Amethystium is a music project aiming to create and explore emotive imaginary worlds in sound. Primarily electronic-based, the compositions traverse a span of moods that includes both light and darkness, bliss and melancholy. They range from the purely relaxing to the subtly intense, creating dreamlike and evocative musical journeys.
Formed by Norwegian composer/producer Oystein Ramfjord, Amethystium started out independently with a demo release in late 1999. After quickly becoming something of an underground phenomenon through word of mouth, the project was signed to then EMI/Capitol subsidiary Neurodisc Records and released a string of three Top 10 Billboard charting albums in the US.
In 2006 a retrospective compilation titled "Emblem (Selected Pieces)" was released, and a fourth full-length album is scheduled to be released in June '08
An album that seems to elevate from the speakers."
- Billboard Magazine
"This is clearly the mature flowering of this genre - a climb to a well-developed high point of sonic excellence."
- Ambient Visions
"This is music for wild imaginations and otherworldly dreamers. (...) There are moments of intense beauty created by spacey electronica, ethnic flutes and echoing female vocals - although darkness is always around the corner."
- Celestial Voices
"Let me be honest - this album positively shreds the best stuff Enigma has ever cranked out. It's no contest. But, what really cleans my clock is that this is not just "get down and dirty" Enigma-esque tunes. It's also an example of sterling production, inspired music, and, believe it or not, humanity. I never once thought this album was anything but the work of an artist who had a lot invested in the music."
- Wind and Wire Magazine
"Much like the fantastic worlds that fill human mythology and literature, Amethystium is brimming with wonder and gorgeous splendor. I dare not make the attempt to classify Ramfjord's work into specifics, but I will say that Evermind is the most emotional and thought provoking New Age release of 2004. The soaring heights of the album's cinematic soundscapes are paired with the intelligent electronics and synthetic artistry that ties the entire trilogy together."
- About.com
"Maybe it's the remote, Nordic atmosphere or the title, Aphelion - the point in the earth's orbit furthest from the sun - but Amethystium stays just this side of cool, avoiding the over-heated bombast of contemporaries like Yanni. Still, there's nothing under-stated about APHELION. It's all anthemic cadences and surging rhythms, a clarion call and charge into the fray, like the riders of Rohan coming to the rescue."
- Echoes
"Amethystium, however, takes sound to a level and texture that ventures forth between the veil of light and dark, clearly demonstrating why this work has been embraced by goth ethereal fans worldwide."
- StarVox Music Zine
"Wow. Just...wow. That was my first, and continuing impression of Odonata, the first album from Amethystium. The overall feel of the album is vast, soaring, and always in motion, and ranging in feel from intimate to immense."
- Ambient Visions
"What amazes and impresses is the subtle mood changes that well up different emotions and mind states. And importantly, the intensity and richness of the sound is not lost or loosened during the course of the 11 track album. Fusing light and shadow and past, present and future, Aphelion is simultaneously soothing and energizing, unique and universal."
- Celestial Voices
"An uplifting and enchanting, otherworldly experience. Lush, ambient and often trance-like rhythms flow as if guided by forces of ascension. Take a wonderful journey along a dreamy soundscape into a gorgeous other dimension."
- Vision Magazine
"From the insistent urgency of the shimmering synths, digital piano, and glitch-esque beats of 'Innocence' to the cheery chill-out vibe of 'Barefoot' to echoes of church organ and neo-classical string textures on 'Lost', Evermind is ear candy of the best kind, filling and delicious"
- Wind and Wire Magazine
"I took one listen to the new album by Amethystium (a project by �ystein Ramfjord of Norway) and was totally swept away by what I heard. I feel it even tops its predecessor, Odonata, in terms of production and artistic merit."
- Ambient Musings
Track List
01. Opaque
02. Ilona
03. Enchantement
04. Dreamdance
05. Tinuviel
06. Avalon
07. Calantha
08. Odyssey
09. Fairyland
10. Paean
11. Arcane Voices
12. Ascension
13. Ethereal
14. Lhasa
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01. Shadow to Light
02. Garden of Sakuntala
03. Exultation
04. Ad Astra
05. Gates of Morpheus
06. Autumn Interlude
07. Elevensong
08. Shibumi
09. Hymnody
10. Withdrawal
11. Berceuse
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01. Arcus
02. Into the Twilight
03. Shadowlands
04. Break of Dawn
05. Innocence
06. Satori
07. Barefoot
08. Reverie
09. Lost
10. Fable
11. Imaginatio
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01. Break Of Dawn 04:23
02. Shadow To Light 05:51
03. Ad Astra 06:11
04. Shadowlands 05:29
05. Arcus 05:06
06. Enchantment 06:01
07. Arcane Voices 04:03
08. Gates Of Morpheus 05:58
09. Innocence 04:35
10. Autumn Interlude 05:53
11. Opaque 04:44
12. Satori 04:25
13. Avalon 05:32
14. Lhasa 03:22
15. Into The Twilight 04:55
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Track List
01. Arcus
02. Into the Twilight
03. Shadowlands
04. Break of Dawn
05. Innocence
06. Satori
07. Barefoot
08. Reverie
09. Lost
10. Fable
11. Imaginati
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