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| Released | April 7, 1995 | |||
| Length | 68:39 | |||
| Label | Re-Constriction | |||
| Producer | Joan McAninch | |||
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Clockseed is the fourth studio album by Vampire Rodents, released on April 7, 1995, by Re-Constriction Records.
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]
During the album's production, Re-Constriction Records label manager Chase mailed instrumental tapes to multiple musicians affiliated with the electro-industrial and Rivethead scenes for them to layer vocals and lyrics over. Christian Void of Killing Floor received the tracks for "Dowager's Egg" and "Mother Tongue" and chose the former to compose with. Concerning the lyrical content, Void stated "It is about people with disease like HIV and AIDS and how the public perceives them, and about things that happen to them because of their disease" that decries people being made into pariahs by society. [4] Written by Chemlab vocalist Jared Louche, "Low Orbit" is about two of his deceased friend appearing to him in his sleep. He has said the song was "influenced by my having had a series of dreams involving Craig and another friend who had died of a brain tumor around that time. They were haunting the orbits of my dreams." [5] Jason Bazinet of SMP (Sounds of Mass Production) has voiced his displeasure with his and Sean's work on "Revisioned", noting that they may have rushed the lyrics. [6] It is about people with disease like HIV and AIDS and how the public perceives them, and about things that happen to them because of their disease.
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." [7]
All music is composed by Daniel Vahnke, except "Annexation II" by Victor Wulf and "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix) by Jared Louche and Dylan Thomas More.
| No. | Title | Lyrics/Vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Dowager's Egg" | Christian Void | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Skin Walker" | Sarah Folkman | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Low Orbit" | Jared Louche | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Downwind" | Daniel Vahnke | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Mother Tongue" | Eric Powell | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Heliopause" | Dee Madden | 2:41 |
| 7. | "Floater" | Daniel Vahnke | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Scatter" | Jim Coursey & Mark Edwards | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Zygote" | Dan Gatto | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Revisioned" | Jason Bazinet & Sean Ivy | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Unmoved" | Rey Osburn | 2:44 |
| 12. | "Cocked, Loaded & Ready" | Mel Hammond | 3:40 |
| 13. | "Another Planet" | Daniel Vahnke | 3:46 |
| 14. | "Saturation" | Steven Seibold | 2:49 |
| 15. | "Clockseed" | Dave Creadeau & Boom chr Paige | 4:19 |
| 16. | "Terra Amata" | Linda LeSabre | 5:33 |
| 17. | "Tattoo Me" | Daniel Vahnke | 4:05 |
| 18. | "Ravages of Ease" | Maria Azevedo | 2:42 |
| 19. | "Teapot" | Hae Su Oh | 2:39 |
| 20. | "Iron Clad" | Blake Barnes | 2:49 |
| 21. | "Tenochtitlan II" | Pall Jenkins | 2:02 |
| 22. | "Little Canoe" | Betty Martinez | 0:15 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics/Vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dowagers Egg" | Christian Void | 2:57 |
| 2. | "Skin Walker" | Sarah Folkman | 2:47 |
| 3. | "Low Orbit" | Jared Louche | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Downwind" | Daniel Vahnke | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Mother Tongue" | Eric Powell | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Heliopause" | Dee Madden | 2:41 |
| 7. | "Floater" | Daniel Vahnke | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Scatter" | Jim Coursey & Mark Edwards | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Zygote" | Dan Gatto | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Revisioned" | Jason Bazinet & Sean Ivy | 2:44 |
| 11. | "Unmoved" | Rey Osburn | 2:50 |
| 12. | "Cocked" | Mel Hammond | 3:40 |
| 13. | "Another Planet" | Daniel Vahnke | 3:46 |
| 14. | "Saturation" | Steven Seibold | 2:49 |
| 15. | "Clockseed" | Dave Creadeau & Boom chr Paige | 4:19 |
| 16. | "Terra Amata" | Linda LeSabre | 5:33 |
| 17. | "Tattoo Me" | Daniel Vahnke | 4:05 |
| 18. | "Ravages of Ease" | Maria Azevedo | 2:42 |
| 19. | "Teapot" | Hae Su Oh | 2:39 |
| 20. | "Iron Clad" | Blake Barnes | 2:49 |
| 21. | "Tenochtitlan II" | Pall Jenkins | 2:02 |
| 22. | "Blind Acceleration" | Daniel Vahnke | 2:53 |
| 23. | "Little Canoe" | Betty Martinez | 0:15 |
| 24. | "Annexation II" | Pall Jenkins | 3:21 |
| 25. | "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix) | Jared Louche | 4:48 |
| 26. | "Dowagers Egg" (Alternate Master) | Christian Void | 2:58 |
| 27. | "Zygote" (Alternate Master) | Dan Gatto | 4:01 |
| 28. | "Core" (Alternate Master) | Athan Maroulis | 3:10 |
| 29. | "Mother Tongue" (Alternate Master) | Eric Powell | 3:10 |
| 30. | "Saturation" (Alternate Master) | Steven Seibold | 2:50 |
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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| 1995 | CMJ New Music Monthly | United States | "Dance" | 22 | [8] |
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Adapted from the Clockseed liner notes. [9]
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| United States | 1995 | Re-Constriction | CD | REC-017 |
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