Amphior, aka. Mathias Hammerstrøm makes his return with a new collection of melancholic and enchanting tracks on his latest full-length album, Another Presence. Mathias works with atmospheric synth sounds, vintage amplifying devices, and crackling lo-fi textures to evoke gloomily deserted landscapes and subterranean abysses. Disembodied voices linger like echoing ghosts calling from beneath an unknown surface, melting into the dense sonic fog of occasional noise, rumbling drones, and hypnotic synth passages. Reimagining sound recordings of ancient mantras and occult rituals, the album has a persisting otherworldly aura from beginning to end.

“Another Presence was made during the long Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. It was a strange vacuum of feeling lonely and isolated, yet I also felt more and more connected with being myself. I think I have been unconsciously ashamed of being an introvert and a sensitive person for a long time, and it has led me to become someone I’m not. The album is an expression of the states of mind I went through - and still fall back on from time to time” - says Mathias

Amphior released his sophomore album, We Used to Dance, and his solo debut-EP (as ‘Mathias Hammerstrøm’), There Is a Light Within Yourself, on his label, Hammerstrøm Records, back in 2019. He released the EP, Mirror Chamber, in 2021.
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released March 14, 2022

All tracks written and produced by Mathias Hammerstrøm in 2020.
Mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering.
Thanks to: Mikkel Schmidt, Mari-Ann Memborg, Anne Grete Aagaard, Claus Gahrn, Thomas Knak, Simon Scott.
Sleeve design by Oleg Galay

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Another Presence

Following up from 2014's debut-EP Begone, Amphior is now back with a similar touch on his new EP entitled Unlocked. The allusive and melancholic music still consists of the same noisy, distorted and, distant sounds that melts together with 2-steppy shuffle-rhythms and eerie pitched vocal-samples, however, Unlocked EP is generally darker and more into-the-core than the debut.

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Unlocked EP

Shadowland - out now
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Shadowland

Amphior (aka. Mathias Hammerstrøm), makes his return with a new handful of atmospheric and emotive tracks on his latest 3-track EP ‘Mirror Chamber’. Following up from the stylistic vein of 2019s’ ‘We Used to Dance’ Mathias continues to venture into the nostalgic and dreamful world of old-school analog synthesizers, switching out slow-paced and droney soundscapes with tireless and driving arpeggio magic. Having been produced during the long and uncertain hiatus of the pandemic of 2020, Mirror Chamber is a longing ascendance into sky-high ‘80s retro bliss searching for mental peace and comfort.

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Evader

Mirror Chamber

Sunshine Drifter

Taken from the new album "Another Presence"
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All tracks written and produced by Mathias Hammerstrøm in 2020.
Mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering.
Cover design by Oleg Galay
Thanks to: Mikkel Schmidt, Mari-Ann Memborg, Anne Grete Aagaard, Claus Gahrn, Thomas Knak, Simon Scott.

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Amphior - Imaginary Shelter

Amphior - Pathfinder

Amphior - Dream Traveler

Taken from the new album "Another Presence"
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Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvp5rIBqfvU

All tracks written and produced by Mathias Hammerstrøm in 2020.
Mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering.
Cover design by Oleg Galay
Thanks to: Mikkel Schmidt, Mari-Ann Memborg, Anne Grete Aagaard, Claus Gahrn, Thomas Knak, Simon Scott.

Amphior - Phantasm

Taken from the new album "Another Presence"
Stream or purchase the album: https://album.link/i/1608332444

All tracks written and produced by Mathias Hammerstrøm in 2020.
Mastered by Simon Scott at SPS Mastering.
Cover design by Oleg Galay
Thanks to: Mikkel Schmidt, Mari-Ann Memborg, Anne Grete Aagaard, Claus Gahrn, Thomas Knak, Simon Scott.

Amphior - Void

Amphior - Sleepwalker

Amphior - What Was Lost

https://soundcloud.com/twin-paradox-official and I made this chilled remix a little while back and we're happy to announce that it's now absolutely free to download. 

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Lyrics: 

Steal the crown, and your ache will be tender
Settle down, when you're starring in your last role
And I have been around
And I will guide you down

Tear it out and your luster will be frozen
Kept awake, you were choking in your own bed
And I have been around
And I will guide you down

See the ground and I will be your best friend
Settle down, when you're starring in your last role

Still Parade - Actors (Amphior & Twin Paradox Remix) [Free DL]

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Endurance

Inferior (Odd Shapes Remix)

Sigh

Taint can be downloaded for free on Bandcamp: 
https://amphior.bandcamp.com/track/taint

Taint

UNLOCKED EP - OUT NOW.
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Unlocked

Gloom of Emptiness is OUT NOW on the 'Husoptagelser VOL. 2': 
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Gloom of Emptiness [Husoptagelser]

UNLOCKED EP - OUT NOW
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Forgotten

UNLOCKED EP - OUT NOW
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TRACKLIST:
01. Forgotten 
02. Red Wishes 
03. Hiding 
04. Sleep Forever 
05. Unlocked

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Unlocked EP [Sampler] - OUT NOW

Sleep Forever

Red Wishes

Hiding

Shadowland - out now
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Spotify: https://goo.gl/t92f38 
Clone Records: https://goo.gl/PXRt4X

Being Followed

Quest

11-09-2017

Imaginary Puzzle

Made Up a Copy of Myself

Taken from the new album 'We Used to Dance'. 

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Oblivion

Timekeeper

We Used to Dance

Reviver

Taken from the new album 'We Used to Dance'. 
Remix by https://soundcloud.com/sangam

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Oblivion (Sangam Remix)

Taken from the new album 'We Used to Dance'.

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Amphior is the pseudonym behind Danish electronic and ambient producer Mathias Hammerstrøm, who creates immersive soundscapes fluctuating between melancholia and ethereal vibrations. Obsessed with the authentic warmth of tape machines, and vintage amplifiers, his atmospheric instruments, enigmatic voices, and lo-fi textures are often fused in a nostalgic haze of enchanting sound. Mathias’ music paints introspective pictures of disquiet rumination, the longing for tranquility - and somewhere in between - offering a sense of calming catharsis. 

Amphior debuted in March 2014 on Estonia-based Loodma Recordings with his “Begone EP”, venturing deep into the territory of “Future Garage” with skipping 2-step-rhythms, rumbling basses, pitched vocals, and the sounds of rain from the city. He re-emerged in a similar stylistic vein in 2016 with his “Unlocked EP” and followed up a year later with his debut album “Shadowland”; a collection of IDM-inspired and claustrophobically noisy tracks, released on the Dutch Shipwrec. Mathias has explored the fields of ambient music ever since. In 2019 he released his phantasmagorical analog synthwork “We Used to Dance” which included a remix from the prolific Sangam. In 2023 Amphiors’ third full-length album, the somberly meditative and spiritually pulsating “Another Presence” was released on the Italian Glacial Movements, and mastered by Slowdives’ Simon Scott.

Mathias has a new record “Disappearing” on the horizon to be released in 2024.  

contact: amphior (a) gmail . com

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