Victor Wulf is a Canadian

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and composer. He is recognized for his solo ambient music project

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and as a founding member of

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band

Vampire Rodents Vampire Rodents was a sound collage and experimental music ensemble based out of Phoenix, Arizona, although its core members originally came from Canada. The creative nucleus of the project comprised vocalist and composer Daniel Vahnke and keyb ...

Biography

Victor Wulf was involved in composing music for television since 1977. In June 1989, Wulf and Vahnke founded

, a project that incorporated elements of

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and

. The duo released three albums: '' War Music'' (1990), ''

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'' (1992) and '' Lullaby Land'' (1993). During this time, Wulf was primary influenced by Can,

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, John Zorn and

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. Wulf became less involved in the writing process with each album and he decided to leave Vampire Rodents after the release of ''Lullaby Land''. Wulf founded his own ambient music project

in 1995. After being picked up by

Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1992 by Brian Perera. The record label has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Purple Pyramid Records, D ...

, he released ''

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'' in early 1996. '' Octagon'' was released in 1997.

Discography

Dilate * ''

'' ( Cleopatra, 1996) * '' Octagon'' (Cleopatra, 1997) Vampire Rodents *'' War Music'' (V.R., 1990) *''

'' (V.R., 1992) *'' Lullaby Land'' (

Re-Constriction Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music based in California. The label was founded in 1992 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University. They ...

, 1993)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wulf, Victor 1950 births Ambient musicians Canadian composers Canadian male composers Canadian experimental musicians Canadian rock keyboardists New-age musicians Living people