Amiel Daemion
Amiel Daemion | |
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| Birth name | Amiel Muki Daemion |
| Also known as | Amiel |
| Born | 13 August 1979 New York, United States |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Warner |
| Website | www.amiel.com.au |
Amiel Muki Daemion (born 13 August 1979), also known as just Amiel, is an American-born Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including Josh G. Abrahams (as Puretone) for the song "Addicted to Bass" which became a top twenty hit in Australia, this led to Daemion releasing studio albums such as Audio Out in 2003 and These Ties in 2005.
Biography
Early career
Born in
The Silver Brumby. She states "I always knew that all I wanted to do was perform."[2]
1995–2003: Collaborations with Josh Abrahams and debut album
Daemion's music career began in 1995 when she was hired to do some backing vocals on a song the Australian producer
Festival Records and decided that Abrahams would be the best producer for her debut album.[2]
Daemion was confronted by delays while making the record and refused to be bothered by the record's slow progress, so she used this time to write new songs both in Australia and in the United States where she composed and recorded a song, "Meet Me in the Red Room", for the second Festival Mushroom Records since she had been signed.[2]
In 2002, due to the success of "Addicted to Bass" in Australia and
gold by ARIA.[7] Due to the positive reception review and chart wise, Daemion was nominated for five ARIA Awards at the 2003 awards for "Single of the Year" and "Highest Selling Single" for "Lovesong" and "Best Female Artist", "Breakthrough Artist – Album" and "Best Pop Release" for Audio Out.[8]
2004–2007: These Ties, label break-up and Be Your Girl
During the promotion of Audio Out in 2004 in London, Daemion went out on the search for a new producer and came across Stephen Lironi, an ex-member of the UK band
Warner Music.[2] Everything at Warner Music came to a temporary standstill while it was slowly adjusted by its new entity.[2] While staff and artists at Festival Mushroom Records started being dropped all around her, Daemion made the agreement to postpone the release of These Ties until "the dust had settled".[2]
These Ties was released in Japan on 19 October 2005 and failed to reach the top twenty success that Audio Out received.
In 2005, she performed the lead vocals on
hip hop and dance producers, and the 'Bass Kleph' version of the song was released to Australian radio to promote the EP.[2]
2008–present: Current activities
During November 2008, Daemion announced that she had been released from the
Warner Records label. She stated "It may sound strange to all you budding artists out there – that I would try for so long to get out of my contract – when you would give anything just to get one..but there are indeed, always two sides to every coin."[9]
She then set up a home studio and is working with her producer brother Romy Handley (who produces under the title Whisper).[10]
Discography
Albums
| Tile | Album details | Chart peak positions | sales thresholds )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
JPN | |||
| Audio Out |
|
17 | 20 | |
| These Ties |
|
— | 141 | |
EPs
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Be Your Girl |
|
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
GER
[11] |
NZ [12] | |||
| 1998 | "Addicted to Bass" (with Josh Abrahams) |
15 | — | 27 | Sweet Distorted Holiday |
| 1999 | "Headroom" (with Josh Abrahams) |
146 | — | — | |
| "The Chase" | 96 | — | — | Single only | |
| 2003 | "Lovesong" | 6 | 75 | — | Audio Out |
| "Obsession (I Love You)" | 15 | — | — | ||
| "Tonight" | 64 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "Round and Round" | 64 | — | — | These Ties |
| 2006 | "Be Your Girl" | 76 | — | — | Be Your Girl EP |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Silver Brumby |
Indi Mitchell | Feature film |
| 1997 | Raw FM | Emma | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Meteorites! | Crystal Cassidy |
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[13]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
"Lovesong" – Amiel – Amiel Daemion | Most Performed Australian Work[14] | Won |
| "Tonight" – Amiel – Amiel Daemion, Barry Palmer, Stuart Crichton | Most Performed Dance Work[15] | Nominated
|
ARIA Awards
| Year | Award[4][8] | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Best Video (Craig Melville and David Curry) | "Addicted to Bass" | Nominated |
| Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2003 | Best Pop Release | Audio Out | Nominated |
| Breakthrough Artist – Album | Nominated | ||
| Best Female Artist | Nominated | ||
| Highest Selling Single | "Lovesong" | Nominated | |
| Single of the Year | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Biography by Australian Music Online" Archived 1 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Music Online. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Amiel Biography from her official website" Archived 6 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine. amiel.com.au. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Amiel – Australian Chart Runs" Archived 3 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- ^ ARIA Awards. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Puretone Addicted to Base – UK Chart Run" . OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Addicted to Base – Hot Dance Club Play". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums" Archived 7 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. ARIA. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ ARIA Awards. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ "Invalid Friend ID". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ "Amiel Daemion – Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.
- ^ "Amiel – Lovesong (song)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion – New Zealand Chart Runs" Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the originalon 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "2004 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Nominations 2004". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Amiel Daemion at IMDb
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