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 | 13 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Instrumental albums | 1 |
| Other appearances | 21 |
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] In 2017 Vahnke released the sixth Vampire Rodents album Noises in the Wall and the second Ether Bunny album Attention Please on his Rodentia Productions Bandcamp.[2] He continued to relaease projects into 2020, including: Music for Player Piano, Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I, Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II, Axon Tremolo, Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version), Cut to the Chase and ElevatorMan.
Discography
As Daniel Vahnke
| Title | Album details |
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| Music for Player Piano |
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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 | |
| 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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| Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) |
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| Cut to the Chase |
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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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With Axon Tremolo
| Title | Album details |
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| Axon Tremolo |
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As Elevator ManN
| Title | Album details |
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| ElevatorMan |
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Compilation appearances
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 | sampler, guitar, vocals | — |
| 1991 | Premonition | Sampler, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, orchestration, vocals | — | |
| 1993 | Lullaby Land | Sampler, guitar, orchestration, vocals | — | |
| 1994 | Various Artists | Masked Beauty in a Sea of Sadness | Sampler | "Lizardman" |
| 1995 | Various Artists | Thugs 'n' Kisses | Remixer | "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix) |
| Vampire Rodents | Clockseed | Sampler, guitar | — | |
| Vocals | "Downwind", "Floater", "Another Planet", "Tattoo Me" | |||
| 1996 | Gravity's Rim | Sampler, guitar, bass guitar | — | |
| Vocals | "Prophet Clown", "Underneath", "Gravity's Rim", "Ice Borers", "Parameter Seven", "Obsidian", "Porker", "Creeper", "Albatross", "Fossilized" | |||
| Ether Bunny | Papa Woody | Sampler | — | |
| Various Artists | Fascist Communist Revolutionaries | Sampler, guitar, bass guitar, vocals | "Blind Acceleration" | |
| 2017 | Vampire Rodents | Noises in the Wall | Sampler | — |
| 2018 | Ether Bunny | Attention Please | Sampler | — |
| Axon Tremolo | Axon Tremolo | Sampler | — | |
| Vocals | "Haven", "Axis", "Free Again", "Sky Wide Open", "Focus", "Horizon", "Sleepy Boat to Heaven" | |||
| Vampire Rodents | Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) | Sampler | — | |
| Daniel Vahnke | Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I | Sampler | — | |
| Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II | Synthesizers | — | ||
| Piano | "Piano Room #13", "Piano Room #12", "Piano Room #11", "Piano Room #10" | |||
| Sampler | "Down to Business", "Rat Nest I & IV" | |||
| Music for Player Piano | Piano | — | ||
| 2019 | Vampire Rodents | Cut to the Chase | Sampler | — |
| Remixer | "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix), "Gout" (V. Rodents' Mix), "Good Vibrations" (V. Rodents' Mix), "Combine" (V. Rodents' Mix), "Valentine" (V. Rodents' Mix), "Reconciled" (V. Rodents' Mix) | |||
| Vocals | "Cut to the Chase", "Blind Acceleration", "Lizardman" | |||
| 2020 | Elevator ManN | ElevatorMan | Vocals | — |
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.
External links
- Daniel Vahnke on Bandcamp
- Daniel Vahnke discography discography at Discogs
- Vampire Rodents's channel on YouTube