Dark, Moody, Neo-Classical, Militant, Thunder Storms, Old Cathedrals, Dark Dusty Circus Tents, Abandoned Hospitals, Urban Decay, Ghost Trains, Haunted Submarines, Airships, Steam Engines, Rotting Clocktowers, Scorched Battlefields, The Industrial Revolution, Steel Mills, Ancient Forests, Deep Caverns, The Ocean Depths, and various other Atmospheric images.
Simply go to www.post-punk.com/vernianprocess.html and go to the Discography page. From there you can download all of our older material for free. You can also d-load the current tracks in the MySpace player for free as well.
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
~ 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 Record Label dedicated to Old World inspired music called "Gilded Age Records". The first Gilded Age artist other than Vernian Process are the duo The Clockwork Dolls from Baltimore, MD.
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 quailty music for the love of creating and sharing art, than we are with becoming Hot Topic.
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:
2008 - Behold the Machine (Coming Summer 08)
Unhallowed Metropolis is Copyright (C) and Trademarked 2007 by Eos Press. This recording is not intended to trespass on their copyright and is meant as a fan work."
wow the new back story sounds awesome! perhaps you could take a shot at maybe writing some stories as well as telling of the adventures through the songs, which is muchas cool :D
Man, I think you blew all those bands out of the water, even voltaire. I say this of course, because your music rules, and hopefully soon our music will rule hah.
greetings Vernian Process!, I love his music, very worthy of Steampunk, eager to have the honour to hear his next album "behold the machine" anxiously waiting to hear the disc, says goodbye Joro!
