I have been working with museums, collectors & publishers through my own vintage photography business for the last 7 years, so I've been far to busy to return to composition. I expect I'll write again, but probably only dense complex Sample Based Composition works like 'Bosch Erotique' , 'Demon Est Deus Inversus' & 'Raga Rodentia'. But who knows? Anything is possible.I actually was working on two SBC pieces before and during the VR years : a Cello Sonata & a short Symphony. Both were gradually cannibalized to supply VR songs with samples & riffs. When I do return to composition, I'll work exclusively on SBC pieces like Awaken & DEDI - they are my favorite pieces! Noises in the Wall was supposed to be the last VR album - an instrumental collection of unreleased songs, but the labels that would have carried it died out during 1996-8, so it was shelved. I lost interest in fighting the music industry by then, so I didn't pursue it.I love ragtime - Scott Joplin & would love to work on that in my old age. I generally only listen to music made from 1920-45 (I'm a huge Big Band fan - as you can tell from Ether Bunny, especially cartoon kings Raymond Scott & Carl Stalling). Hopes this explains my madness somewhat.Hopefully, I'll find a way to reissue my music someday, as well as release the 3 VR & 2nd EB CDs of material sitting in a box for the last decade.Daniel Vahnke
NEWS: these unreleased tracks will still show their
historical lineage. Please don't mistake these tracks to be an updated VR
sound - only the missing jigsaw pieces from pre-existing compilations.
They are inextricably linked with the Clockseed & Gravity's Rim tracks (they were originally set aside for the never-realized Pillow project). Someday, I'll figure out the original sequence of composition (the so-called opus record) & that should explain the difference/similarities of everything. It is a bit of a blur to me in my memory.
These tracks were composed very rapidly in the mid-90's.
I am going to inquire into the possibility & expense of new recordings from
the original digital archive. That will greatly improve the clarity of the
music. Wish me well! Thanks for your support.
Daniel Vahnke
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Ether Bunny is a project of Daniel Vahnke.
It is more of a big band sound, using the Sample Based Composition style.
Much of the music can be seen as influenced by Carl Stalling
(of Warner Brother's cartoon music).
Dilate is an ambient soundtrack by Vampire Rodents keyboardist Victor Wulf.
Cyclos (Hypnotic/Cleopatra, 1996)
Octagon (Hypnotic/Cleopatra, 1997)
