Amiel Daemion

Amiel Muki Daemion (born 13 August 1979), also known as just Amiel, is an American-born former 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 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 (as Puretone) for the song "Addicted to Bass" which became a top twenty hit in Australia. This led to Daemion releasing studio albums Audio Out in 2003 and These Ties in 2005.

Biography Early career Born in New York City, United States, Daemion was raised in a musical household, with her parents being musicians. Her father was a musician, composer and vocalist. 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." 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." and was nominated for two ARIA Awards at 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. 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 and decided that Abrahams would be the best producer for her debut album. and number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. 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. Daemion released her first single, "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. 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.

2004–2006: These Ties 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 Altered Images.

Since the release of the Be Your Girl EP in 2006, Daemion has retreated from the spotlight and not released further music.

Discography

Albums

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 APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).

ARIA Awards Year Award Work Result1999 Best Video (Craig Melville and David Curry)"Addicted to Bass" Nominated Single of the Year Nominated 2003 Best Pop ReleaseAudio Out Nominated Breakthrough Artist – Album Nominated Best Female Artist Nominated Highest Selling Single"Lovesong" Nominated Single of the Year Nominated