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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Full stream of Amphior's "Another Presence," taken from his LP Another Presence on Glacial Movements, out March 14.

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Premiere: Amphior - Another Presence

Taken from the new album "Another Presence"
Stream or purchase the album: 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.

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Amphior - Imaginary Shelter

Amphior - Pathfinder

Amphior - Dream Traveler

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

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

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