Mathias Grassow Four tracks from album Interstellar Gravity, 2016 Underneath the Stars 00:01 Alone with the Sky 08:59 When The Dawn Comes 24:28 Silent Grace 32:19 About album mathiasgrassow...
New (2017) in-depth interview with drone ambient pioneer Mathias Grassow on AmbientVisions. www.ambientvisions.com/mathiasgrassowkreuzblut.htm Mathias speaks about his life, his career, synthesizer, collaborations and inspirations (including Klaus Wiese, Peter Michael Hamel, John Haughm, Rüdiger Gleisberg and others) and about the spiritual and healing aspects of music. There is also a Russian translation - see here: klem.ru/forum/showthread.php?p=267387 And a German version - see here: www.empulsiv.de/interviews/556-drone-ambient-pioneer-mathias-grassow-im-gespraech The English and the German version are also hosted on these other platforms: desertmountaindust.blogspot.de/2017/01/my-music-is-echo-of-my-call.html www.radikaliai.lt/garsas-sound/3903-my-music-is-is-the-echo-of-my-call-a-conversation-with-drone-ambient-pioneer-mathias-grassow hippiesland.de/interview_mathias_grassow Visit Mathias on his homepage or on Bandcamp: www.mathiasgrassow.com/ mathiasgrassow.bandcamp.com/ Thanks to all supporters and collaborators! :-) Share links if You enjoy! .
I know next to nothing about this guy and probably should remedy that. I haven’t heard a piece by him I haven’t liked. On the one hand it isn’t lazy or insipid in that New Age-y way which can make all the difference in ambient music. For starters, it makes it not ambient and actively annoying. There’s a pretty subtle thread of darkness or menace in everything i’ve heard. At the same time it doesn’t sound like I’m playing one of the cheesier updates of ‘Castlevania’. This guy and Robert Rich are my two happiest ambient discoveries of the year.
Some expect little melodies ... and will be disappointed. These great sweeps of sound try to take you along in the great spaces. Thank you for giving us a chance to fly. ~H~
reminds me of ecstatic moments from Peter Michael Hamel's Organum that goe on forever into space in crystalline purity, or the wonderful drone simplicity of Jon Gibson: Cycles, his other album on vinyl I have, Reflections, is more underwater than interstellar, churning chugging layers of sound that evoke snorkelling as a kid, boats and other sounds adding to the aural mix.
You clearly didn't listen for long, its 4 completely different characterized tracks. The arrangement for the track is intended this way, its meditative and reflective music; its hard to achieve this with vivid dynamics, a noticeable groove and sudden changes. Its static in this way for a reason but Its hardly 'the same static tone for 45 min', its full of an array of textures and frequencies.
It's the first time I've ever seen someone change their views in a comment! Bravo! ;) You know, because all I see is nonsensical arguments all the time...
