Ameriie - Cymatika Vol. 1

[Sterling]

Please remove the links!
They're not meant to be heard yet

[HBIC jamesssxD]

Snippets on youtube since soundclouds ones been removed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LassIP1aHXk

Sound good! Really like the first one.

[Gringo]

Snippets on youtube since soundclouds ones been removed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LassIP1aHXk

Sound good! Really like the first one.

the 1st is firestarter!

[Sterling]

AMERIIE EXPLORES FREEDOM, ANDROGYNY, & NEW WORLD ORDER ON NEW ALBUM;

Ameriie breaks out of the box and explores new territory on her fifth album Cymatika, Vol. 1, which includes unorthodox topics ranging from ancient astronaut theory to androgyny to new world order mixed with elements of trance, electronic, house, heavy drums, and new wave.

“There’s a song about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with extraterrestrials destroying them with nuclear weapons,” explained the Georgetown grad of “Sodom & G.” “I don’t feel like that’s really been done.”

Other tracks include the mechanical “Intimidation,” “Run for Cover,” and the likely first single “FireStarter (Private Dancer).” “I really wanted to talk about the human experience,” shared Ameriie. “I wanted to talk about other stuff, but in a way that’s still listenable.”

Rap-Up.com spoke with the newly married singer about what we can expect from her genre-bending album.

How would you describe Cymatika, Vol. 1?
This album is pretty much trance, electronic, elements of house, heavy drums—not hip-hop in that sense, but drums that knock—and new wave with classic song structure. I probably finished about 80% of the project. Now what I’ve been focusing on is creating songs that really have strong essence of each of those elements in one song. I used dubstep ’cause I love the gritty sound of it. That’s my challenge right now is to take all of these five elements and combine them into one record.

A lot of the topics are about us as human beings—who we really are on that level, not a physical level. One thing I was experimenting with from a vocal aspect was androgyny and approaching the vocal in an androgynous fashion. To me it represents the dropping away of the veil of what’s physical and on a spiritual level, we’re not really men or women or age, we’re ageless eternal spirits without gender, without sex, so the androgyny symbolizes that—and of course it’s fun. A lot of the songs don’t really sound like me. I think I’m gonna have to start putting out albums every year because that’s the only way I can keep up with myself creatively. Albums are bookmarks of where I am creatively. I really want to put out more albums.

Who are you working with?
Riley Urick. He’s really talented. He has a great ear for what you want and he works with a crew of guys too. I worked with Andre Harris, formerly of Dre & Vidal. He did about half of the album.

Does the album have a theme?
The theme of the album is what it means to be human. I have songs about not being intimidated by society and what people think you should be, not wanting to be chic, kinda wanting to have your own identity and not feel like you have to follow the crowd. I also talk about self-suppression and how sometimes we suppress the feelings that we have or the ideas that we have. I’m into ancient astronaut theory, so I’ve combined my love for that into a song called “Sodom & G.” I basically compare the end of a relationship to the end of those cities. I make reference to me wanting to look back at the relationship when I still want to hold on just for a little bit longer before I totally relinquish it. Underneath that layer is the layer that Sodom and Gomorrah is not just being destroyed, but is being destroyed by nuclear weapons—all in a very listenable song.

How was the recording process different from the past?
I love to create moods and create sounds. Music is all vibration so I love to experiment. When you break out of a genre, you really have the freedom to do whatever you want. In all my situations, I’ve always had creative freedom so I never felt like the label was trying to get me to do something. However, it wasn’t until I really, really felt free that I realized that I felt a freedom that I didn’t even feel before when I felt free before. Right now, the page that I’m on is I’ma do what I want, and I always felt like I was like that. I do what I want and how I want to do it. There were parts of me that weren’t really ready to totally do what I wanted. No one else was holding me back. It was just myself. It’s kinda like [one of the new tracks] “Run for Cover,” it’s like running from yourself and you’ll eventually run out of places to hide.

What inspired you this time around?
The things that inspired me on this album were everything from fire to the color red to any indigenous people, like with the chanting on “Sodom & G.” Also machines and machinery to ideas of new world order to who we are as spiritual beings. I was like, ‘F– it. I’ma do what I want.’ I don’t care if it sounds really crazy.

What can you share about the first single, “FireStarter (Private Dancer)”?
On the surface, it’s about having fun, dancing the night away basically. A certain part of the song is fun, but it also speaks to our “look at me” culture a little bit. It’s kinda how everyone wants to be in the spotlight, not necessarily being in entertainment, just in some form. And kinda like how the world is a stage and how we are all the creator of our own reality. The hook goes, “‘Cause everybody in this whole wide world wants to be somebody in this world.” It’s very subtle, I don’t go deep into it like in the other songs.

Let’s talk about “Intimidation”…
When I did the vocals on “Intimidation,” that was different. When I hear that song, I hear stark warehouse, people being systematically programmed into doing certain things every day, living in the system, living in the matrix, living under certain rules. When you live under certain guidelines and rules, eventually you’ll adopt them yourself and then you don’t have to control the population because everyone controls themselves. It has this driving beat, it’s like a big, heavy beat, but it almost feels like machinery.

What do you hope people take from this album?
For this project, people will really know me because it’s not just about romance, it’s about other stuff in general and what I believe. If they listen to the CD, they can actually come away with it and say, “I know her and what she’s about.”

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/07/25/qa-ame ... new-album/

[deedee1whoa]

Please remove the links!
They're not meant to be heard yet

So you're the one who was reporting the videos? We fans have waited TOO long. I need something new. Just for your information, the clips have leaked, they were ripped & will be uploaded online again. For example, on YouTube with different speed & keywords so you won't find it.

[Sterling]

Please remove the links!
They're not meant to be heard yet

So you're the one who was reporting the videos? We fans have waited TOO long. I need something new. Just for your information, the clips have leaked, they were ripped & will be uploaded online again. For example, on YouTube with different speed & keywords so you won't find it.

I didn't report anything
& I know when something leaks online it can never be deleted
& if your a real fan you can wait

[IloveAmerie]

This album is starting to sound juicy already! Can't wait!

[Sterling]

I really can't wait

[IloveAmerie]

Those video's have already been removed. "Outside Your Body" is an awesome song, it's just missing something. It still sounds like a demo. It needs to be "Studio-ised"...lol.

[Sterling]

Yh I hope she beefs them up in time for the album
they sound good, but the also sound..."empty"
Amerie always has really busy beats and arrangements, but these sound minimal:lol:

[Sterling]

Ameriie & Slash?

"Me and Ameriie got back on our music flow today!!! We actually are producing together for this latest joint. Sounds like the Himalayas mixed with Epic rock drums in the jungle with Slash rippin a solo while Toto does Backgrounds!!!! ya sumthin like that #Cymatika"

http://www.facebook.com/rileyjmusic?sk=wall

[Sterling]

She did an interview with Vibe Magazine & a TV interview with Korean TV network Mnet yesterday

[HBIC jamesssxD]

Cool she's doing Mnet! So she's releasing some Korean music too?

[Sterling]

Probably
she has gained some Korean fans from the last era and she's working with Drunken Tiger & Tasha on the "Outside Your Body" remix

[Sterling]

@ItsAmeriie

@MrMusicAddict96 lol! Funny I wrote a song called Criminal for the new album

so far...

Outside Your Body
Sodom & G
Run For Cover
Fire-starter
Kryptonite
Criminal
Intimidation

[Sterling]

& she D'M a fan syaing she might to 2 singles at once

[Sterling]

Ameriie played her best hand at the first-ever Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Celebrity Poker Tournament at the W Hollywood last night. The newly married singer faced off against celebrities including The Hangover Part II‘s Jamie Chung, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, and actor Lou Diamond Phillips to raise money for educational programming.

“Had an amazing night at @CAPEUSA Celeb Poker Tournament…I did pretty well 4 a beginner: I ALLLLmost won 2 hands! Lol,” she tweeted.

Ameriie’s new album Cymatika, Vol. 1 will feature elements of trance, electronic, house, heavy drums, and new wave. Learn more about the project in our exclusive interview

http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/20/ameriie-puts-on-her-poker-face/













some tibits of an interview


"I'll start w/ all the tea I got:

1. She is independent right now and is going to stay independent during the album release. Maybe sign w/ a label if she feels she can't get her music out there independently but 100% sure she is staying independent right now."

2. The album is 80% done.

3. She has been recording the album in New York and LA.

4. She has not recorded with Rich Harrison for this album and doesn't think it is going to fit w/ the sound of this album but they are on good terms, talking, and he is mostly focused on his artists but they are going to work together in the future.

5. She said if they work together in the future, it is going to be a sound THEY create together and she better be the first artist to get that sound and not given to another! LOL (shade)

6. She is going to release two singles, probably simultaneously before the album comes out.

7. She is aiming to release during the summer of next year.

8. She was going to be doing 5 shows in London but they were canceled due to the riots. She is HUGE in London. There was a London/European outlet that flew out just to cover her.

9. U'll have to watch the interview to understand what she was talking about but the album is going to have a brand new sound. It's not going to be go-go. It is going to have a few dance songs, she talked about "Firestarter" which is a dance song but it's going to have a whole new sound. She said she's going to sing w/ an androgynous tone and play with sounds and stuff. When she named producers and stuff, they aren't really main stream so I'll have to give the interview to those who want it so they can figure out how she described it but something about vibration and symbols and waves and it's titled "Cymatica."

10. It's not going to sound like her previous albums AT ALL.

11. She added the extra i in her name for personal and spiritual reasons.

12. Her man and her have a company together and he is FINE!! He is really handsome in person. They are for sure in love. They have a company and she also described him as her MANager (her man and manager) and business partner and I think their company is putting out the album.

13. She was at a poker tournament for charity and she wasn't very good at it and lost early lol

14. She got a LOT of attention from photographers and video press. She is still considered a bigger music celebrity to get on the carpet.

15. She was dressed down. Hair in a pony tail, a tank top w/ spaghetti straps, and pants and high heels.

16. She showed up pretty much on time, no Diva here.


Oh, and "Pretty Brown Eyes" from the last album was a single but the label lagged too hard on it.

And she said she did have control music wise on all her albums but not when stuff is released.

And she's planning on doing a livestream either soon or near the album being released.

[IloveAmerie]

^ I'm so excited for this new album, every "update" on this album gets me so pumped!!! I love Amerie and her sound, but I have also grown to love dance music and house, so I'm happy to see her venture off in this direction.

[Sterling]

"Humanist" "Power" "Epic" are the 3 words Ameriie uses to describe "Cymatika"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CJ7lTb75s

[Sterling]

Ameriie back with long term producers The Buchanans!!!
They've worked together on all 4 past albums & are responsible for great music such as "Crazy Wonderful" "Not The Only One" "Why R U" "More Than Love" & "Man Up"
http://toyazworld.com/2011/09/28/amerii ... new-album/

[Sterling]

RT @FeeniixRising
My wife @itsameriie is in a corner writing (no pen no pad) 2 ths trk she just co-produced. Its pitch black only light is cmptr screen #ismellasmashcomin. Go A!

[Sterling]

& can a Mod move this back to the Urban section since it's a mixture of genre's not a dance album?

[urbanmusik]

Ameriie back with long term producers The Buchanans!!!
They've worked together on all 4 past albums & are responsible for great music such as "Crazy Wonderful" "Not The Only One" "Why R U" "More Than Love" & "Man Up"
http://toyazworld.com/2011/09/28/amerii ... new-album/

Yesss! 'Why R U' and 'More Than Love' are two of her best songs, hopefully they can produce something as good as that.

I'm glad she's doing some urban stuff on this, I hope a lot more of it makes the final cut instead of her dance stuff.

[Sterling]

The Buchanans
We r gonna lace @ItsAmeriie wit epic monster like Sound! Be prepared

Nathan Langford

2AM, just rocked a killer record with @ItsAmeriie and @Drewlanester, give the ears some rest, tweak some production and mix it next week....

He's a musician and dabbles in a lot of Dub-Step music.

[Sterling]

RT @TheBuchanans
@itsAmeriie has no clue whats playing in my Beatsbydre @TheBuchanans ...INSANITY!!!! #Buchanansonanotherlevel can't wait til she hears this