Clockseed

Clockseed
Studio album by Vampire Rodents
Released April 14, 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Modern classical, Industrial
Length 67:29
Label Re-Constriction Records
Producer Joan McAninch
Vampire Rodents chronology

Lullaby Land
(1993)		 Clockseed
(1994)		 Gravity's Rim
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Clockseed is the fourth studio album by the American experimental music band Vampire Rodents, released on April 14, 1995 through Re-Constriction Records.

Music and lyrics

Clockseed has a larger number of guest vocalists than its predecessor, with Daniel handling vocal duties on only four out of twenty-two tracks. All the vocalists involved were known through Chase, who sent out tapes to anyone who could lend their lyrics and vocals to a track. Daniel has noted that they all wrote their parts completely without his direction and called it a great fortune to receive such incredible results from people he had never met.[2][3]

Jason Bazinet of Sounds of Mass Production has voiced his displeasure with his and Sean's work on "Revisioned", noting that they may have rushed the lyrics.[4] Written by Chemlab vocalist Jared Hendrickson, "Low Orbit" is about two of his deceased friend appearing to him in his sleep, in a sense "haunting the orbits of his dreams".[5]

Release and reception

Despite being out of print, the album can still be bought through the Vampire Rodents eBay page.

Aiding & Abetting gave it a positive review, saying that "while a little more accessible than Lullaby Land, Clockseed is still a compendium of discord and sonic discrepancies."[6]

Track listing

All music composed by Daniel Vahnke.

No. TitleLyrics/Vocals Length
1. "Dowager's Egg"  Christian Void 2:56
2. "Skin Walker"  Sarah Folkman 2:44
3. "Low Orbit"  Jared Hendrickson 3:42
4. "Downwind"  Daniel Vahnke 2:41
5. "Mother Tongue"  Tony Lash & Eric Powell 3:07
6. "Heliopause"  Dee Madden 3:39
7. "Floater"  Daniel Vahnke 3:31
8. "Scatter"  Jim Coursey & Mark Edwards 2:36
9. "Zygote"  Dan Gatto 3:58
10. "Revisioned"  Jason Bazinet & Sean Ivy 2:42
11. "Unmoved"  Rey Osburn 2:47
12. "Cocked, Loaded and Ready"  Mel Hammond 3:40
13. "Another Planet"  Daniel Vahnke 3:45
14. "Saturation"  Seibold 2:48
15. "Clockseed"  Dave Creadeau & Boom chr Paige 4:19
16. "Terra Amata"  Linda LeSabre 5:32
17. "Tattoo Me"  Daniel Vahnke 4:02
18. "Ravages of Ease"  Maria Azevedo 2:41
19. "Teapot"  Su Oh 2:36
20. "Iron Clad"  Blake Barnes 2:46
21. "Tenochtitlan II"  Pall Jenkins 1:42
22. "Little Canoe"  Betty 0:15

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1995 CMJ New Music Monthly United States "Dance" 22 [7]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Bush, Josh. "allmusic ((( Clockseed - Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Vampire Rodents/Ether Bunny Interview 2007!. Daniel Vahnke interview. Retrieved on July 22, 2010.
  3. ↑ Gariboldi, Marco. Vampire Rodents (Daniel Vahnke) (2009). e-mail interview, retrieved on August 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ Jester. Interview with Jason Bazinet of SMP. Retrieved on August 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ pHil. Chemlab - Teaching you how to bleed. Jared Louche interview, Retrieved on August 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Vampire Rodents: Clockseed". Aiding & Abetting. April 1995. Issue #74, cited August 26, 2010
  7. ↑ "CMJ - Rock Dance". CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 2011-01-09.