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Vampire Rodents
12+ albums
industrialexperimentalAvant-Gardeindustrial rockExperimental Rock
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Vampire Rodents was the name of a sound collage and experimental music ensemble active ca. from 1988 to 1996. They were based out of Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. 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' last recodings were made in 1997 when Vahnke was working on a follow-up to Gravity's 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 project's abandonment in 2009. In 2016, Vahnke established an official youtube page titled Rodentia Productions and began issuing unreleased material. Major discography: War Music (1990) Premonition (1992) Lullaby Land (1993) Clockseed (1995) Gravity's Rim (1996) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
