Cut to the Chase (Vampire Rodents album)

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2019 compilation album by Vampire Rodents

Cut to the Chase

Compilation album by

Vampire Rodents

Released| November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)
Recorded| 1993 (1993) – 1995 (1995)
Genre|

* Sound collage
* industrial rock

Length| 60:10
Label| Rodentia Productions
Vampire Rodents chronology
| Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)
(2018)  | Cut to the Chase
(2019)  |

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Daniel Vahnke chronology
| Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II
(2018)  | Cut to the Chase
(2019)  | ElevatorMan
(2020)

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Cut to the Chase is a compilation album by Vampire Rodents, released on November 12, 2019, by Rodentia Productions. The album compiles tracks from outside the band's main discography, namely the previously unreleased songs "Cut to the Chase", "Henry Catwallace", "Lizardman" and "Blind Acceleration", remixed tracks by Chemlab, Killing Floor and Penal Colony and the song "Cocked, Loaded & Ready" with the original opening intact.[1][2]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "Cut to the Chase"| Daniel Vahnke| Daniel Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 2:50
2.| "Henry Catwallace"|  | Vahnke| Ether Bunny| 4:20
3.| "Chemical Halo" (V. Rodents' Sax Mix)| Jared Louche| Dylan Thomas More| Chemlab| 4:30
4.| "Blind Acceleration"| Vahnke| Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 2:41
5.| "Lizardman"| Vahnke|

* Vahnke
* Victor Wulf

| Vampire Rodents| 4:36
6.| "Cocked, Loaded & Ready"| Mel Hammond| Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 4:31
7.| "Gout" (V. Rodents' Mix)| Dee Madden|

* Jason Hubbard
* Dee Madden
* Andy Shaw
* Chris Shinkus

| Penal Colony| 3:01
8.| "Good Vibrations" (V. Rodents' Mix)| Brian Wilson| Brian Wilson| Fleshhouse| 4:58
9.| "Combine" (V. Rodents' Mix)| Madden|

* Hubbard
* Madden
* Shaw
* Shinkus

| Penal Colony| 3:44
10.| "Valentine" (V. Rodents' Mix)| Christian Void|

* James Basore
* John Belew
* Christian Void
* Marc Phillips
* Karl Tellefsen

| Killing Floor| 5:10
11.| "Reconciled" (V. Rodents' Mix)| Madden|

* Hubbard
* Madden
* Shaw
* Shinkus

| Penal Colony| 4:44
12.| "Clockseed" (Alt Vox Take)|

* Dave Creadeau
* Boom chr Paige

| Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 4:25
13.| "Heliopause" (Alt Vox Take)| Madden| Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 2:50
14.| "Dowager's Egg" (Lo Vox Mix)| Christian Void| Vahnke| Vampire Rodents| 2:57
15.| "Chemical Halo" (Loud Sax Mix)| Louche| More| Chemlab| 4:44

## Personnel

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Adapted from the Cut to the Chase liner notes.[3]

Axon Tremolo

* Daniel Vahnke – sampler, remixer (3, 7–11, 14, 15), vocals (1, 4, 5)
* Victor Wulf – keyboards (5)

Additional performers

* James Basore – drums, drum programming and tape (10)
* John Belew – sampler, electronics, programming (10)
* Marc C. Bennett – guitar (6)
* Chase – percussion and loops (1, 2, 4, 6, 12–14)
* Dave Creadeau – vocals (12)
* Mark Edwards – sampler and vocals (8)
* Mel Hammond – vocals (6)
* Jason Hubbard – sampler, programming and drum programming (7, 9, 11)
* Mark Kermanj – drums (3, 15)
* Jared Louche – arrangements and vocals (3, 15)
* Dee Madden – vocals (7, 9, 11, 13), sampler and programming (7, 9, 11)
* Boom chr Paige – vocals (12)
* Marc Phillips – guitar, bass guitar and backing vocals (10)
* Dylan Thomas More – programming, loops and sampler (3, 15)
* Andy Shaw – guitar and backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
* Chris Shinkus – bass guitar and backing vocals (7, 9, 11)
* Karl Tellefsen – guitar and bass guitar (10)
* Ned Wahl – bass guitar (3, 15)
* Steve "Fly" Watson – guitar (3, 15)
* Christian Void – vocals (10, 14), sampler and electronics (10)

Production

* Joan McAninch – engineering (6, 12–14), mastering (6)
* Neil Wojewodzki – editing, mastering, mixing (6) post-mastering (6)

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format

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United States  | 2019  | Rodentia Productions | DL

## References

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1. ^ Cappuccini, David (March 7, 2017). "Intervista a Daniel Vahnke (Vampire Rodents)". Santa Sangre. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
2. ^ Villa, Stefano (2009). "Vampire Rodents: La scienza del collage" (in Italian). Onda Rock. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
3. ^ Cut to the Chase (digital). Vampire Rodents. Rodentia Productions. 2019.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links

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* Cut to the Chase at Discogs (list of releases)
* Cut to the Chase at Bandcamp
* Cut to the Chase at iTunes

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Vampire Rodents

Andrea Akastia
Daniel Vahnke
Victor Wulf

Studio albums|

* War Music
* Premonition
* Lullaby Land
* Clockseed
* Gravity's Rim
* Noises in the Wall

Compilation albums|

* Cut to the Chase

Other albums|

* Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)

Solo albums|

* Cyclos
* Papa Woody
* Octagon
* Attention Please

Related articles|

* Axon Tremolo
* Dilate
* Ether Bunny

* Albums Category

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Daniel Vahnke

Discography

Albums|

* Music for Player Piano
* Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I
* Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. II

Ether Bunny|

* Papa Woody
* Attention Please

Axon Tremolo|

* Axon Tremolo

Vampire Rodents|

* War Music
* Premonition
* Lullaby Land
* Clockseed
* Gravity's Rim
* Noises in the Wall
* Gravity's Rim (Instrumental Version)
* Cut to the Chase

Elevator ManN|

* ElevatorMan

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