Vibrationen / Entladungen by The Strange World of A.J. Kaufmann

🎚️ The Final Transmission: Via Kosmische Studio Closes with Vibrationen / Entladungen

After years of cultivating sonic experimentation and underground artistry, Via Kosmische Studio has officially closed its doors—marking the end of an era for the Poznań-based collective. Founded as a netlabel in 2018 and later evolving into a full-fledged studio and band in 2024, Via Kosmische became a haven for lo-fi psychedelia, kosmische musik, and avant-garde soundscapes.

The studio’s final release, Vibrationen / Entladungen, is more than just an album—it’s a farewell ritual. Recorded in the waning days of the studio’s existence, the album channels the raw, analog energy that defined Via Kosmische’s ethos. A.J. Kaufmann, a longtime collaborator and genre-bending artist whose Bandcamp catalog spans folk, noise, and cosmic rock, leads the charge on this last offering. The tracks pulse with modular synths, tape hiss, and fractured rhythms, evoking both the chaos and clarity of creative closure.

According to posts on the Via Kosmische WordPress blog, the decision to shut down the studio was bittersweet but intentional. The team cited a desire to move toward more nomadic, decentralized forms of creation—echoing the spirit of kosmische pioneers who valued process over permanence. Vibrationen / Entladungen thus stands as a sonic time capsule: a document of the final vibrations and discharges from a space that nurtured artistic freedom and fearless experimentation.

Though the studio is gone, its influence lingers in the grooves of lathe-cut vinyl, the hiss of cassette tapes, and the digital echoes across Bandcamp and SoundCloud. As Kaufmann himself once wrote, “The strange world continues, even when the room goes silent.”

The silence of Via Kosmische is not an end—it’s a resonance.

A.J. Kaufmann—wandering bard of Poznań, sonic druid of the cassette realm. Born under a vinyl moon during a lo-fi storm, raised by spectral mixtapes and surreal dreams. He’s conjured 200+ albums while debating invisible muses and sipping metaphor tea. Writes like a mystic, sings like a caffeinated oracle. May or may not be part mushroom. Proceed with headphones.

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