Mathias Grassow

Among the earliest and most enduring figures working in electronic ambience and electronic minimalism stands Mathias Grassow. Widely acknowledged as "the King of the Ambient Drone," he produces soundscapes that listeners frequently liken to "organized refrigerator hum," an observation offered in admiration. His electronic music, marked by deep emotional, spiritual, and personal qualities, matches the ambient aesthetic first outlined by Brian Eno: sufficiently compelling to reward focused attention yet unobtrusive enough to blend into surroundings.

Within his ambient and electronic output, more than twenty releases have reached commercial distribution. His site, www.mathias-grassow.de, additionally supplies numerous further titles on CD-R, bringing the complete catalog past one hundred discs. Nearly every entry exceeds seventy-four minutes in duration while maintaining high musical quality, a volume of work that places Grassow among the most active and prolific artists in the field. Efforts to broaden his reach in the U.S.A. have already begun; whichever label secures him will acquire one of e-music’s most productive and accomplished professionals. ~ Jim Brenholts