Amethystium is a music project aiming to create and explore emotive imagina… Read Full Bio ↴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 Øystein 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.

Amethystium is his solo mission. The name is not as memorable as Tangerine Dream or Deep Forest, yet musically, Amethystium shares common ground with both acts.

Ramfjord's mix of electronics, pop-dance rhythms, and some requisite sonic oddities (subdued Middle Eastern vocals, Gregorian chant, random dollops of native flutes) yields solid results, offering sufficient style and mystery to merit repeated play on an out-there, candlelit night.

Amethystium could be described as a subtler Delerium, a less self-conscious Enigma, or a second cousin to Mythos. Ramfjord favors a lighter, spacier vibe than most of the aforementioned acts, though. And at his best (on sparkling/pulsing tracks such as "Calantha," "Odyssey," and "Arcane Voices"), he sends an intriguing helix of melody lines on a slow swirl through inviting atmospheric fields. Pedestrian rhythms diminish some tracks, but Odonata remains a promising debut. --Terry Wood

Øystein Ramfjord's music career started when he let millions of people around the world download mp3s from the first Amethystium album for free on the huge www.mp3.com site. He was only 18 when the world heard his music. After a short time he was one of the most popular artists on mp3.com and got millions of fans in the world and many of them wanted to buy the music on CD albums.

Discography:
2008 - Isabliss
2006 - Emblem (Selected Pieces)
2004 - Evermind
2003 - Aphelion
2001 - Odonata
2000 - Demos

Homepage: www.amethystium.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amethystium

Interviews:
2006 - http://www.ephemerid.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/html/interviewamethystium.htm
2005 - http://www.sonicimmersion.org/interview.php?letter=A&interview=90349 (tested march 2011)
2004 - http://www.zonemusic.biz/home/interview.asp?intrvw=11&intrvwpstn=4
and http://www.ephemerid.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/html/interviews3.htm#ameth

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Amethystium Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Amethystium:

Autumn Interlude Feels like I could reach up into dark October skies Scoop…
Fable sunshine visits our new now world dogcatchers clockout count…
Treasure She cast stars 'cross the hidden lake Shadowed from the skie…

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graciela speroni

7y↑2

musica de loa dioses llena el alma de una inmensa dulzura y armonia

BodyMindPower

15y↑3

Thanks for sharing, dear Annie. This is so beautiful!!! Best regards Anke

Sethrael the Bard

8y↑7

It's been 15 years since I first learned of Amethystium; 10 years since this song lulled me to sleep in a war-ravaged desert. After so many years, it still moves me close to tears.

Chevy Chase

A man was once accidentally buried in the same grave as The prophet Elisha, in amazement of the men buring him witness the man they were buring come alive at once.
The infinite book The Word of God.