Amethystium

Norwegian producer and composer Øystein Ramfjord shaped Amethystium as an ambient new age and electronica endeavor infused with world music elements. The project first surfaced in 1999 through the self-issued album Odonata. Autumn Interlude, an EP, appeared the following year. A contract with Neurodisc Records soon led to three albums issued across four years, each entering the Top 10 on the Billboard New Age Albums chart: the 2001 reissue of Odonata, whose “Odyssey” later surfaced in the 2004 IMAX film Sacred Planet; 2003’s Aphelion; and 2004’s Evermind. The last of these featured vocals by Lee Nisbet of Animus Mundi on three tracks. Emblem (Selected Pieces), a compilation, surfaced in 2006, with Isabliss arriving in 2008. After parting from Neurodisc, Ramfjord’s own AM.mu Records issued the 2012 EP Aurorae. Transience, a wistful 2014 release, incorporated the Harding fiddle, a traditional Norwegian instrument.