Blur frontman Damon Albarn has been nominated for UK
producer of the year at the upcoming Music Producers Guild (MPG) Awards.
He will compete
against Paul Epworth, who produced Adele's Bond theme, Skyfall, and Jake
Gosling, who worked with Ed Sheeran and Palmoa Faith.
The prize
automatically earns the winner the Brit Award for best producer.
It will be
presented at a London ceremony on 7 February.
The Beatles
producer Sir George Martin will also receive an outstanding contribution award
on the night.
Albarn co-produced
Bobby Womack's latest album, Bravest Man in the Universe, which recently won
the Q Award for best album of 2012.
He also
co-produced Blur's double A-side single Under The Westway and The Puritan,
released ahead of the band's Olympic gig in July.
Epworth
previously won the award the 2010 after co-producing Florence and the Machine's
debut album, Lungs.
He was also
nominated last year, but lost out to Laura Marling's producer, Ethan Johns.
As well as
Skyfall, Epworth has also helmed albums by The Big Pink and Florence and The
Machine in the last 12 months.
It is the first
time Albarn and Gosling have made MPG's list in any of its categories, which
also include international producer of the year, breakthrough producer and
re-mixer of the year.
The album of
the year category recognises Mercury Prize winners Alt-J for their debut, An
Awesome Wave. They go up against Ed Sheeran, Florence and The Machine and
Paloma Faith.
Source: BBC
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