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This is the first newsletter sent from another platform. Due to announced restrictions of Mailchimp we decided to move on to AcyMailing. In the meanwhile we have migrated all subscribers. This is the reason you will receive this month's mailing twice. You don't need to do anything, but if you only receive one, please check your spam or contact us.
If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to let us know! Then also, two new album releases are at the factory, and should be available early April. And I will be present at the upcoming Schallwelle Awards ceremony (see details below). Deserted Island Music will not have a stall, but if you need any title from our catalog or shop, please let us know, and we can bring it for you.
Musical greetings,
Remy Stroomer
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Awards | |
Cyclical Dreams - Best Album 2025The new edition of Cyclical Magazine is available!And it includes the 200 best albums of 2025, voted for in the December poll by listeners and magazine readers.Although these kind of lists might always profit from lobbying votes and fanbases, as well as there might even be missing some names from the list, it's an honour to have four of last year's Deserted Island Music releases in the list, with actually lobbying once in this newsletter. So thanks a lot to all of you who brought out their votes, and congratulations to everyone who made it into the list!The 200 Best Albums of 2025Ambient / Berlin School / Drone / Soundscape Electronic Music#42. REMY STROOMER - EXHIBITION OF DREAMS -25TH ANNIVERSARY#100. DÄCKER & SKOULAMAN - SAUDADE#114. REMY STROOMER - EXHIBITION OF DREAMS - INPROGRESS#173. MARTIJN COMES - FRIXTIS
BEST ALBUM 2025!! Cyclical Magazine: January issue is now available.
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| | Schallwelle Award The nominees for the annual German Schallwelle Award have been announced.
It's an honour to have Däcker & Skoulaman included ("Saudade" as Best Album International, and Skoulaman as Best Artist International) in this list.
Congratulations to all nominees!
Find the complete list (in alphabetical order) below, and on https://schallwelle-preis.de/nominierte-2025/
Winners will be announced during the award ceremony on February 21st, to be held at the Rohrmeisterei (große Bühne im großen Saal, Halle 3), Ruhrstraße 20, 58239 Schwerte, Germany.
More details and tickets: https://schallwelle-preis.de/
Künstler National / Best Artist National
Globotom
Peter Mergener
Stefan Erbe
Tangerine Dream
Thorsten Quaeschning
Künstler International / Best Artist International
Colin Rayment
Elektronische Maschine
Skoulaman
Tectonia
Unisphere
Alben National / Best Album National
Globotom – Holy B3
Klaus Schulze – Bon Voyage
Lutz Graf Ulbrich – Lüüls Lab
Martin Stürtzer – Antares Station
Peter Mergener – Chip Meditation 2025
Alben International / Best Album International
Däcker & Skoulaman – Saudade
Madis – Elements of Life
Sequentia Legenda – A Ray Of Light
Tectonia – Luna (The Moon)
Unisphere – Opus Tria
Ambient Album
Andrea Cichecki – Drawn Into The Edge Effect
Árstraumur – Aurora
Biosphere – The Way of Time
Jeff Pearce – Ethereal Night
Thorny – A Long Dusk
Volker Lankow – November Drones
Neuentdeckung / New discovery
Gaebhard
GotamaX
Grant Beasley
Krzysztof Kurkowski
NoRinTon
Nostalgic Expanse
Sonderpreis für Kuppelprojektionen und langjährige Unterstützung der Elektronischen Musik
Klaus-Dieter Unger (Planetarium Bochum)
Ehrenpreis fürs Lebenswerk / Lifetime Achievement Award
POND (Paule Fuchs)
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Upcoming releases | The DDP's and artwork for upcoming 24th and 25th Deserted Island Music releases have been sent to the factory.
The new releases can be pre-ordered from our website, and later this week also from Bandcamp. Soundclips will also be added to the product pages somewhere this week. | |
Edith Alonso - Momento 0.0 We are proud to present a new artist under the wings of Deserted Island Music: Edith Alonso is a composer from Madrid. She began composing electroacoustic music when she discovered the concrète music and met composers such as François Bayle and Pierre Henry in Paris. She explores sounds in many processes always in an innovative way and changing of set frequently (electric prepared bass, analog & digital synths, laptop, circuitbending). Interested in sound physical transformation and how they change our perception of reality. Every sound holds within it a world to be discovered. Edith's amazing upcoming electronic music album "Momento 0.0" is going to be released on CD and as digital download on April 3rd.
| | The second collaboration of REMY & Däcker sees the light on April 10th.
"Yvelines" by REMY & Däcker might be a rather different experience than the "Live at BYSS" debut album, as Peter and myself used a grand piano instead of electronics as main instrument. No worries for all electronic nerds out there: there are also involved some synths. This project took us 1,5 years to accomplish. Although the mixing process, as well as the mastering by Michel Geiss, had already been finished 9 months ago, I also worked on a video (containing parts of the session and location recordings) together with David Smelik for the last couple of months. As icing on the cake, Audiochef's Misja van Waterschoot made an additional 5.1 audio mix for the video. There is a lot more to tell about the project by Peter Dekker and me, but that will be for next posts.
REMY & Däcker - "Yvelines" will be released on CD and as digital download, as well as limited edition CD+Bluray.
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Databloem | |
We have added a bunch of new titles to our website from the wonderful Databloem label. The directly available titles include:
Steve Brand - Graduated California Storm - Ancient Buildings Canopy of Stars - Darkness and Light Christian Fiesel - State of an Unborn Union (2-CD) Circular Ruins - Curious Geometries Galati - Fragility GB Edge - Floating in Space Lingua Lustra - Emotive Motifs Lingua Lustra - Ocean Drops Samora - Kaleidos
Saitoh Tomohiro - Drawing Line and the Curve
Spectra Ciera - Bioluminescence Spielerei - Rare Earth and Other Things Yamaoka - Koyomi Yamaoka - Rhythm of the Rain
All other Databloem releases are also available as backorder, and should just be ready to ship within 1 or 2 business days.
The titles already in our shop also have permanently reduced prices!
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65 Jaar popmuziek in en uit Velsen | |
An unique book project will be published in the spring of 2026: "65 Jaar popmuziek in en uit Velsen (1960-2025)".
It's a honour to have my musical projects and label featured on two pages of this book.
This reference work, compiled by Jan Bakker from IJmuiden, tells the story of dozens of bands and musicians who were active in Velsen over the past decades. The book contains an extensive discography of LPs, singles, CDs, cassettes, and digital releases, supplemented with photos, posters, and newspaper articles. The paper archive of pop journalist Johan Brouwer and visual material from the North Holland Archives are also incorporated.
It will be an A4-sized, full-color, softcover book of approximately 500 pages. Many music-loving locals have contributed photos and stories. This will be an unique collection of Velsen pop music from 1960 to 2025. A true document!
The book is scheduled to be released in mid-June.
Details about availability and more will be shared here as soon as this information is available.
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Upcoming events | |
21-2-2026
Schallwelle Preisverleihung @ Rohrmeisterei, Schwerte (Germany)
Line-up: Frank Tischer, Rike Casper & Erik Matheisen, KelMen (Detlef Keller & Michael Menze). 11-4-2026
E-Day Festival @ De Stoelendans, Oirschot
Line-up: Lisa Bella Donna, MoonSatellite, Perge, BySenSeS.
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Availibility on digital platforms | |
All Deserted Island Music and REMY album releases are also available on Spotify, iTunes, and many other platforms.
Please keep in mind purchasing cd's and downloads of albums from our website and Bandcamp is the best way to support the artists.
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Free album sampler |
Deserted Island Music 2011 >>> 2024 >>> Free Digital Download | DIM-D020 | Release date: July 1st, 2024
| | The latest Deserted Island Music label sampler is available from our webshop and Bandcamp.
Previous "Past - Present - Future" compilation isn't actual anymore, as this was released in 2021, for the tenth anniversary of Deserted Island Music.
For the largest part, the new sampler contains similar tracks from older releases, but some have been replaced, as well as the compilation has been complemented with brand new tracks from upcoming exciting new album releases.
So, here it is, resumed:
To highlight our label, and to get you acquainted with the music we have to offer, there is a compilation download album available from our webshop:
Deserted Island Music 2011 >>> 2024 >>>
And… it is completely free!
Almost two and a half hours of some complete outtakes from our label’s releases, to give you the best listening experience possible.
Supplemented with some yet unreleased tracks for scheduled album releases.
Featuring electronic music by REMY, Mäläskä, Space Art, Planet of the Arps, Däcker, Feralia Planitia, Basic Principles, Synquentium and Martijn Comes.
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| Däcker & Skoulaman - Saudade (DIM-023)
CD | digital download
A brand new collaboration between two established musicians of improvised electronic music.
This dynamic journey combines the melancholic story-telling and constructive progressions by Däcker (Peter Dekker) and driving sequencing and layering by Skoulaman (Hans van Kroonenburg).
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/dacker-skoulaman-saudade/
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| Däcker - Anthropomorphic Personification (DIM-017)
CD | digital download
Peter Dekker’s highly anticipated second album “Anthropomorphic Personification” is about concepts translated into a human(shaped) persona, with human properties. It is a musical leap forward, again filled with analog synthesizer delight and compositions that draw you into the world of Däcker.
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/dacker-anthropomorphic-personification/
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| REMY - The Other Side: Lost in Reality (DIM-016)
CD | digital download
“The Other Side: Lost in Reality” contains the registration of the concert at the Grote of St. Bavokerk in Haarlem on September 17th, 2022. This one-off collaboration with a ten-piece choir was specially composed for this occasion and is based on the 2020 track “Lost in Reality”, featured on REMY's album "The Other Side".
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/remy-the-other-side-lost-in-reality/
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| Space Art - Personal Duty (DIM-015)
CD | LP | digital download
With “Personal Duty”, legendary French electro pioneer Dominique Perrier continues his Space Art project together with Tommy Rizzitelli. They deliver a sparkling collection of inspiring tracks. Musically it’s likely one of the band’s most varied albums to date.
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/space-art-personal-duty/
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| Basic Principles - Colours (DIM-014)
2-CD | digital download
Although being active in music and as painter for many years, Wladimir Duijndam's electronic music is going to be available in physical form for the first time. The album consists of an intense double disc listening experience. While the first disc contains minimal, atmospheric and ambient-like pieces, the second carrier will definitely blow away the Berlin School enthusiasts and analog sequencer fetishists.
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/basic-principles-colours/
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| Feralia Planitia - Feralia Planitia (DIM-013)
CD EP | digital download
The five entrancing tracks on the eponymous debut EP by Feralia Planitia evoke reminiscences with the music of Doris Norton, Andrea Parker, Leftfield, Cabaret Voltaire and Kraftwerk. The cover artwork by Patrick Fitou refers to cinematic and sci-fi works by directors like Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky and David Cronenberg.
https://www.desertedislandmusic.nl/product/feralia-planitia-feralia-planitia/
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That's it for now!
Feel free to send your feedback regarding this mailing, our website, releases, or whatever you would like to share with us, and spread the word about the Deserted Island Music album sampler.
Stay safe and healthy!
Musical greetings,
Remy Stroomer
Deserted Island Music
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