Emblem (Selected Pieces)

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2007-08-15 rating:
Excellent chillout music.
Until recently, electronica or ambient of any sort had never been my thing - too dance-y and too boring, respectively. Then, somehow or another, I delved a little deeper into this sort of ethereal ambient music, and love it.

Amethystium's sound is a fascinating one: gentle, mesmerizing electronica (it seems crude to call it dance music, since it's really not), incorporating almost everything from female vocals to Gregorian-style chants. It's a bit classical, a bit pop, New Age, exotic - I've heard it called slightly gothic. It is, in short, many things.

The main downside is that it's not really the sort of music you can do much with except play in the background and relax to, and the songs become a little samey after a while, but they're still different enough to be able to pick favourites - Ethereal, Arcus and Anthemoessa are my personal top three.

Amethystium is all the more interesting for being the brainchild and project of a single person, Norwegian composer and musician Øystein Ramfjord, who has released three other albums under the Amethystium name. However, if you are new to his music, I would recommend 'Emblem' for a well-rounded sampling of his best works from the past few years.

[Similar music: Sleepthief, Blue Stone, Enigma]


review by: garyw date: 2006-11-03 rating:
Fantastic
I have been listenting to Amethystium for just over a year now and have enjoyed the relationship immensely. I find it difficult to describe this type of music - it is much more than simply instrumental music - sometimes dark and brooding; sort of like chill-out dance music with ethereal vocals. The rhythyms are easy to get into and I would imagine most people will know whether they like the music quickly. The artist is very talented and I look forward to his future releases.

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