Vernian Process

Infobox musical artist
Name = Vernian Process


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Origin = Flagicon|USA San Francisco, California, United States
Genre = Steampunk
Darkwave
Industrial
Neo-Classical
Trip-Hop
Post-Punk
Years_active = 2003-current
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URL = [http://www.post-punk.com/vernianprocess.html Official website]
current_members = Joshua Pfeiffer
Pasha Smith (guest vocalist)

Vernian Process is a musical project formed in San Francisco in 2003 by Joshua Pfeiffer. The project has featured guest contributions from Pasha Smith, Malcolm Schreeck of the Victorian Synthpunk band 'Unextraordinary Gentlemen', and Allison Curval of the group 'The Clockwork Dolls'.

Career

Taking its name from the works of 19th century author Jules Verne, Vernian Process is a Darkwave band that creates music themed around victorian scientific romance, and its 20th century equivalent steampunk.

In addition to releasing his own material, Joshua has also provided remixes of Nouvelle Vague's version of Bauhaus's Bela Lugosi's Dead (from Bande à Part), Abney Park's "The Wrong Side" (from "The Death Of Tragedy") [http://robert-from-ap.livejournal.com/417405.html Vernian Process remix of Abney Park] ] , and Unextraordinary Gentlemen's "Open Arms, Empty Air", (from "5 Tales From God Only Knows").

Vernian Process has also appeared at events performing with Attrition at the DNA Lounge (2006) [ [http://www.eroszine.com/articles/2006-10-20/sf.events.for.december06/#03 San Francisco Events December 2006] ] and Convergence 13 (2007), [ [http://www.convergence13.com/bands/vernianprocess/ Vernian Process featured at Convergence 13] ] alongside other notable artists such as, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and Faith and the Muse. Vernian Process will be performing at the Ravenwood and Eccentrik Music Festivals in 2008.

In 2008 Joshua founded the record label 'Gilded Age Records' to release all future Vernian Process material under. Their second signing was Baltimore's 'The Clockwork Dolls'.

As of 2008, Joshua and Allison have begun working together as 'The Clockwork Process'. Their first project is the musical score for the steampunk themed videogame; "Shades of Violet: The Incredible Adventures of Violet Vendetta" for Imagineer Games Studio. [ [http://www.imagineergames.com Imagineer Games; developers of Shades of Violet] ]

Influences

Vernian Process has been heavily influenced by a wide range of musicians, including:
* And Also The Trees
* Attrition
* Kate Bush
* The Chameleons
* Clan of Xymox
* Dead Can Dance
* Danny Elfman
* Forma Tadre
* Joe Hisaishi
* In the Nursery
* Joy Division
* Laibach
* Massive Attack
* Ennio Morricone
* Gary Numan
* The Protagonist
* This Mortal Coil
* Nobuo Uematsu
* Ultravox
* Vangelis

Discography

Albums

* "Discovery" (2004)
* "The Forgotten Age" (2006) [ [http://mickmercer.livejournal.com/542900.html Review] , by Mick Mercer] [ [http://www.survivingthewasteland.com/musicsteam.html Review by The Clockwork Wasteland] ]
* "Behold the Machine" (2008)

EPs

* "Steam Age Symphony" (2003)
* "Revolution" (2005)

Compilations

* "Catching Up With Vernian Process" (2006)
* "Catalysts" (2006) - A Collection of cover versions

References

External links

* [http://www.post-punk.com/vernianprocess.html Vernian Process Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/vernianprocess Vernian Process on MySpace.com]
* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26545688697 Vernian Process on Facebook.com]
* [http://www.mickmercer.com/pdfs/the_mick_30.pdf Interview from "The Mick" #30 (starts on page 160)] , by Mick Mercer
* [http://www.sepiachord.com/vp121906.htm Interview with Sepiachord.com]
* [http://etheremporium.pbwiki.com/Vernian%20Process Interview with The Aether Emporium]
* [http://www.lividlookingglass.com/magazine/interviews/Old_interviews/Int_Vernian.html Interview with Livid Looking Glass Magazine]