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Nominations have been announced for the milestone 10th edition of the “Ambasador” electronic music awards. With nominees announced across 26 categories covering Croatia and the region, public and industry voting is now open to recognize the best achievements in electronic music for 2026. The polls are open until the 28th of October at the following link: http://nagrada-ambasador.eu/
Once again, Ambasador showcases the best of the domestic and regional electronic music scene—ranging from producers whose music conquers global dancefloors and charts, and DJs performing on major international stages, to promoters bringing key electronic music names to Croatia and festivals that top the wish lists of partygoers worldwide. Among the nearly 140 nominees this year are ABOP, Carl Cox’s performance at Cave Romane, Contrast Radio (Yammat FM), DJ Jock, Feel Good Club (Otvoreni Radio), Laurent Garnier’s exclusive guest appearance at Peti Kupe, Matroda, Moby’s first-ever solo concert in Croatia (at the Pula Arena), Nipplepeople, Petar Dundov, pocket palma, Radioteka (Croatian Radio Channel 2), Sara Renar, and numerous other figures and projects from the scene.
The milestone awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 11, at Zagreb’s Boogaloo club, opening with the premiere of a short documentary about how the Ambasador award has brought together, connected, and elevated electronic music in Croatia and the region.
The full list of nominees is listed below:
CROATIAN AUDIENCE AWARDS
BEST NEW PROJECT
Badger by Greenlight
High Hats
Natura Electronica
(Panic Room Croatia x Croatian Natural History Museum)
Onkraj
Signal
RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR
Contrast Radio (Yammat FM)
Electrochat (Radio Korčula)
Eteria Waves (KLFM)
Feel Good Club (Otvoreni radio)
Radioteka (HR 2. program)
PROMOTER / COLLECTIVE OF THE YEAR
BSH Events
Kongres kolektiv
Kućna Glazba
Loveroom
Panic Room Croatia
CLUB NIGHT OF THE YEAR
After Ego Chronicles
Dobar House
Future Scope
Piknik
Sequences
BEST SMALL CLUB
Depo (Zagreb)
Mali Barbarellas (Zagreb)
Masters (Zagreb)
Oxygene (Osijek)
Svarog Bar (Zadar)
BEST LARGE CLUB
585 Club (Bol, Brač Island)
Barbarella’s (Pirovac)
Boogaloo (Zagreb)
Peti Kupe (Zagreb)
Revelin (Dubrovnik)
EVENT GODINE
Carl Cox @ Cave Romane (BSH Events)
Gates of Agartha @ Cave Romane (BSH Events)
Hernan Cattaneo @ Boćarski dom (Future Scope)
Laurent Garnier @ Peti Kupe (Sequences)
Moby @ Arena Pula (Charm Music)
BEST INDEPENDENT / DIY CULTURE FESTIVAL
DnB United Vol. 3
Egofree Festival
Escape The City
Pandemonium Festival
Planet Dom Festival
BOUTIQUE FESTIVAL GODINE
Balance Croatia
Dekmantel Selectors
Flows Festival
Foresterra Festival
Surf Festival
DJ GODINE
DJ Jock
Insolate
Kali
Klaada
Matroda
Petar Dundov
Tom Bug
Yakka
CROATIAN INDUSTRY AWARDS
NEXT GEN
Anja D
Marak
mezzanotte
S]NE
Svebor
GRAPHIC DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Arya Perišić – vinyl design for Jan Kinčl “Lights Out” Cycle 06
Petra Ana Čubelić – vinyl design for Tanna Tuwa “Straight from Balkans” EP
Vladimir Tomić Mosk and Mladen Stipanović – vinyl design for Vlado Simcich Vava’s album
“Paintings at the exhibition”
SOUND SYSTEM GODINE
Munchies sound system
Prevara sound system
Rebel Station sound system
Tandava sound system
Tobotoklo sound system
SINGLE GODINE
DJ Jock x Adam Beyer – Let Loose (Drumcode)
Insolate – MAU EP (South Signatures)
Laseech – Blue Hour EP (Cosada Rec)
Petar Dundov – Alpha Prime (Cocoon)
Yakov – Okno (Atje)
REMIX OF THE YEAR
KiKlop – “Kao ja” (Glazbena kuhinja & Denz remix)
Kveld – Hamarlauta (Klaada remix)
pocket palma – “Lungomare Remixed”
Dimitri Andreas – “Cambolisa” (Petar Dundov Remix)
Jonathan – Have It All (Roy Beatie Remix)
VINYL RELEASE OF THE YEAR
Jan Kinčl – Lights Out (Cycle)
Madezh – This Is A New Life EP (Travel Light)
Mimi – Omatucada (Casabianca)
Oxygene (Egoless versions) 7″ vinyl (Nice Up!)
Zidar Betonsky – I gledam i sanjam i ne dam (Geenger)
ALBUM / COMPILATION OF THE YEAR
ABOP – Masters of Afters (LAA)
Andrea Ljekaj – Kajdanka (Atje)
Plazmatick – Rakija
Sara Renar – Nježne riječi (Croatia Records)
Yakka – Soulshine (Beatality Records)
REGIONAL AUDIENCE AWARDS
REGIONAL PROMOTOR / COLLECTIVE OF THE YEAR
ØOMO
Garden of Dreams
Krater
Illusions
Krš produkcija
BEST REGIONAL CLUB
Epicentar (Skopje)
Karmakoma (Beograd)
Kino Šiška (Ljubljana)
Kult (Beograd)
Silver and Smoke (Sarajevo)
REGIONAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Charlotte De Witte @ Most na Adi (Lovefest x BSH Events)
Eric Prydz @ Stari grad Budva (TO Budva)
Fort X Festival @ Dvorac Mokrice (BSH Events)
HardBeats Festival 4th Anniversary @ Media Center & Cvetličarna
Solomun @ Vječna vatra (Garden of Dreams)
REGIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR
Butik Festival
Lovefest
Mountain Music Festival
Pyramid Festival
Sunny Hill Festival
REGIONAL DJ OF THE YEAR
After Affair
Andrew Meller
Commissar Lag
Dash
Divolly & Markward
Marko Nastić
Mene
RotorMotor
REGIONAL INDUSTRY AWARDS
NEXT GEN
Dakman
Gliste
Juno
Laris
Sahara Transport Services
REGIONAL CLUB TRACK OF THE YEAR
Andrew Meller – Echoes Of Love (Diynamic)
Benjamin Milić – Dusa (Sunset Mix) {Benjamin Milic Music}
Commissar Lag – Absolution EP (Earwiggle)
Pessto – That’s What My Life’s Like (Diynamic)
Toske – Trade Off (Lost Space Dreams)
ALBUM / COMPILATION OF THE YEAR IN THE REGION
Brtinzz – Somewhere Between Clubs and Silence (Transition)
Fokus – From The Basement Floor
Haris Pilton & Balkan Voodoo Orchestra – Gipsy & Balkan Dub
V.A. – Wood Wide Web (Forestdelic Records & Parvati Records)
Vegim – Magnetopause (TMM Recordings)
BAND / LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR IN CROATIA AND THE REGION
ABOP
Eleven Live
Kali Fat Dub
Luton & Šćepa Live
Nipplepeople
