Berlin-based musician Volker Lankow explores experimental ambient and drone music. Cosmic Experiences is a two-track album that probes the interplay between tension and silence and dense electronic soundscapes.
The album favors gradual transformations over conventional song structures, with electronic sounds that expand, recede, and dissolve into unfamiliar territory. One of its two compositions, “Strange Drift,” uses the Soma Cosmos audio effect. This effect contributes to the track’s abstract atmosphere and its unpredictable sound shifts.
Lankow began his musical career as a percussionist in the late 1970s before gradually dedicating his work to ambient and drone music. His compositions rely primarily on electronics and loops, although percussion occasionally remains part of his creative approach. With Cosmic Experiences, he continues his exploration of experimental electronic music through extended passages, subtle variations, and unconventional arrangements.