Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Gravity's Rim
(Instrumental Version)
| type = studio
| artist = Vampire Rodents
| cover = Vampire Rodents - Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version).jpg
| venue =
| released = {{Start date|2018|7|20}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1994}} – {{Start date|1996}}
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Modern classical|electronic|industrial rock}}
| length = 69:11
| label = Rodentia Productions
| producer =
| chronology = Daniel Vahnke
| prev_title = Noises in the Wall
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Cut to the Chase
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Daniel Vahnke
| type = Album
| prev_title = Axon Tremolo
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)
| year = 2018
| next_title = Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I
| next_year = 2018
}}
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Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) is a studio album by Vampire Rodents, released on July 20, 2018, by Rodentia Productions.{{cite web |first=Stefano |last=Villa |url=http://www.ondarock.it/altrisuoni/vampirerodents.htm |title=Vampire Rodents: La scienza del collage |publisher=Onda Rock |date=2009 |language=it |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}{{cite web |first=Peter |last=Marks |url=https://santasangremagazine.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/vampire-rodents-noises-in-the-wall/ |title=Vampire Rodents – Nosies in the Wall |publisher=Santa Sangre |date=November 14, 2017 |accessdate=August 21, 2020}} It contains non-vocal versions of tracks from Vampire Rodents sixth studio album Gravity's Rim,{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Hanson |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000186740|pure_url=yes}}|title=Vampire Rodents: Gravity's Rim > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 21, 2020}} including the tracks "Blind Acceleration", originally from the 1996 various artists compilation album Fascist Communist Revolutionaries,{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000578306|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: Fascist Communist Revolutionaries > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 21, 2020}} and "Smartass", an unreleased track listed on the album's back cover as its coda.{{cite web |first=David |last=Cappuccini |url=https://bjorkodioblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/07/intervista-a-daniel-vahnke-vampire-rodents/ |title=Intervista a Daniel Vahnke (Vampire Rodents) |publisher=Santa Sangre |date=March 7, 2017 |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}{{cite web|first1=Kevin A.|last1=Congdon|first2=Jason J.|last2=Tar|url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/interview/vampire.rodents.interview.html|title=Interview With Daniel Vahnke of the Vampire Rodents|publisher=Sonic-Boom Magazine|date=June 1996|accessdate=August 21, 2020}} Composer Daniel Vahnke had originally planned to issue the music on compact disc in late 1996 or early in 1997 but Fifth Colvmn Records went bankrupt and album's release date was cancelled.{{cite journal|first=Kevin |last=A. Congdon |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/vampire.rodents.interview.html |title=Interview with Killing Floor, San Francisco |journal=Sonic Boom |date=June 1996 |volume=4 |issue=7 |accessdate=August 21, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Daniel Vahnke
| title1 = Calibrations
| note1 = Instrumental Version
| length1 = 2:50
| title2 = Ice Borers
| note2 = Instrumental Version
| length2 = 2:20
| title3 = Gravitys Rim
| note3 = Instrumental Version
| length3 = 3:33
| title4 = Underneath
| note4 = Instrumental Version
| length4 = 3:17
| title5 = Rain Wheel
| note5 = Instrumental Version
| length5 = 3:11
| title6 = Prophet Clown
| note6 = Instrumental Version
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Chain
| note7 = Instrumental Version
| length7 = 2:56
| title8 = Obsidian
| note8 = Instrumental Version
| length8 = 2:07
| title9 = The Happy Box
| note9 = Instrumental Version
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Parameter Seven
| note10 = Instrumental Version
| length10 = 2:41
| title11 = Patterns
| note11 = Instrumental Version
| length11 = 2:56
| title12 = Porker
| note12 = Instrumental Version
| length12 = 3:39
| title13 = Sandtrap
| note13 = Alternate Mix
| length13 = 2:14
| title14 = Core
| note14 = Instrumental Version
| length14 = 3:11
| title15 = Creeper
| note15 = Instrumental Version
| length15 = 2:46
| title16 = Schlangenauge
| note16 = Alternate Mix
| length16 = 2:20
| title17 = Fossilized
| note17 = Instrumental Version
| length17 = 2:05
| title18 = Albatross
| note18 = Instrumental Version
| length18 = 3:11
| title19 = A Perfect Lawn
| note19 = Alternate Mix
| length19 = 1:49
| title20 = Goatweed
| note20 = Instrumental Version
| length20 = 2:55
| title21 = Evasion
| note21 = Instrumental Version
| length21 = 2:25
| title22 = H.M.P.
| note22 = Alternate Master
| length22 = 3:22
| title23 = Blind Acceleration
| note23 = Instrumental Version
| length23 = 2:53
| title24 = Smartass
| note24 = Instrumental Version
| length24 = 3:05
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) |title-link=Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version) |others=Daniel Vahnke |year=2018 |type=digital |publisher=Rodentia Productions}}
Axon Tremolo
- Daniel Vahnke – sampler, guitar, bass guitar
Additional performers
Production
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format |
| United States
| 2018 | DL |
References
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External links
- [https://rodentiaproductions.bandcamp.com/album/gravitys-rim-instrumental-version Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)] at Bandcamp
- [https://music.apple.com/us/album/gravitys-rim-instrumental-version/1491801169 Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)] at iTunes
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