Mathias Grassow

Mon, 31 May 2021 17:48:44 +0200 last edited: Mon, 31 May 2021 17:50:20 +0200

Because the next "bandcamp artist day" will not take place until August 6th, I will present the third part of the "Rose saga", namely "Spirals of roses in time" today at a special price and
thank you in advance for any support.
The almost two and a half hour work touches again deeper and leads in upward striving "spirals" into your own depth .......
The previous work "Cascading Rosespirals" is also available for a limited time at a reduced price.
Enjoy !
Regards,
Mathias

(2021) Spirals of Roses in time

These "rose spirals" are a pun. They stand for many things and at the same time for nothing. Spirals are the energy of the universe and in the Queen of Flowers we look into eternity as a metaphor for the giving and the taking at the same time......
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released May 31, 2021

Again thanks to my wife for support, patience and inspiration. Without my female counterpart, the idea of the rose series would not have been feasible...... Cover design as always by Cornelia Kern.

Release 2021

Release: The incomprehensible emptiness

Mathias Grassow

Tue, 04 May 2021 15:36:07 +0200

(2021) The incomprehensible emptiness

What is emptiness, what is nothing? Again the question of the "correct" direction in life is asked. What's the point, what's wrong, what's right? Are concepts such as infinity, emptiness, nothing, time and transience relative, or fixed values that we do not grasp, but merely interpret and put into formulas in order to understand a world that has long eluded our perception?
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released May 4, 2021

Many thanks to my personal inspiration and muse nature, my family and friends .... you know who you are......
Thanks to my wife Cornelia Kern for cover image and layout.

Release 2021

Release: Silent abundance II

Mathias Grassow

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:37:45 +0200

(2021) Silent abundance II

Part II of this series of deep relaxation music for a voluntary donation. A thank you to my loyal fans....... this series will be continued irregularly.
These albums are -- as always -- recorded in one run and can be used very well in sound therapy.... of course also suitable as background music for your own inner collection.
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released April 18, 2021

Thanks to Cornelia Kern for cover image and layout.

Name Your Price 2021 Release 2021

Release: (2021) The Ambassadors of Spring

Mathias Grassow

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:15:28 +0200 last edited: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:15:58 +0200

(2021) The Ambassadors of Spring

"The Ambassadors of spring"...... six musically depicted classical goddesses and messengers of spring, who proclaim light, growth and fertility.
Framed by two minimalist piano pieces, this work is an ode to the sun and the awakening of the nature.
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released April 2, 2021

Thanks to Cornelia Kern for cover images and layout.

Release 2021

Release: (2021) You are the horizon

Mathias Grassow

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:12:03 +0200 last edited: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:13:22 +0200

An album full of light, the conscious expansion of being and the transgression of the self-imposed limitations.
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released April 2, 2021

Cover photo and layout by Cornelia Kern.

Release 2021

STEP XV - The early years (1984 - 1987) - "Mystic travel"

Mathias Grassow

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:10:31 +0200

STEP XV - The early years (1984 - 1987) - "Mystic travel"

On these really old recordings one notices the rather limited equipment and the partly "naive" implementation of the longing for the Far East and Buddhism. All in all a fine document of the times thanks to Lev Levin.....
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released April 1, 2021

Thanks to Lev Levin for archive restauration and selection of the tracks.
Thanks to Cornelia Kern for "step-images" , layout and support.

Release: STEP XIV - The early years (1986-1989) - "Allegorical doors to inner worlds

Mathias Grassow

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:08:06 +0200 last edited: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:10:45 +0200

STEP XIV - The early years (1986-1989) - "Allegorical doors to inner worlds"

Another beautiful memory of the good old 80s. The pieces moved away from the "New Age" to the more individual "natural mysticism", Christian mysticism and Sufism. Good choice by LEV LEVIN , many thanks !
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released April 1, 2021

Thanks also to Lev Levin, who lovingly selects and restores the pieces of all archives. Thanks to Cornelia Kern for the step pictures and the layout.

2021

Release: The Shamans Of Science Trilogy

Mathias Grassow

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 20:40:00 +0100

(2021) The shamans of science : Al-Shaman Chapter III - The twelve steps of Magnum Opus

This album is the third in a trilogy dealing with alchemy and shamanism. The possible connection is only intuitively recorded musically and should give the listener space to find his own interpretation, or to experience something completely different.
Part 3 "Al-Shaman - Chapter III : The twelve steps of Magnum Opus" stands for "finding the philosopher's stone", or "spiritual transformation", usually even after a catharsis.

Instruments : Several synths, frame & shaman drums, Djembe, deep voice, field recordings.
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released February 4, 2021

And a third time many thanks to my wife Cornelia Kern for cover painting and layout.

(2021) The shamans of science : Al-Shaman Chapter II - Planets and metals

This album is the second in a trilogy dealing with alchemy and shamanism. The possible connection is only intuitively recorded musically and should give the listener space to find his own interpretation, or to experience something completely different.
Part 2 "Al-Shaman - Chapter II : Planets and metals" deals with the planets known a few 100 years ago and their assignment to metals. The central star is the earth.

Instruments : Several synths, frame & shaman drums, Djembe, deep voice, field recordings.
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released February 4, 2021

Thanks again to my wife Cornelia Kern for cover painting and layout.

(2021) The shamans of science : Al-Shaman Chapter I - Scripts and secrets

This album is the first in a trilogy dealing with alchemy and shamanism. The possible connection is only intuitively recorded musically and should give the listener space to find his own interpretation, or to experience something completely different.
Part 1 "Al-Shaman - Chapter I : Scripts and secrets" lists the old, well-known scripts - valuable documents that never reveal the whole secret.

Instruments : Several synths, frame & shaman drums, Djembe, deep voice, field recordings.
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released February 4, 2021

Thanks as ususal to my wife Cornelia Kern for cover paintings and layout.

2021 The shamans of science Trilogy

Release: Opalus, by Mathias Grassow & John Haughm

Mathias Grassow

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 13:52:30 +0100

(2016-2020) Mathias Grassow & John Haughm - OPALUS

3rd album between both artists. OPALUS was made during several "live"-sessions at home in germany on 12th and 13th december of 2016.
Compiled, mixed, designed and produced by John Haughm; mastering by Gus Elg in 2020.
This album was recorded totally live, without any overdubs.
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released December 12, 2020
Cover painting by Cornelia Kern, photography of both artists by Veleda Thorsson, art direction & design by John Haughm.

Mathias Grassow & John Haughm Release 2020

Release: Eleven Virtues

Mathias Grassow

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:10:27 +0100

(2020) Eleven virtues

"Eleven virtues" is an idea, a collection of primarily knightly virtues from the late Middle Ages, which I intuitively assigned to these pieces. I chose these virtues because I liked them best; Especially in comparison with the cardinal virtues, the Prussian virtues etc.

Of course, opinions on the "most important" and contemporary virtues diverge. Accordingly, of course, every listener has their own scope to discover this for themselves here as well.

The order of the individual pieces and their titles is not to be understood as an increase in the virtues to be acquired, but rather intuitive and arbitrary. The recordings were made "live at home" in a continuous session.
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released December 4, 2020

Many thanks as usual to my beloved wife and "Aguilar" mate Cornelia Kern for cover layout and support.
Cover photo taken by Tara Bierwisch.

Release 2020

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