Amethystium, the recording moniker for keyboardist/composer Oystein Ramfjord, makes lavish, sweeping, New Age music by combining ethereal synth effects with pulsing beats and majestic themes.
EVERMIND stays true to the Amethystium formula--the music here is like the soundtrack to some as-yet-unmade film of fantasy and adventure.
Expansive imaginary landscapes unfold on EVERMIND, pulling the listener through dark locations that might be geographical ("Shadowlands") or psychological ("Reverie").
Guitarist Helge Krabye and vocalists Lee Nisbet and Martha Krossbakken join Ramfjord, but Ramfjord himself generates the bulk of the sound sculptures.
His pulsing bass keys, interlocking melody lines, and synth effects (that recall everything from flutes to strings to the cries of birds) all coalesce with rolling rhythms and a strongly meditative atmosphere for an appealing, deep listening experience.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcus | Amethystium | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Into the Twilight | Amethystium | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Shadowlands | Amethystium | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Break of Dawn | Amethystium | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | Innocence | Amethystium | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | Satori | Amethystium | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Barefoot | Amethystium | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Reverie | Amethystium | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | Lost | Amethystium | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | Fable | Amethystium | Play | 05:05 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 11 | Imaginatio | Amethystium | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 52 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 307 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amethystium | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Stacy King Evans | Audio Engineer |
| 3 | Helge Krabye | Additional Personnel, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 4 | Martha Krossbakken | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 5 | Lee Nisbet | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 6 | Oystein Ramfjord | Audio Production, Member of Attributed Artist, Various Instruments |
| 7 | Michael Sarsfield | Mastering |
| 8 | Frankford Wayne | Mastering |
| 9 | Anton Zinkl | Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |