Amaris Emersleben is a writer and recording artist creating stories inspired by the oceans.
Raised in Switzerland by a teacher and a musician, with family from Switzerland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, she grew up speaking English, German, and Dutch.
Amaris received her formal training at drama school Vera Forster in Zurich and at the Stage & Musical School in Frankfurt, Germany. Inspired by working with electronic music for her dance studies, she started the project “Geiko– electronic dance music”, the first album of which was released in 2014.
After working as a playlist manager for Sony Music, she moved to London and released the synth-pop-influenced album “Neon Colours” in 2017. In 2018, she released “Aquamarine”, a full-length album inspired by the oceans, followed by “26” in 2019. In 2019, she wrote and starred in the short film “Supernova”, playing the character of Dr Moone.
In 2020, Amaris released the electronic album “Dream World”, with the title song “Dream World” receiving 100k streams on Spotify alone, and critics calling the album a “wonderful blend of dream-pop textures and far-flung futuristic electronica”. For the album, Amaris worked on music videos like “No Signal” filmed in London and Zurich, and “Sunsets”, filmed in London and Los Angeles, collaborating with director Maria Corso, as well as “Dream World”, filmed in Sydney and Zurich. Earlier in 2021, her retro-futurism inspired single “Time Traveler” was released, and was called “a synth pop sensation” by The Indie Source.
In 2021, her fantasy book “Lagoona: A Journey through the Reef” was published. She was invited to read at the Rahmenhandlung literary festival in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2020, and re-invited in 2021. In 2022, she appeared as Elaine in a stage production of “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers”.
In 2023, she released the electronic and synth pop album “Love and Oceans”, followed by the single “Different”, and helped produce the documentary “On Tape”. Her fantasy short story “Nightmares” – alongside a German version of the same book – was published in 2024.
Amaris has been featured in several publications, including Earmilk, Your edm, The Hype Magazine, We Rave You, The Indie Source, NFZ, Modernmysteryblog, Independent Artist Buzz, DMZ News, and Nova Music.
Through her work, Amaris continues to advocate for the ocean protection, and became an ambassador for the non-profit organization Big Blue Ocean Clean-up.
Amaris Emersleben 
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