Erik Lankin Music

08/23/2026

This is one of my favorite quotes from John Cage's book *Silence*. Excuse the flu voice.

07/17/2026

This video is in response to the expansion of the terrorism designation announced by Marco Rubio and Steven Miller

06/18/2026

06/10/2026

This video argues that electoral "democracy" contains nothing at all of the value or virtue of democracy and in fact betrays it outright.

06/06/2026

This video examines the theoretical framework that underpins generative AI music by exploring 2 western classical theorists in order to show that gen AI is objectively and unambiguously anti human. Boethius's text spent centuries as a touchstone for Western composers and Russolo is a principal influence for the CEO of SUNO Mikey Shulman. Watch Adam Neely 's recent video for more on the connection.

06/04/2026

This video argues to white supremacists that their politics are against their own interests.

06/03/2026

This video attempts to convince white supremacists why their politics are against their own interests.

05/30/2026

This video is a parody of pro-capitalist comments that assume fighting a political system means pretending it doesn't exist.

05/29/2026

This video articulates the story concept for my upcoming album *Persephone*

05/27/2026

This video is an anti-capitalist talking about problems that arise from pro-capitalist productivity discourses.