless Brooklyn. He just lately scored the Michael Mann movie Ferrari.
Lankum, whose album False Lankum was named the very best of 2023 by Guardian critics, be a part of Sampha and Dayes within the album class alongside Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, and Raye, who swept the board at this 12 months’s Brit awards, profitable a record-breaking six awards in a single evening.
Additionally nominated for greatest track musically and lyrically are Blur for The Narcissist – their second ever nomination, after a win in 1996 on the peak of Britpop once they shared the very best songwriter award with arch rival Noel Gallagher. The Japanese Home (for Sunshine Child), Victoria Canal (for Black Swan) and Tom Odell (for Black Friday) spherical out the class.
Canal was the winner of the rising star award final 12 months – this 12 months’s nominees in that class are Blair Davie, Chrissi, Elmiene, Grasp Peace and Nino SLG.
Up for greatest modern track is one other of this 12 months’s Brit winners, London funk-pop band Jungle for his or her slow-burn streaming hit Again on 74, and one other mainstay in London’s jazz scene, Audio system Nook Quartet for Geronimo Blues that includes Kae Tempest. The US singer Mette (for Mama’s Eyes) and South African singer Tyla (for international Afro-pop hit Water) are additionally recognised due to their British songwriting groups.
Arguably stretching the class’s celebration of “originality in songwriting” to its restrict, Brian Eno and Fred Once more are nominated for Sufficient, a observe whose lyrics are made up of three sampled traces from Don’t You Dare by singer-songwriter Winnie Raeder.
Nominees for many carried out work, acknowledging industrial success, are Harry Types (As It Was, additionally final 12 months’s winner), PinkPantheress and Ice Spice (Boy’s a Liar), Jazzy (Giving Me), Central Cee & Dave (Sprinter) and Kenya Grace (Strangers). The songs’ varied co-writers are additionally nominated, although Grace wrote, produced and carried out her hit alone, changing into solely the second lady in historical past after Kate Bush to prime the UK chart with a completely self-made observe.
Movie, TV and online game soundtrack composers are additionally recognised, for work throughout the likes of Poor Issues, The Crown and Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III.
The awards happen on Thursday 23 Could on the Grosvenor in London.
Ivor Novello nominations 2024
Greatest album
Yussef Dayes: Black Classical Music, written by Yussef Dayes, Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey
CMAT: Crazymad, for Me, written by CMAT
Lankum: False Lankum, written by Daragh and Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat
Sampha: Lahai, written by Sampha
Raye: My twenty first Century Blues, written by Raye and Mike Sabath
Greatest modern track
Jungle: Again on 74, written by Lydia Kitto, J Lloyd and Tom McFarland
Fred Once more & Brian Eno: Sufficient, written by Brian Eno, Fred Gibson, Buddy Ross and Winnie Raeder
Audio system Nook Quartet: Geronimo Blues (ft Kae Tempest), written by Kwake Bass, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Raven Bush and Kae Tempest
Mette: Mama’s Eyes, written by Todd Dulaney, Ines Dunn, Barney Lister and Mette
Tyla: Water, written by Imani “Mocha” Lewis, Corey Lindsay-Keay, Jackson Lomastro, Ari PenSmith, Rayo, Sammy Soso and Olmo Zucca
Greatest track musically and lyrically
Tom Odell: Black Friday, written by Laurie Blundell, Max Clilverd and Tom Odell
Victoria Canal: Black Swan, written by Victoria Canal, Jonny Lattimer and Eg White
Sampha: Spirit 2.0, written by Yussef Dayes and Sampha
The Japanese Home: Sunshine Child, written by Amber Bain
Blur: The Narcissist, written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree
Most carried out work
Harry Types: As It Was, written by Child Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Types
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice: Boy’s a Liar Pt 2, written by Ice Spice, Mura Masa and PinkPantheress
Jazzy: Giving Me, written by Conor Bissett, Robert Griffiths and Jazzy
Central Cee & Dave: Sprinter, written by Central Cee, Dave, Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie
Kenya Grace: Strangers, written by Kenya Grace
Rising star award
Blair Davie
Chrissi
Elmiene
Grasp Peace
Nino SLG
Greatest authentic movie rating
Poor Issues, by Jerskin Fendrix
Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse, by Daniel Pemberton
Typist Artist Pirate King, by Carly Paradis
Greatest authentic online game rating
Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III, by Walter Mair
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, by Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab
Tin Hearts, by Matthew Chastney
Greatest tv soundtrack
Boat Story, by Dominik Scherrer
Sluggish Horses (season three), by Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum
The Crown: The Last Season, by Martin Phipps
The Following Occasions Are Based mostly On a Pack Of Lies, by Arthur Sharpe
Three Little Birds, by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
