{{Short description|German ambient musician (1963–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mathias Grassow | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1963|5|9|df=y}} | origin = Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|8|13|1963|5|9|df=y}} | instrument = Steel Cello | genre = Ambient<br>Drone ambient<br>Dark ambient | occupation = | years_active = 1980–2025 | label = | associated_acts = Klaus Wiese<br>Oöphoi<br>Alio Die | website = [http://www.mathias-grassow.de/ www.mathias-grassow.de] }}
'''Mathias Grassow''' (9 May 1963 – 13 August 2025) was 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 collaborated extensively with other notable ambient composers such as Klaus Wiese, Oöphoi, Alio Die, and Tomas Weiss.
==Life and career== Grassow was born on 9 May 1963.<ref>[https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Mathias_Grassow/233560 Mathias Grassow at Metal Archives] Retrieved on 19 August 2025.</ref> He 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.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mathias+Grassow Mathias Grassow at Discogs.com]</ref> He had an interest in Alan Watts books and spirituality. His interests progressed 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.<ref>[http://www.mathias-grassow.de/biography/index.html Biography at the official Mathias Grassow web-site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621154521/http://www.mathias-grassow.de/biography/index.html |date=21 June 2012 }}</ref> Later he was influenced by the singing bowl sound recordings of Klaus Wiese.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wiese|first=Wiese|title=Uranus: Tibetan Singing Bowls|year=1994|publisher=Amber Lotus Publishing|isbn=9781885394064}}</ref> Grassow died on 13 August 2025, at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite web | title=Traueranzeigen von Mathias Grassow | website=www.vrm-trauer.de | url=https://www.vrm-trauer.de/traueranzeige/mathias-grassow | language=de | access-date=24 August 2025}}</ref>
==Discography== Notable albums include the following:<ref>[http://www.moodbook.com/music/mathias-grassow.html Mathias Grassow discography]</ref>
* 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
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==External links== * [https://mathias-grassow.de/ Mathias Grassow's website] * [https://mathiasgrassow.bandcamp.com/ Mathias Grassow at Bandcamp] * {{discogs artist|Mathias Grassow}} * {{imdb name|5543453}}
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