Amethystium - Aphelion
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Artist: AmethystiumEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-01-28
Music Label: Neurodisc
Soundtracks:
- Shadow to Light
- Garden of Sakuntala
- Exultation
- Ad Astra
- Gates of Morpheus
- Autumn Interlude
- Elevensong
- Shibumi
- Hymnody
- Withdrawal
- Berceuse
Music reviews of Aphelion
Music Review: Music for the soul
Rating: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of "New Age" genre, I love and listen to Enigma, Delerium, Enya, Lesiem, Magna Canta, Era, Ryan Farish and Kevin Wood.. But after I listened to this Cd 2-3 times, I realized that this is really the "music for the soul" Amethystium is the best among the others. "Deepness" and melodic quality of the music is much better than Enigma, Delerium or any other artist.
The music itself is so deep and ethereal, full of emotion. It's the combination of darkwave, new age and ambient there are beautiful angelic vocals also. The songs are soul stirring, they are simply ethereal soundscapes that takes you to another dimension, another time...
The songs also have some of the most beautiful (and sad at the same time) melodies I have ever heard in my life.
If you like really deep, mystic and "darkly beautiful" melodic music, this cd is for you.
Description of Aphelion
While not without flaws, this second release from Amethystium, aka Oystein Ramfjord (a twenty-something producer from Norway), is another appealing assortment of trance/space/pop/new age textures that may not fully transport you to another dimension, but will set an interesting audio backdrop for the evening. Ramfjord creates inviting, slightly sweetened, slightly mysterious electronic atmospheres, all nudged along by polite grooves and an assortment of subtle, Enigma inspired audio totems (native flutes, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern vocals). Amethystium is not quite a peer of Enigma, acting more like a mild-mannered distant relative. Stylistic comparisons to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark? Mythos, and even Vangelis are also likely to come to mind. Ramfjord's higher-pitched keyboard voices occasionally break the spell his music works hard to cast (as in "Garden of Sakuntala," a pity), but it's a tolerable glitch in this largely inviting 59-minute moodsetter, one that is almost identical in flavor to his debut Odonata.--Terry WoodNorway CDs
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