Daniel Vahnke discography

Daniel Vahnke discography
Studio albums 6
Other appearances 20

This article details the complete oeuvre of Canadian composer Daniel Vahnke.[1] Between 1990 and 1996, Vahnke released six full-length studio albums both independently pressed and through a record label. Five of them were released as Vampire Rodents albums and one was ostensibly a solo album titled Papa Woody, which released under the name Ether Bunny.[2]

Vahnke formed Vampire Rodents with keyboardist Victor Wulf in 1989 to serve as an outlet for their sound collage experiments. In 1990, they debuted with War Music, which was issued independently by their own label V.R. Productions and showcased their irreverent approach to industrial rock. Their second record, Premonition, was released in 1992 and adopted a more experimental sound, with violinist/cellist Andrea Akastia helping the duo to expand their musical pallet. Based on the creative success of that album, Vampire Rodents were signed to Re-Constriction Records.

Lullaby Land, released in 1993, became the group's first critical success. Vampire Rodents became an outlet for Vahnke's solo work and he decided to take a more commercial electro-industrial approach with the beat-driven Clockseed, which incorporated dense string and horn arrangements and a plethora of guest vocalists. He released two albums through Fifth Colvmn Records in 1996: Gravity's Rim, which further experimented with the song format, and Papa Woody, Vahnke's personal tribute to big band and bebop music that had been in the works since 1993. After experiencing legal disputes with Fifth Colvmn, Vahnke retreated from the music scene and announced his retirement in 2009.[3]

Discography

As Vampire Rodents

Further information: Vampire Rodents
Studio albums
Title Album details
War Music
  • Released: 1990 (US)
  • Label: V.R.
  • Formats: CS
Premonition
  • Released: 1992 (US)
  • Label: V.R.
  • Formats: CD
Lullaby Land
Clockseed
  • Released: April 14, 1995 (US)
  • Label: Re-Constriction
  • Formats: CD
Gravity's Rim
  • Released: May 14, 1996 (US)
  • Label: Fifth Colvmn
  • Formats: CD

As Ether Bunny

Studio albums
Title Album details
Papa Woody
  • Released: April 2, 1996 (US)
  • Label: Fifth Colvmn
  • Formats: CD

Compilation appearances

Year Song Album Label
1991 "Success" Mind Pollution (The First Installment) Words of Warning
"War Music" RRR-Taste Test 1991 - Vol 6 RRR
1992 "Burial at Sea" The Cyberflesh Conspiracy If It Moves...
"Baby Face" Dossiers Dossier
1993 "Nose Dive" Rivet Head Culture
1994 "Bosch Erotique" America the Beautiful RRR
"Catacomb" Crowbar America Re-Constriction
"Lizardman" Masked Beauty in a Sea of Sadness Goth Industry
"Zygote" Scavengers in the Matrix If It Moves...
1995 "Mother Tongue" Chambermade Re-Constriction
"Another Planet" Frostbyte
"Core" Thugs 'n' Kisses
1996 "Dowager's Egg" Built for Stomping
"Blind Acceleration" Fascist Communist Revolutionaries Fifth Colvmn
"Saturation" Re-Constriction 10* Year Anniversary Re-Constriction
1997 "Mother Tongue" Got Moose?
"Schubert Trio in E-flat" Vampire Themes Fifth Colvmn
1998 "Chain" The Black Bible
1998 "Schubert Trio in E-flat" This Is Goth!

Soundtrack appearances

Year Song Film
1993 "Nosedive" Totally Fucked Up

Credits

Year Artist Release Role(s) Song(s)
1990 Vampire Rodents War Music Lead vocals, guitar, sampler
1991 Premonition Lead vocals, guitar, sampler, bass guitar, keyboards, musical arrangement
1993 Lullaby Land Lead vocals, sampler, guitar, musical arrangement
1995 Clockseed Sampler, guitar, vocals
Various Artists Thugs 'n' Kisses Remixing "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax mix)
1996 Vampire Rodents Gravity's Rim Guitar, bass guitar, sampler, vocals
Ether Bunny Papa Woody Sampler

References

  1. "Daniel Vahnke > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. Nunziata, Francesco. "Vampire Rodents: La scienza del collage" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  3. Gariboldi, Marco (September 2, 2009). "Vampire Rodents (Daniel Vahnke) - Interview (2009)". Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

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