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~ FREE Music!? ~

When it is finished "Behold the Machine" will be available to download for free, however we do accept donations via paypal.

So if you like this work and feel it's worth your time and money to contribute to it, please feel free to make donations through vernian@post-punk.com.

Cheers,
Josh & Martin

~ Review Excerpts ~

"...The musical landscape and signposts will doubtless appear familiar but you'll soon lose yourself in it quite happily, not caring that you don't really know where you are."

- Mick Mercer (Review of The Forgotten Age)

"...Indeed, the rhythmic machine sounds and classically-based melodies intertwined throughout Vernian Process's music give the artist's soundscapes the feel of a fin-de-siecle Victorian age poised between a new age of thundering steam engines and the traditional sensibilities of classical composers."

- Neal L. Dodge ~ The Clockwork Wasteland

~ About Vernian Process ~

Vernian Process is a musical collective. At the core of this group is Joshua A. Pfeiffer. Josh founded this project in 2003, with the sole intentions of creating music that could accompany Steampunk adventures in his own mind. Josh is a self taught artist, his only background in music composition coming from his familiarity with musical structure through his work as a DJ.

Josh never intended to define Steampunk as a musical genre when he created this project. It was simply an extension of an interest he has had for well over 20 years. At the time this project started there was virtually nothing out there that claimed Steampunk as a major influence. Which is why he decided to build his material around that theme.

In 2007 Josh began recruiting other musicians to collaborate with, and slowly but surely this became a reality. Now he is currently working with artists from other projects such as the Unextraordinary Gentlemen, and the Clockwork Dolls, as well as solo artists and even fans that just wanted to help contribute to the project. In the same year he also created the rather tongue-in cheek genre "Steamwave". Since his biggest inspirations were Steampunk, Darkwave, New Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial, and Trip-Hop. he felt the title fit appropriately.

In 2008 he helped found a new artists collective dedicated to Old World inspired music called "Gilded Age Records".

But perhaps the biggest change to Vernian Proces happened at the tail end of 2008. when Joshua was contacted by Martin Irigoyen. Martin and Josh quickly hit it off, and started reworking all of the previous material Josh had been writing for Behold the Machine. Now the two are poised to release the album on February 8th 2009, in order to coincide with the b-day of Jules Verne.

One thing you will never see is Vernian Process branded Top Hats or Goggles. There will never be Vernian Process branded Corsets, or Bloomers. There may be a T-shirt or two, some stickers and buttons. But that's about the extent of it. We are much more concerned with releasing quality music for the love of creating and sharing art, than we are with becoming a Steampunk Hot Topic (besides... aren't there already enough bands doing that?)

Of course this ties to Joshua's personal opinion that Steampunk is really just a wonderful aesthetic and not a passing fad or fashionable style. It is something he has been deeply connected to for the majority of his life, and he will be just as connected to long after the trend passes.

~ Discography ~

Digital Downloads
2003 - Steam Age Symphony E.P.
2004 - Discovery L.P.
2005 - Revolution E.P.
2006 - The Forgotten Age L.P.
2006 - Catalysts E.P.
2007 - The Symphonic Collection L.P.

Full Length/CD Releases:
2009 - Behold the Machine (Coming Spring, 2009)