Vampire Rodents - Cut To The Chase '2019

Tracks list

 Vampire Rodents was the name of a sound collage and experimental music
ensemble based out of Phoenix, Arizona, although its core members originally
came from Canada. The creative nucleus of the project comprised vocalist and
composer Daniel Vahnke and keyboardist Victor Wulf. Daniel Vahnke was primarily
influenced by 20th-century classical and avant-garde music, whereas Wulf drew
from new age, ambient and synth-driven pop music. Their work also dabbled in big
band, bebop, musique concrète, industrial, electro, Indian classical and
Greek music.

Vampire Rodents debuted with War Music (1991), an album that showcased their
knack for dark humor and experimentation with the pop and industrial music
format. Premonition (1992), recorded with violinist and cellist Andrea Akastia,
revealed the bands artistic ambitious and interest in electroacoustic and
ambient music. Considered by some to be the groups magnum opus, Lullaby Land
(1993) further expanded the sound with the inclusion of additional musicians,
house beats, swing rhythms and world music.

In 1993 Akastia and Wulf ceased to make direct contributions to Vampire Rodents
and it became Vahnkes solo project, although he continued to utilize music his
former bandmates had recorded previous to their departure. Vampire Rodents
embraced an electro-industrial sound informed by orchestral music on Clockseed
(1995) with the help of producer Chase and the contributions of numerous
musicians already established in the 90s industrial rock scene. The final album,
Gravitys Rim (1996), returned to the more aggressive and sardonic nature of past
work while emphasizing dense string and horn arrangements backed by drum machine
rhythms.

Vampire Rodents last recodings were made in 1996 when Vahnke was preparing the
follow-up to Gravitys Rim. Legal issues with Fifth Colvmn Records unexpectedly
halted activity and the project was put on hiatus. After over a decade of
inactivity, Daniel Vahnke officially announced his musical retirement and the
projects abandonment in 2009. In 2016, Vahnke established an official YouTube
page titled Rodentia Productions and began issuing unreleased material with the
suggestion that it would be made available for purchase. On November 11, 2017,
Vampire Rodents sixth album, Noises in the Wall, was issued digitally on their
official Bandcamp page. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

1. Cut to the Chase (02:50)
2. Henry Catwallace (04:20)
3. Chemical Halo (V. Rodents Sax Mix) (04:30)
4. Blind Acceleration (02:41)
5. Lizardman (04:36)
6. Cocked, Loaded & Ready (Extended Version) (04:31)
7. Combine (78rpm Joke) (03:44)
8. Good Vibrations (V. Rodents Mix) (04:58)
9. Gout (Sample Sketch) (03:01)
10. Valentine (V. Rodents Mix) (05:10)
11. Reconciled (V. Rodents Mix) (04:44)
12. Clockseed (Alt Vox Take) (04:25)
13. Heliopause (Alt Vox Take) (02:50)
14. Dowagers Egg (Lo Vox Mix) (02:57)
15. Chemical Halo (Loud Sax Mix) (04:44)

A compilation of unreleased remix and non-album tracks by Vampire Rodents

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