Clockseed

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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 only handling vocal duties on 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.

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. Written by Chemlab vocalist Jared Hendrickson, "Low Orbit" is about two of his diseased friend appearing to him in his sleep, haunting the orbits of his dreams.

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." Piero Scaruffi gave it a 8 out of 10, calling it a "symphony of chaos and multitude, that, indirectly, harked back to composers of urban cacophony such as Charles Ives and Edgard Varèse." He selected it as the seventh best album of the year.

Track listing

All music is composed by Daniel Vahnke

No.	Title	Lyrics/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"	Paul Jenkins	1:42
22.	"Little Canoe"	Betty	0:15

Personnel

Vampire Rodents

• Andrea Akastia – cello, violin
• Daniel Vahnke (Anton Rathausen) – guitar, vocals (Tracks 4, 7, 13 & 17)
• Victor Wulf – piano, synthesizer

Additional musicians and production

• Maria Azevedo – vocals (Track 18)
• Blake Barnes – vocals (Track 20)
• Jason Bazinet – vocals (Track 10)
• Betty – vocals (Track 22)
• Chase – percussion, artwork
• Jim Coursey – vocals (Track 8)
• Dave Creadeau – vocals (Track 15)
• Mark Edwards – vocals (Track 8)
• Sarah Folkman – vocals (Track 2)
• Dan Gatto – vocals (Track 9)
• Mel Hammond – vocals (Track 12)
• Jared Hendrickson – vocals (Track 3)
• Sean Ivy – vocals (Track 10)
• Paul Jenkins – vocals (Track 21)
• Tony Lash – vocals (Track 5)
• Linda LeSabre – vocals (Track 16)
• Dee Madden – vocals (Track 6)
• Joan McAninch – production, engineering
• Su Oh – vocals (Track 19)
• Rey Osburn – vocals (Track 11)
• Boom chr Paige – vocals (Track 15)
• Eric Powell – vocals (Track 5)
• Seibold – vocals (Track 14)
• Christian Void – vocals (Track 1)

References