This article details the complete oeuvre of Canadian composer

Daniel Vahnke Daniel Vahnke (born April 2, 1965), sometimes credited as Anton Rathausen, is a Canadian composer and lyricist. He is best known as a co-founding member of Vampire Rodents, a band that integrated elements of classical, ambient, and industrial mus ...

. Between 1990 and 1996, Vahnke released six full-length

studio albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records c ...

both independently pressed and through a record label. Five of them were released as

Vampire Rodents Vampire Rodents was 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 keybo ...

albums and one was ostensibly a solo album titled '' Papa Woody'', which released under the name Ether Bunny. Vahnke formed Vampire Rodents with keyboardist Victor Wulf in 1989 to serve as an outlet for their

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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 Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Cromagnon, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubaute ...

. Their second record, ''

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'', was released in 1992 and adopted a more

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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 Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound w ...

approach with the beat-driven ''

Clockseed ''Clockseed'' is the fourth studio album by Vampire Rodents, released on April 7, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records. Music and lyrics ''Clockseed'' has a larger number of guest vocalists than its predecessor, with Daniel handling vocal duties ...

'', which incorporated dense string and horn arrangements and a plethora of guest vocalists. He released two albums through

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. J ...

in 1996: ''

Gravity's Rim ''Gravity's Rim'' is the fifth studio album by the American experimental music band Vampire Rodents, released on May 14, 1996, by Fifth Colvmn Records. Music and lyrics ''Gravity's Rim'' returns to the pop format of the band's earlier albums as ...

'', which further experimented with the song format, and '' Papa Woody'', Vahnke's personal tribute to

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and

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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. In 2017 Vahnke released the sixth Vampire Rodents album '' Noises in the Wall'' and the second Ether Bunny album ''

Attention Please is a manga by Chieko Hosokawa about the training of flight attendants for Japan Airlines originally serialized in ''Shōjo Friend'' from Kodansha beginning in 1970. Tokyo Broadcasting System adapted a TV drama from the manga in 1970. Thirty ...

'' on his Rodentia Productions

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. 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)'', ''

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'' and '' ElevatorMan''.

Discography

As Daniel Vahnke

As Vampire Rodents

As Ether Bunny

With Axon Tremolo

As Elevator ManN

Compilation appearances

Soundtrack appearances

Credits

References

External links

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