Tastemakers including Zane Lowe, Jamie T, Huw Stephens, Jen Long, Gilles Peterson, Sara Cox, MistaJam and Rudimental have championed the albums they feel should be crowned the overall winner of the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize in a new series of short films.
The twelve Champions Films, which are currently available to view on the Mercury Prize’s official YouTube channel – www.youtube.com/mercuryprize - feature a range of well known presenters and musicians explaining why they feel particular albums deserve to win this year’s Prize.
The 2014 Champions and their ‘Albums of the Year’ are:
Ade Adepitan - Young Fathers ‘Dead’
Gemma Cairney - Nick Mulvey ‘First Mind’
Gilles Peterson - GoGo Penguin ‘v2.0’
Huw Stephens - East India Youth ‘Total Strife Forever’
Jameela Jamil - Bombay Bicycle Club ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’
Jamie Cullum - Polar Bear ‘In Each and Every One’
Jamie T - Damon Albarn ‘Everyday Robots’
Jen Long - Anna Calvi ‘One Breath’
MistaJam - Kate Tempest ‘Everybody Down’
Rudimental - Jungle ‘Jungle’
Sara Cox - FKA twigs ‘LP1’
Zane Lowe - Royal Blood ‘Royal Blood’
Mercury Prize Executive Producer, Dan Ford, says: ‘These short films really highlight the incredible range of music that can be found on this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist. The passion that the Champions display for their chosen albums make the films truly compelling and should inspire viewers to discover all of the 2014 Albums of the Year for themselves.’
Channel 4 will also be featuring the short films on the 4oD Shorts platform in the run up to the their coverage of the 2014 Awards Show, which starts at 9.30pm on Wednesday 29 October on More4.
