Dance, Party, Unity at Paranoia Awards 2018

On 7 November 2018, Hardrock FM and ICEPERIENCE.ID hold the awarding night of Paranoia Awards 2018 at The Pallas. This year marked as the 15th edition of the awards that dubbed as The Most Prestigious Dance Scene Award in Indonesia. The awarding night was attended by people who works in electronic dance music scene in Indonesia and entertained by Dipha Barus, Weird Genius, Jevin Julian, CYDA, Roni Joni, and Fun On A Weekend.

This year, the theme of the award is Dance, Party, Unity. "ICEPERIENCE.ID always support the dance music scene industry in Indonesia. We want to bring all people in the scene, regardless the genre, and appreciate their effort to promote the scene," said Diopsaputra from ICEPERIENCE.ID about Paranoia Awards 2018. The theme also become the focus for Paranoia for whole 2019. "We have to realize that we are under one big family of Indonesia dance music scene. We need to unite and leave the unhealthy politic of dancing behind," added Soenan Silalahi, producer of Paranoia.

The submission period started on 1-31 August 2018 and received more than 200 names submitted for various categories. The nominees announced during FINALICE on 1 September 2018 and the voting period ended on 25 October 2018. The voting is to determined Top 3 of each category before judge panel decided who is the winner. 

Here are the winners:
NIGHTLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
Nareend

PODCAST DJ OF THE YEAR
Tantra Mix by Tantra

CLUB NIGHT OF THE YEAR
ZEDD at Colosseum Club

CLUB EO OF THE YEAR
Dineros

RURAL CLUB OF THE YEAR
Bosche (from Yogyakarta)

BAR/LOUNGE OF THE YEAR
Mixology

SERIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Sunset People Project

RURAL DJ OF THE YEAR
Eddie Tripleks (from Surabaya)

VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
RPTV

UPRISING MC OF THE YEAR
Kyriz

EVENT OF THE YEAR
Djakarta Warehouse Project 2017

RESIDENT OF THE YEAR
Hizkia from Dragonfly

TECHNO DJ OF THE YEAR
Latex

DEEP AND TECH HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Heru K

DRUM/BASS DJ OF THE YEAR
Mistral

HOUSE DJ OF THE YEAR
CYDA

TRANCE DJ OF THE YEAR
Resty

R&B/ HIP HOP OF THE YEAR
Bima G

ELECTRO DJ OF THE YEAR
Echa Anggara

UPRISING DJ OF THE YEAR
Arien Cathrine

DUO/GRUP DJ OF THE YEAR
Tantra

LOCAL DANCE TRACK OF THE YEAR
Trappin' You by WW & Evan Virgan feat. Ras Muhammad

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Fickry

CLUB OF THE YEAR
Sky Garden Bali

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Riri Mestika

DJ OF THE YEAR
Dipha Barus

Congratulations to all winners! Keep supporting Indonesia's dance music scene and see you on the next Paranoia Awards 2019!