GRASSOW, MATHIAS - The Darklight Quest

Format: CD

Label & Cat.Number: Gterma [gterma047]

Release Year: 2016

Note: MATHIAS GRASSOW is one of Germany's deep ambient pioneers, his first releases date back to 1986; this favoured 4 track album was privately issued in 1998 as CDR and is finally released in proper form... extremely minimal and only slowly changing synth-drones with hypnotizing overtune and bass waves....- when music turns into an "agent of transformation"

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"One of the strangest and most fascinating aspects of ambient music is the way it can sometimes morph from sonic wallpaper -where it basically functions as a soundtrack- into an agent of transformation, allowing the reshaping of the perceived world around the listener. Some of Mathias' albums have had this effect on me before, and the Darklight Quest definitely falls into this territory. gterma is happy to shine a light on this now mostly forgotten treasure.

1. Prelude (5:09)
2. The Abyss (33:23)
3. Unseen Worlds (29:25)
4. Beyond Nothingness (9:21)

The Darklight Quest is a longform drone ambient album with mystical properties. It was originally released as a DIY CDr in 1998. The album is closely related to the Nightquest and Dreamquest Sessions. This edition has been slightly edited and expanded with a prelude. It has also received a mastering touch by Anders Peterson of Ghost Sounds."

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