Award pre-nominations
2025’s new Deserted Island Music releases and accompanying artists have been pre-nominated for the Schallwelle Award and Cyclical Magazine Best Album 2025.
𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦

It’s the time of the year again to vote for the annual Schallwelle Awards. Organized by the German schallwende e.V.
Deserted Island Music is presented in following categories:
𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡
Däcker & Skoulaman
Mäläskä
Martijn Comes
Planet of the Arps
REMY
Skoulaman
Synquentium
𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡
Däcker & Skoulaman – Saudade
Martijn Comes – Frixtis
Planet of the Arps – Planet of the Arps 2
REMY – Exhibition of Dreams – 25th anniversary
REMY – Exhibition of Dreams in progress
Synquentium – Immersion in Total Emptiness
Cast your votes (up to 3 artists or albums, respectively, in each category may be voted for):
http://www.schallwen.de/swvoting/en/
The voting ends on 15 January, 2025.
Winners will be announced during the award ceremony at Rohrmeisterei (große Bühne im großen Saal, Halle 3), Ruhrstraße 20, 58239 Schwerte, Germany, on 21 February, 2026.
Details and tickets: https://schallwelle-preis.de/
𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

Until December 27th, you can vote for the best Ambient, Berlin School, Drone and Soundscape Electronic Music album released in 2025.
Link to vote:
https://forms.gle/wTeRhAxQQxR4AMDg9
The form only allows voting with an @gmail account. You can vote for a maximum of 3 albums.
In the running are:
Däcker & Skoulaman – Saudade
Martijn Comes – Frixtis
Planet of the Arps – Planet of the Arps 2
REMY – Exhibition of Dreams – 25th anniversary
REMY – Exhibition of Dreams in progress
Synquentium – Immersion in Total Emptiness
The winners will be published in the January issue of Cyclical Magazine.
Thanks for all your support and presence in 2025!
Wishing you and your beloved ones wonderful holidays and a prosperous and musical 2026!🎵🎶
See you all in the new year!
Musical greetings,
Remy