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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.




Origins


Mathias 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. 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. Later he was influenced by the singing bowl sound recordings of Klaus Wiese.




Discography


Notable albums include the following:

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






External links


Mathias Grassow official Web site

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mathias Grassow
• John Haughm
• Klaus Wiese
• Alio Die
• Agalloch
• Mike Zombie
• Northsuite
• Robert Rutman
• Genevieve (album)
• Oöphoi