Amiel Daemion 613357 225283861 2008-07-12T21:48:05Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | Name = Amiel Daemion | Img = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Amiel Muki Daemion | Alias = Amiel | Born = {{Birth year and age|1979}}<br/>[[New York]], [[United States]] | Died = | Origin = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]] | Instrument = [[Singing]] | Voice_type = | Genre = [[Dance music|Dance]], [[Pop music|pop]] | Occupation = [[Actor]], [[singer]], [[songwriter]] | Years_active = 1998–present | Label = [[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]], [[Warner Music Australasia|Warner]] | Associated_acts = [[Puretone]] | URL = [http://www.amiel.com.au/ www.amiel.com.au] | Current_members = | Past_members = | Notable_instruments = }} '''Amiel Muki Daemion''' (also known as just '''Amiel''') (born in [[1979]] in [[New York]], [[United States]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[actress]]. She move to Australia with her family at the age of two and starred in films in the 1990s, including ''[[The Silver Brumby]]'' which also starred [[Russell Crowe]] and [[Caroline Goodall]]. Her music career shot to fame in 1999 when she teamed up with producer [[Josh Abrahams]] 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== ===Childhood music and acting=== Daemion was raised in a musical household, with her parents being musicians.<ref name="Australian Music Online">[http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=3506 "Biography by Australian Music Online"]. ''Australian Music Online''. Retrieved [[July 5]] [[2008]].</ref> Her father plays [[piano]] and is a [[singer-songwriter]], Daemion states "ever since I was a little girl he [her father] would have musical instruments around. He really encouraged me to do what I'm doing."<ref name="Australian Music Online"/> Her mother is a singer as well, Daemion states "she [her mother] used to play guitar and write songs with her sister. I remember being about four and listening to her [[Janis Ian]] records and singing along and learning all the words." Daemion's first three records she brought were [[John Lennon]], [[De La Soul]] and [[Mariah Carey]], where she felt that Carey's album was "overproduced".<ref name="Australian Music Online"/> She wrote and recorded her first song at the age of nine in an effort to help spread the message of [[ecological]] awareness.<ref name="biography1">[http://www.amiel.com.au/ "Amiel Biography from her official website"]. ''amiel.com.au''. Retrieved [[July 3]] [[2008]].</ref> Daemion states "I'd seen a documentary. I turned to Dad and said why? and he had no answer for me so I thought if I wrote a song then maybe I could help the cause. I sang it into a [[tape recorder]]. Dad heard it and said ‘do you realize what you've just done?’ I said ‘no.’ He said: ‘Amiel, you've written a song."<ref name="Australian Music Online"/> She was introduced to the world of entertainment at the of age eleven performing the leading role alongside [[Russell Crowe]] in the 1991 feature film ''The Silver Brumby''. She states "I always knew that all I wanted to do was perform."<ref name="biography1"/> ===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 [[Australia]]n producer [[Josh Abrahams]] was producing.<ref name="biography1"/> Instead of just singing the song, she included her harmonies, melodies and lyrics and sung only two takes for Abrahams who then offered her a career in music.<ref name="biography1"/> They released their first single together called "[[Addicted to Bass]]" in 1998. The song had success and peaked in the top twenty on the Australian [[ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="Australian-charts">[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Amiel&titel=Audio+Out&cat=a "Amiel - Australian Chart Runs"]. ''Australian-charts.com''. Retrieved [[June 24]] [[2008]].</ref> and was nominated for two [[ARIA Award]]s at [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999|the 1999 awards]] for "Single of the Year" and "Best Video" but lost to "[[The Day You Come]]" by [[Powderfinger]] and "Girls Like That..." by [[Custard (band)|Custard]].<ref name="ARIA Awards 1999">[http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1999 "1999: 13th Annual ARIA Awards"]. ''[[ARIA Award]]s''. Retrieved [[July 3]] [[2008]].</ref> With the success of "Addicted to Bass", Daemion was then given a solo recording contract in 1998 at the age of nineteen with [[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival Records]] and decided that Abrahams would be the best producer for her debut album.<ref name="biography1"/> 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 ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' [[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2|soundtrack]] with [[Marius De Vries]], under the direction of [[Baz Luhrmann]].<ref name="biography1"/> The new songs Daemion worked with changed the direction of the record and while a couple of the very early songs remained, the songs that were written during this period were replaced by the first demos. Daemion states "As I learnt more about the recording process and worked with different people my writing evolved and my vision for the record expanded."<ref name="biography1"/> What started out as a small independent record, it turned into a full-scale production and Daemion's record became a major priority for her record company, which had merged to become [[Festival Mushroom Records]] since she had been signed.<ref name="biography1"/> In 2001, Due to the success of "Addicted to Bass" in Australia and [[New Zealand]], Abrahams and Daemion collaborated to form the band [[Puretone]] to release the song around the world. The song became a hit around the globe peaking at number two in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="UK charts">[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=29620 "Puretone Addicted to Base - UK Chart Run"]. chartstats.com''. Retrieved [[July 5]] [[2008]].</ref> and number-one on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Play|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]].<ref name="Billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=359&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Dance+Club+Play&ci=3047580&cdi=7930290&cid=11%2F23%2F2002 "Addicted to Base - Hot Dance Club Play"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Retrieved [[July 5]] [[2008]].</ref> Abrahams and Daemion released a second single as Puretone named "Stuck in a Groove" which became a minor hit around the world. They also wrote the music for a [[Vodafone]] [[television]] commercial that was nominated for "Best Music for an Advertisement" at the 2002 APRA Screen Awards.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} Daemion released her first single, "[[Lovesong (Amiel song)|Lovesong]]", in [[March 2003]] and became the most added song to Australian radio upon its release and was one of the most play song on Australian radio for 2003.<ref name="biography1"/> It became Daemion's first solo top ten single in Australia.<ref name="Australian-charts"/> Her debut album, ''[[Audio Out]]'', was released in Australia on [[August 18]], [[2003]] and she states it is her weird take on the world.<ref name="Australian Music Online"/> The album debuted in the top twenty on the Australian [[ARIA Albums Chart]] and was certified [[gold album|gold]] by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]].<ref name="Certifications 2004">[http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Albums"]. ''[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]''. Retrieved [[July 7]] [[2008]].</ref> Due to the positive reception review and chart wise, Daemion was nominated for five ARIA Awards at [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|the 2003 awards]] for "Single of the Year" and "Highest Selling Single" for "[[Lovesong (Amiel song)|Lovesong]]" and "Best Female Artist", "Breakthrough Artist - Album" and "Best Pop Release" for ''Audio Out''.<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History">[http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=A&artist=Amiel "Amiel ARIA Award History"]. ''[[ARIA Award]]s''. Retrieved [[July 7]] [[2008]].</ref> ===2004-present: ''These Ties'', label break-up and current activities=== 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 [[Altered Images]].<ref name="biography1"/> Daemion states that she "felt comfortable with him straight away. I felt like he got what I was trying to do creatively."<ref name="biography1"/> After a few short months of working with Lironi, Daemion felt that her second solo album, ''[[These Ties]]'', was born.<ref name="biography1"/> Just as the albums first single, "[[Round and Round (Amiel song)|Round and Round]]", was released, it had been announced that the recording assets of the Festival Mushroom group had been acquired by [[Warner Music Australasia|Warner Music]].<ref name="biography1"/> Everything at Warner Music came to a temporary standstill while it slowly slowly adjusted by it’s new entity.<ref name="biography1"/> 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".<ref name="biography1"/> ''These Ties'' was released in Japan on [[October 19]], [[2005]] and failed to reach the top twenty success that ''Audio Out'' received. In 2005, she performed the lead vocals on [[The Blips]] song "Green Eyed World", which was featured on the soundtrack of the 2005 film ''[[Hating Alison Ashley (film)|Hating Alison Ashley]]''. In addition, she released an [[electroclash]] cover of the [[Split Enz]] song "[[One Step Ahead]]" on the [[Finn Brothers]] tribute album ''[[She Will Have Her Way]]'' which was released also in 2005. A few months later, the dust did settle down for Warner Music. ''These Ties'' Australian release date had to be pulled back many times so Daemion and Warner Music both agreed that it was no longer her new album and to try and come back where they had left off half way through a release would be impossible.<ref name="biography1"/> Daemion and Warner Music decided to work on an "in between" project, which was to take Daemion's ''These Ties'' song, "Be Your Girl", and form it into an [[extended play|EP]] of remixed songs from the album.<ref name="biography1"/> Daemion states that she "wanted to find a fun and positive way to use these songs."<ref name="biography1"/> She decided to collaborate with some of Australia and New Zealand’s [[hip hop]] and [[dance music|dance]] producers, and the 'Bass Kleph' version of the song was released to Australian radio to promote the EP.<ref name="biography1"/> ==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !width="210" rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="Australian-charts"/> !rowspan="2"| Sales and certifications |- ! align=center|<small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]</small> ! align=center|<small>[[Japan|JPN]]</small> |- |2003 |''[[Audio Out]]'' *First [[studio album]] *Released: [[August 18]], [[2003]] *Label: [[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]] |align=center|17 |align=center|20 | *[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] certification: [[ARIA Charts#ARIA certifications|gold]] (35,000+).<ref name="Certifications 2004"/> |- |2005 |''[[These Ties]]'' *Second studio album *Released: [[October 19]], [[2005]] *Label: [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Japan]] |align=center| |align=center|141 | |} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| '''Year''' ! rowspan="2"| '''Title''' ! colspan="3"| '''Chart positions'''<ref name="Australian-charts"/><ref name="charts.org.nz">[http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Josh+Abrahams+and+Amiel+Daemion&titel=Addicted+To+Bass&cat=s "Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion - New Zealand Chart Runs"]. ''Charts.org.nz''. Retrieved [[June 24]] [[2008]].</ref> ! rowspan="2"| '''Album''' |- ! width="40"| <small>[[Australia|AUS]]</small> ! width="40"| <small>[[Germany|GER]]</small> ! width="40"| <small>[[New Zealand|NZ]]</small> |- |align="center" rowspan=1|1998 |align="left"|"[[Addicted to Bass]]" <br/><small>(with [[Josh Abrahams]])</small> |align="center"|15 |align="center"| |align="center"|27 |align="center" rowspan=2|''Sweet Distorted Holiday'' |- |align="center" rowspan=1|1999 |align="left"|"Headroom" <br/><small>(with Josh Abrahams)</small> |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |align="center" rowspan=1|2000 |align="left"|"The Chase" |align="center"|96 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center" rowspan=1|Single-only |- |align="center" rowspan=3|2003 |align="left"|"[[Lovesong (Amiel song)|Lovesong]]" |align="center"|6 |align="center"|75 |align="center"|&mdash; |align="center" rowspan=3|''Audio Out'' |- |align="left"|"[[Obsession (I Love You)]]" |align="center"|15 |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |align="left"|"Tonight" |align="center"|64 |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |align="center" rowspan=1|2005 |align="left"|"[[Round and Round (Amiel song)|Round and Round]]" |align="center"|64 |align="center"| |align="center"| |align="center" rowspan=2|''These Ties'' |- |align="center" rowspan=1|2006 |align="left"|"Be Your Girl" |align="center"|76 |align="center"| |align="center"| |} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 1993 || ''The Silver Brumby'' || Indi Mitchell || |- | 1997 || ''[[Raw FM]]'' || Emma || Starred in one episode of the TV series. |- | 1998 || ''Meteorites!'' || Crystal Cassidy || |} ==Awards and recognition== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Award-giving Body !! Award !! Result |- |1999 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="ARIA Awards 1999"/> || Single of the Year ("[[Addicted to Bass]]") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |1999 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="ARIA Awards 1999"/> || Video of the Year ("Addicted to Bass") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |1999 || [[APRA Awards]] || Song of the Year ("Addicted to Bass") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2003 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History"/> || Single of the Year ("[[Lovesong (Amiel song)|Lovesong]]") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2003 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History"/> || Highest Selling Single ("Lovesong") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2003 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History"/> || Best Female Artist (''[[Audio Out]]'') || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2003 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History"/> || Breakthrough Artist - Album (''Audio Out'') || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2003 || [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA Award]]<ref name="Amiel ARIA Award History"/> || Best Pop Release (''Audio Out'') || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |- |2004 || [[APRA Awards]] || Most Performed Australian Song ("Lovesong") || style="background: #ddffdd" | Won |- |2004 || [[APRA Awards]] || Dance Song of The Year ("Tonight") || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated |} ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.amiel.com.au/ Official website] * {{imdb name|id=0196670|name=Amiel Daemion}} * {{myspace|amieldaemion}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Daemion, Amiel}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:Australian child actors]] [[Category:Australian dance musicians]] [[Category:Australian female singers]] [[Category:Australian television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Melbourne techno]] [[ja:アミエル (歌手)]]