Daniel Vahnke discography
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]
| Daniel Vahnke discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Other appearances | 20 |
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 Daniel Vahnke
| Title | Album details |
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| Music for Player Piano |
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| Title | Album details |
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| Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I |
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| Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II |
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As Vampire Rodents
| Title | Album details |
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| War Music |
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| Premonition |
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| Lullaby Land |
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| Clockseed |
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| Gravity's Rim |
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| Noises in the Wall |
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As Ether Bunny
| Title | Album details |
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| Papa Woody |
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| Attention Please |
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As Axon Tremolo
| Title | Album details |
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| Axon Tremolo |
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Compilation appearances
| Year | Song | Album | Label |
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| 1991 | "Success" | Mind Pollution (The First Installment) | Words of Warning |
| "The Ninth Floor" | 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 | If It Moves... |
| 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 (Re-Constriction Sampler) | ||
| "Core" | Thugs 'n' Kisses | ||
| 1996 | "Dowager's Egg" | Built for Stomping: A Re-Constriction & Cleopatra Sampler | |
| "Blind Acceleration" | Fascist Communist Revolutionaries | Fifth Colvmn | |
| "Saturation" | Re-Constriction 10* Year Anniversary | Re-Constriction | |
| 1997 | "Mother Tongue" | Got Moose? Re-Constriction CD Sampler #2 | |
| "Schubert Trio in E-flat" | Vampire Themes | Cleopatra | |
| 1998 | "Chain" | The Black Bible | |
| 1998 | "Schubert Trio in E-flat" | This Is Goth! |
Soundtrack appearances
| Year | Song | Film |
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| 1993 | "Nosedive" | Totally Fucked Up |
Credits
| Year | Artist | Release | Role(s) | Song(s) |
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| 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
- "Daniel Vahnke > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- Nunziata, Francesco. "Vampire Rodents: La scienza del collage" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- Gariboldi, Marco (September 2, 2009). "Vampire Rodents (Daniel Vahnke) - Interview (2009)". Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved July 9, 2015.