On Saturday, September 26th 2009, the Maine electronic music community came together to celebrate its achievements and exemplars at the 3rd Annual wepushbuttons awards Show. The event, co-hosted by Todd the Rocket and A Frame, was held at the Empire Dine and Dance and was open to the public. The Awards event was the capstone event of the wepushbuttons: Electronic Music Festival, in its inaugural year.

At the event, awards were presented in over 16 categories of electronic music in all of its forms, including: hip hop, techno, house, dubstep, breaks and drum n bass. Winners were chosen out of a Maine-based pool of talent nominated by the WPB committee. Voting, which was open to the public, took place over a 3 week period in September via wepushbuttons.com.

The winners page can be found here:
http://wepushbuttons.com/winners2009.html
and the complete list can also be found at the bottom of this release.

WPB Co-founder and Awards host Todd Richard comments,
"This year has marked an amazing move forward for WPB. The Awards event was a massive success, and that is obviously thanks to the unbelievable support from the music community as a whole in Maine. It's gratifying to see audiences realize that electronic music is alive, well, and everywhere in our culture, on a local and global level.

The response to our debut electronic music festival has also shown us that not only are Maine musicians and audiences ready, but are waiting for more opportunities to showcase this art and craft. We're already gearing up for WPB:EMF 2010!"

WPB Founders Jason Hjort, Todd Richard, and Marc Shepard would like to thank the following:

Portland Phoenix for their sponsorship and support, Maine Roller Derby, Empire Dine and Dance, Slainte, the Big Easy, the White Heart, The Portland Expo, Space Gallery, Ryan Dolan, Ian Paige, Nate Shupe, Lauren Wayne, Agent 8, Daniel Willis and AV Technik, Wally Wentzel, Chris Gray, Justin Ellis, Bryan Bruchman, Mark Curdo, Ludella Hahn, Kait Pressey, Matty T, Jason Keith, VJ Foo, and all the performers, presenters, staff members, and audience members who supported the festival and the awards.

2009 wepushbuttons Awards Winners

Best Dubstep - winner: Moshe
nominees: Elusid, highkoo, Jonek@t, Lukaduke, Moldy, Moshe.

Best Venue - winner: Big Easy
nominees: Big Easy, Bubba's, Empire, Slainte, SPACE, The White Heart.

Best Party Act - winner: H++L
nominees: Bam Bam, H++L, Laptop Lounge, Neon Garden, Party More!.

Best Techno Act - winner TIE: Vik44 TIE j.hjort
nominees: Alchera, Beatmo, j.hjort, Psydways, Seratto, Vik44.

Best Non-Musical - winner: Beltek
nominees: Beltek Festival, Justin Ellis (PPH), Mark Curdo (WCYY), Portland Music Foundation, Portland Phoenix, VJ Foo.

Best Breaks/Drum n Bass DJ - winner: DJ Corbin
nominees: DJ Corbin, Elusid, Illogik, Marshall Law, Stryknyne.

Best Club DJ - winner: Atomik
nominees: Atomik, DJ Jon, DJ Verbatum, KTF Terison, Nicotine, Todd 'The Rocket'.

Best House Act - winner: Popgirl23
nominees: Atomik, DJ Nocturnal, Mr. Dereloid, Nicotine, Popgirl23, Tim D.

Best Hip-Hop DJ - winner: Doc Joshua
nominees: Boondocks, DJ Graymatter, Dj Mayonnaise, DJ Shadezilla, Doc Joshua, Thel.

Best New Artist - winner: The White Jacket Collaborative
nominees: Educated Advocates, Grant Street Orchestra, Monsoon, The White Jacket Collaborative.

Best Live Act - winner: Metris vs. Vik44
nominees: Dreamosaic, Metris vs. Vik44, Miss Fairchild, Pentateuch, the secret weekend, Slouch & Adam B.

Best Electronic Act - winner: the secret weekend
nominees: agent8, alias, Computer at Sea, DJ Joy Ride, Metris, the secret weekend.

Best MC - winner: Brzowski
nominees: A-Frame, Brzowski, Ghost, Ill By Instinct, Josiah Scribes, Pensivv.

Best Hip-Hop Act - winner: Spose
nominees: A-Frame & The Foundation, Brzowski, Labseven, Luch & Eliza, Sandbag, Spose.

Best Album - winner: Dilly Dilly
nominees: Dilly Dilly-'Of Art and Intention', Ill By Instinct- 'Maiden Voyage', Luch & Eliza- 'Mind Over Melody', nomar slevik- 'Welcome to Fuckland', Various Artists- 'Goose Bumps 3.0', Vik44- 'Was Never White' .

Best Artist - winner: Sandbag
nominees: Brzowski, Dilly Dilly, Luch & Eliza, Metris vs. Vik44, Moldy, Sandbag.