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This month celebrates the 15th anniversary of Deserted Island Music, which was established on March 1st, 2011. Until March 31st, you can get 15% discount on all yet released Deserted Island Music releases and more!
Unfortunately no prizes for Däcker and Skoulaman at the Schallwelle Awards. However, it was good to be present at this really nice venue, meeting a lot of friends and nice people.
As you might know, we are going to have two brand new album releases next month: Edith Alonso's "Momento 0.0" will be premiered during a Bandcamp Listening Party. And there will be "Yvelines" by REMY & Däcker. This project will coincide with a album release party on release date. Read more below. Musical greetings,
Remy Stroomer
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15 Years Deserted Island Music | | This month celebrates the 15th anniversary of Deserted Island Music, which was established on March 1st, 2011.
Until March 31st, you can get 15% discount on all yet released Deserted Island Music releases (until 2025's DIM-023), all REMY albums before the Deserted Island Music era and other AKH Records releases from our catalog. The discount also applies on the complete Deserted Island Music and REMY bundles.
Use coupon code DIM15years at checkout in our webshop.
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Upcoming releases | Only a couple of weeks to go before following new albums will be released. And both the releases will have an additional release party! | |
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.
“Momento 0.0” is inspired by the ephemeral moment in which life occurs and its transitory nature.
Besides, this work emphasizes the relationship between the inorganic and the
organic nature of the origin of the matter.
“Moment 0.0” invites us to travel to a new universe through its origin,
discovery, chaos, union, destruction and its hopeful ending.
Furthermore, “Momento 0.0” explores how nature and bodies are interwoven,
crossed by connections and at the same time, bursting into pieces.
Deep and hurtful sounds interact, showing us the confrontation between life and death.
"Momento 0.0" is going to be released on CD and as digital download on April 3rd.
Bandcamp Listening Party
Join the "Momento 0.0" Bandcamp Listening Party on March 31st, 2026.
The event will open at 7:30 PM GMT+2 (19:30 CET) and "Momento 0.0" will start playing at 8:00 PM GMT+2 (20:00 CET).
Get in time and join Edith and me in the chat.
https://edithalonso.bandcamp.com/live/momento-00-listening-party
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/842727458786318/
| | 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.
Album presentation concert
There will be a concert by me and Peter to present the new album.
The location will be De Vioolkist in Hilversum, on Friday, April 10th, starting on 20:00. Please share this event and spread the word as much as possible, as it's already on very short term.
Get your tickets from
Facebook event:
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Schallwelle Awards | | February 21st I visited the Schallwelle Award Ceremony in Schwerte, Germany, together with Peter "Däcker" Dekker and Hans "Skoulaman" van Kroonenburg, as they were nominated for their "Saudade" collaboration album.
Unfortunately we didn't bring any awards back home, but it's always good to end amongst the highest nominees. Congratulations to all winners!
Here are all winners:
Künstler national / Best Artist national
1. Stefan Erbe
2. Tangerine Dream
3. Globotom
4. Peter Mergener
5. Thorsten Quaeschning
6. Martin Stürtzer
7. Spectral Wanderer
8. HYRN
9. Filter-Kaffee
10. Lutz Graf Ulbrich
11. Bernd-Michael Land
12. Broekhuis, Keller & Schönwälder feat. Raughi Ebert & Thomas Kagermann
13. Frank Tischer
14. F.D.Project
15. WEGA
16. Steve Baltes & Harald Grosskopf
17. Marius Nitzbon
18. Detlef Keller
19. Pond
20. Axess
Künstler international / Best Artist international
1. Tectonia
2. Skoulaman
3. Colin Rayment
4. Unisphere
5. Elektronische Maschine
6. AE van Elst Project
7. Erik Wøllo
8. Árstraumur
9. Madis
10. Kebu
11. Bioscope
12. Meesha
13. Steve Roach
14. Sequentia Legenda
15. Wavestar 2
16. State Azure
17. Gert Emmens
18. Lisa Bella Donna
19. Lightwave
20. Thorsten Quaeschning & Paul Frick & Harald Grosskopf
Alben national / Best Album national
1. Peter Mergener – Chip Meditation 2025
2. Lutz Graf Ulbrich – Lüüls Lab
3. Globotom – Holy B3
4. Klaus Schulze – Bon Voyage
5. Martin Stürtzer – Antares Station
6. Frank Tischer – Circumpolar
7. Klangwelt – Second Nature
8. Spyra – Tau
9. Tangerine Dream – From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22
10. Stefan Erbe – Metamorphosys
11. Rike&Erik – Transit
12. Gate Eleven – First Contact
13. HYRN – The Green Mile
14. Bernd-Michael Land – Schwer | Metall
15. moonbooter – Syncope 1
16. Menzman – Fahrstuhlmusik
17. F.D.Project – Solarstorm
18. Peter Baumann – Nightfall
19. Jerome Froese – Sunsets in Stereo
20. Otarion – time of nations
Alben international / Best Album international
1. Tectonia – Luna (The Moon)
2. Unisphere – Opus Tria
3. Däcker & Skoulaman – Saudade
4. Sequentia Legenda – A Ray Of Light
5. Madis – Elements of Life
6. Bioscope – Gent?
7. AE van Elst Project – The Art of AE (live)
8. Skoulaman – Live at DEM
9. Arjen Schat – Live At DEMMF 2025
10. Carbon Based Lifeforms – Live at Ozora 2024
11. Erik Wøllo – Aeris Suite
12. Synquentium – Immersion in Total Emptiness
13. Obukhovaudio – Moons
14. Betageist – Burned Into Memory
15. Erik Wøllo – Gateway (2025 remaster)
16. Lightwave – Cit?é?s Analogues
17. State Azure – Paradise Star
18. Obukhovaudio – Stargate
19. Steve Roach – The Reverent Sky
20. Engai – Destinations
Ambient Album
1. Árstraumur – Aurora
2. Andrea Cichecki – Drawn Into The Edge Effect
3. Biosphere – The Way of Time
4. Thorny – A Long Dusk
5. Volker Lankow – November Drones
5. Jeff Pearce – Ethereal Night
7. Jairo Guerrero – In God´s Silence
8. Isostatic – Reel Landscapes
9. Sam Rosenthal – Islands
10. zakè – Collected Orchestral Works, Vol. I
11. North Node – Neptune’s Dreambox
12. Reichenhall – The Hen
13. Extraworld – Void’s Edge
14. Jogging House – Unrund
15. 36 & zakè – Stasis Sounds For Long?-?
16. Distance Space Travel III
17. Lorna Dune – Sequential Dreaming
18. LudoWic – Horizontal Fall
19. Tears of the Sun – The Half Hidden Mystery
20. Warmth – Revenant
Neuentdeckung / New Discovery
1. NoRinTon
2. Krzysztof Kurkowski
3. Grant Beasley
4. Gaebhard
5. GotamaX
5. Nostalgic Expanse
Sonderpreis
Klaus-Dieter Unger vom Planetarium Bochum,
der uns jahrzehntelang zu EM-Konzerten die wunderbaren Weltraumbilder an die Kuppel projizierte.
Sonderpreis fürs Lebenswerk / Lifetime Achievement Award
POND (Paule Fuchs)
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Synthfest Nantes | |
SynthFest France 2026 takes place on 17, 18 and 19 April 2026 at Centre de Congrès de la Fleuriaye, Carquefou.
I will visit the festival for the first time, together with Peter Dekker.
Deserted Island Music will not have a stall, but if you want me to bring some specific titles, be sure to send an e-mail or message in advance.
At least I will have the new Edith Alonso and REMY & Däcker releases with me.
SynthFest France is the leading French gathering dedicated to synthesizers and electronic musical instrument manufacturers. Neither a trade show nor a purely musical festival, SynthFest is the meeting place for synthesizer manufacturers and electronic musical instrument enthusiasts. SynthFest is held annually in the Nantes region.
With environmental concerns in mind, SynthFest takes place outside the city center at the Fleuriaye Convention Center in Carquefou, which is certified as High Environmental Quality (HQE).
Exhibitions, Conferences / Talks, Visitors, MasterClass, New products, Modular systems, Concerts, Immersive events, Pedagogy, Demonstrations, Rarities, Collectors.
An unique event in France. All the key players in the world of electronic lutherie in one place.
The encounters between these worlds regularly lead to the creation of new instruments or new musical projects.
Visit https://www.synthfestfrance.com/ for info and tickets.
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Naar de Knoppen! | |
Save the date! On May 17, 2026, there will be hosted a free spring electronic music festival at a beautiful and nostalgic location: Fort Maarssenveen. With great music, tasty snacks, delicious drinks, and lots of fun!
Here's the full lineup for the third edition of Naar de Knoppen! Tectonia Utrax Rejax Jungle of Wires Basic Principles The Soulmade System [Moosdohmen] X Pressanykey
Naar de Knoppen!
May 17, from 12:00 to 19:00.
Fort Maarssenveen
Herenweg 3, Maarssen
FREE ADMISSION
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Rhea farewell concert | |
Although not directly connected with Deserted Island Music, I would like to mention the farewell concert of Belgian musician and friend Mark de Wit, aka Rhea.
Last year I organized the concert evening at the Brussels Planetarium together with Mark (and also Peter), and you can also get his latest album from our webshop, soI think it's definitely worth to mention this final gig!
"Le Synthonisateur" On the unique location of the Cellarium of the Sint-Pietersabdij, Sint-Pietersplein, Ghent, on Friday, May 8th, 2026.
Doors open: 19:30
Dark Ambient by Gert de Meester (B)
20:00 Rhea (B) with guest Alain Kinet
Tickets Pre-sales: €17
At door: €20
Reserve your tickets via e-mail
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Upcoming events | |
3-4-2026
Edith Alonso - "Momento 0.0" album release
4-4-2026
Label Radio Live @ La Cantina, Eindhoven
11-4-2026
E-Day Festival @ De Stoelendans, Oirschot
Line-up: Lisa Bella Donna, MoonSatellite, Perge, BySenSeS.
8-5-2026
Rhea farewell concert @ Ghent (Belgium)
Line-up: Gert de Meester, Rhea, with guest Alain Kinet. Reserve your tickets via e-mail
10-10-2026
E-Day Festival @ De Stoelendans, Oirschot
Line-up: t.b.a.
Deserted Island Music is present with a stall.
https://www.e-live.nl/
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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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