Mathias Grassow is a German ambient musician whose recordings can also be classified in the genres of dark ambient and drone ambient. His music often has a meditative and emotional and spiritual context, which induces deep feelings of introspection in listeners. Over his long career, he has collaborated extensively with other notable ambient composers such as Klaus Wiese, Oöphoi, Alio Die, and Tomas Weiss.
Mathias Grassow | |
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| Origin | Wiesbaden, Germany |
| Genres | Ambient Drone ambient Dark ambient |
| Instrument | Steel Cello |
| Website | www.mathias-grassow.de |
Origins
editMathias Grassow played drums and guitar in the 1970s and moved on to keyboards in the early 1980s. Later, he became interested in keyboards and electronic synths.[1] He had an interest in Alan Watts books and spirituality. His interests progressed over from Buddhism to Sufism and to the mystical side of Christianity. He became interested in overtone and subharmonic chants, long deep synthesizer drones, and in Indian classical music.[2] Later he was influenced by the singing bowl sound recordings of Klaus Wiese.[3]
Discography
editNotable albums include the following:[4]
- 1991, Prophecy
- 1993, In Search Of Sanity
- 1997, Namakar
- 1998, Elixir
- 1998, Himavat
- 1999, Dissolution
- 1999, Himalaya
- 2000, Cosmic Chasm
- 2000, The Fragrance Of Eternal Roses
- 2006, Dronament
- 2006, Opus Posthumum
- 2007, Deeper Purity
- 2009, Calibration
Notes
edit- ^ Mathias Grassow at Discogs.com
- ^ Biography at the official Mathias Grassow web-site Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wiese, Wiese (1994). Uranus: Tibetan Singing Bowls. Amber Lotus Publishing. ISBN 9781885394064.
- ^ Mathias Grassow discography