Things on this page: Music Videos, Bio(s), Hi-Res photos, Radio appearances, Past Shows list (with links to footage), Miscellaneous appearances Things you can get to from this page: Archive of Reviews
Music Video: "Jewels"
Music Video: "Oh" Note: due to mysterious future-warping reasons, this video has had to become privatized on the official Psyche Corp. YouTube channel. However, if you search elsewhere for this video on the Internet, you may yet find something.
April 2011 Interview with Psyche Corporation @ Webster Hall + Footage of Shows
Bios/Info
Psyche Corp. is a dark fairytale cyberpunk/steampunk band named after a dream manufacture group from a future where widespread neural implants have allowed people to jack their nerve endings directly into the internet and download dreams. Songs deal in dystopian themes as well as the surreal psychological landscapes of sleeping minds. The musical style spans genres; a recent song has mixed tribal singing with classical piano while embedding poliovirus DNA into its percussion. Our sound is best described as a mix of trip-hop electro-industrial rock and alternative world music.
Psyche Corp. first began playing live in 2007, and over the years has included dancers, guitarists, and a cellist at various points, but the one constant is that bizarre vocalist lady of ours that we can’t seem to get rid of, who also produces all of the backing music. Currently, the full line-up is P. Chimère, M. Lunapiena on cello, and R. Pruyn on guitar. Psyche Corp. is a favorite amongst north eastern steampunk conventions/events, renaissance festivals, gothic balls, and anime-friendly conventions. Notably, we’ve performed at FanEXPO (which annually draws about 60,000 patrons) in Toronto as the headlining musical guest for their steampunk programming in August 2010, and were invited back for another convention put on by Steampunk Canada in 2011. We’ve also performed at every Wicked Faire since 2009 (this is an annual combination alt pagan scifi renaissance faire convention in NJ that currently draws about 3,000 or more patrons per year), and every Steampunk World’s Fair since the first iteration in 2010. We’ve also become regulars at Arisia (sci fi con in Boston, MA) and TempleCon (sci fi con in Warwick, RI). More recently, Psyche Corp. was the headlining musical act for Ikkicon (a major anime convention) in Austin, TX for December 2012. Our performances as of 2012 have received film coverage by the Discovery Channel and Travel Channel, among others.
Alternate Bio Hailing from a future dominated by neurotechnology, dendritic Internet connections and direct dream-downloads, Psyche Corporation is part of an early subliminal marketing initiative for a popular dream-manufacture company of the same name.
The lead vocalist and PR rep of Psyche Corp. is known by many names, but she mostly goes by Psyche Chimère. She sings of a dangerously decadent, ElektroVictorian future, full of glamour and alien sensations. She is continually searching for artists and inventors of your time to join the dream design board and exhibit their wonders at the show.
Short Bio
Psyche Corp. is named after a dream manufacture group from a future where widespread neural implants have allowed people to jack their nerve endings directly into the internet and download dreams. Songs deal in dystopian themes as well as the surreal psychological landscapes of sleeping minds. The musical style spans genres; a recent genre analysis has turned up three distinct subdivisions: Electroindustrial trip-hop, bizarre [and often symphonic] cabaret, and dark alternative "world music". One song from the latter genre has mixed tribal singing with classical piano while embedding poliovirus DNA into its percussion.
A few words from our most famous CEO
Far into the future, the Internet is jacked directly into your mind, an integrated brain-machine network known as the Psi-net. Psyche Corp. manufactures your custom-made dreams, but no one has called it Psyche Corp. for decades. The executive board of Psyche Corp. is the richest, most powerful group of individuals on the planet, and they are known as the Shadow Court. Styles have grown decadent and Elektro-Victorian, nanotechnology flows through your every vein.
Greetings, twenty-first century human, greetings from the Shadow Court. I hail from the City of God and I come as a messenger of the future. I am a Dream Spinner, a deliberate acouasm, a scientist of chimeras. Let me fill your mind with music.
169 Bar, NYC (4-3-2006) [then under a different name, initialed P.R.]
The Pussycat Lounge, NYC (8-30-2007)
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M1-5 Lounge (Dead Heaven), NYC (9-8-2007) Wicked Faire 2008 in Edison, NJ
"Totally Normal Event" in Whippany, NJ (6-30-2008)
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Parkside Lounge, NYC (12-21-2008)
[footage] Wicked Faire in Whippany, NJ (Feb 20-21, 2009)
The Delancey, NYC (6-21-2009)
M1-5 Lounge, NYC (6-27-2009) The Haunt in Ithaca, NY (7-12-2009)
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Midsummer Magick Faire in Oxford, CT (7-18-09, 7-19-09, 8-1-09, 8-2-09) Frog King and the Butterflies (8-22-09) Stranded! 2009 in NYC (9-5-09, photo by Logan Grendel)[footage] The Haunt in Ithaca, NY (10-2-2009)
[footage] Brooklyn Indie Market's Steampunk II fashion showAfterparty at Way Station in Brooklyn (10-24-09)
Connolly's Klub 45 (at midnight of Saturday night 10-24-09, though technically Sunday..) Philly Fetish Ball 2009 at Shampoo Night Club in Philadelphia, PA (11-21-09) The National Underground in NYC (11-28-09) Clockwork: A monthly night for Retro-Futurists, Wanderers, and Friends in Piscataway, NJ (12-1-09) R Bar in NYC (12-18-09) Clockwork II (1-5-10) The Haunt in Ithaca, NY (1-24-10)
[footage] Clockwork: Clue! in Piscataway, NJ (2-2-10) Wicked Faire 2010 (2-20-10 & 2-21-10)
[footage: The Ceiling][footage: Whirring World] Jeff Mach's Big Brass Ball in Piscataway, NJ(3-2-10) Court of Lazarus at The Slipper Room in Manhattan (3-21-10)
The Haunt in Ithaca, NY (4-2-10), w/ LAW, New Animal, and Zadoc and the Nightmare.
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Clockwork V in Piscataway, NJ (4-8-10) Black Moon Music Lounge in Belchertown, MA with Pandora's Toybox (4-30-10)[footage] Clockwork VI aka Big Brass Ball in Piscataway, NJ (5-4-10) Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ (5-14, 5-15, and 5-16-10) Dorian's Parlor in Philadelphia, PA (6-12-10)see photo by Kyle Cassidy The QAS at Webster Hall in NYC (7-11-10) see flyer Midsummer Magick Renaissance Faire in Oxford, CT (7-17, 7-18, 7-24, 8-1-10) Libertine Ball in Philadelphia, PA (8-14-10) FanEXPO Canada in Toronto, ON (8-28-10)[footage, part 1][footage, part 2]
Steampunk Salon Saloon in DUMBO, Brooklyn (9-25, 9-26-10)
Wicked Ithaca in Ithaca, NY (10-2-10)[footage]
Diabolique Ball in Philadelphia, PA (11-20-10) The Anachronism: Wonderland meets Oz at Webster Hall in NYC (11-21-10)see flyer Arisia 2011 in Boston, MA (1-16-11) TempleCon 2011 in Warwick, RI (2-6-11) "Monstrous" fashion showcase for Kristin Costa's designs in NYC (2-16-11)photos Wicked Faire 2011 in Somerset, NJ (2-18 to 2-20-11)photos The Alternative Living Expo in Philadelphia, PA (3-5 to 3-6-11) Steampunk Stylin' at The Way Station in Brooklyn (3-13-11) ContemptNY in NYC (3-19-11) Steampunk Industrial Revolution in Nashua, NH (3-26-11) The Anachronism II: Expedition to Candyland at Webster Hall in NYC (4-3-11)photos Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition in Toronto, ON (4-30-11)interviewed by Adrienne Kress International Steampunk City in Waltham, MA (5-7-11)
Way Station in Brooklyn, NYC, opening for Absinthe Drinkers (5-14-11) Minions of Gozer Ghostbusters Shadowcast Fundraiser at TimeOutNY Lounge in Manhattan (5-14-11) Steampunk World's Fair 2011 in Somerset, NJ (5-20, 5-21-2011) Dorian's Parlor in Philadelphia, PA (6-4-11) Voyage to Dream Country at The Way Station in Brooklyn, with Cello Mike and Paul Hoppe on the live Psyche Corp. show (6-11-11) Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire in Ansonia, CT with J. Perez (6-25, 6-26-11) Firefly 2011 in Bethel, VT (7-1, 7-2-11) The Anachronism III: Visit to Edo at Webster Hall in NYC (8-21-11)photos
The Haunt in Ithaca, NY (9-16-11), w/ Sanjuro Fields, Lobster Quadrille, and Zadoc and the Nightmare.
[footage] Record Archive in Rochester, NY (9-17-11)[vlog][footage] Vertex Night Club in Rochester, NY (9-17-11)
The Way Station in Brooklyn, NYC with Sxip Shirey (9-18-11) Steampunk Bizarre at Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT (10-1-11)[footage] Dances of Vice: Tokyo Blade Runner, the Official Afterparty for Comicon at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC (10-16-11) Steampunk 2011 at Dumbo Lofts in Brooklyn (10-23-11)photo(s) Dracula's Ball at Shampoo Night Club in Philadelphia, PA for Halloween 2011
GKE 2011 in NJ (11-4, 11-5, 11-6-11)
Anachronism IV: Steampunk Dinosaurs! in NYC (12-4-11)
FB photo album
Multiverse-A Friendly Gathering In A Strange Universe in New Brunswick, NJ (12-9-11)
Arisia 2012 in Boston, MA (1-14-12)
TempleCon 2012 in Warwick, RI (2-4-12)photos on FB
Wicked Faire 2012 in Somerset, NJ (2-17, 2-18, 2-19-12)[footage: Whirring World feat. guest cellist Unwoman][footage: Institute][footage: Wonderland] Anachronism 4.5: Dracula Meets The Clockwork Man at DROM in NYC (4-1-12)
Macabre Faire 2012 at Rockville Centre in Long Island (4-15-12)
Steampunk World's Fair 2012 (5-19, 5-20-12)[footage: Raise the Dead]
The New York 19th Century Society's Fall Soiree & Benefit Concert at The Morgan in Brooklyn (9-21-2012)
Wildfire Retreat September 2012 Performance Class (9-23-2012)[footage: poi+singing combo]
Dorian's "Unfinished Basement" feat. Unwoman & J. Vourteque at The Arts Garage in Philadelphia, PA (10-13-2012)
The Steampunk Anachronism Meets The Goblin Market feat. Unwoman & J. Vourteque & Voltaire at Club Element in NYC (10-14-2012)
Macabre Faire: Grim Gathering at the Best Western in Rockville Centre, Long Island (10-20-2012)
Court of Lazarus in NYC (10-21-2012)
Multiple Sclerosis Fantasy Ball in Glen Burnie, MD (10-27-2012)
GKE II in Piscatway, NJ (11-3, 11-4-2012)
AnimeUSA in Washington D.C. (11-10-2012)
Ikkicon in Austin, TX (12-29-2012)
Arisia 2013 in Boston, MA (1-19, 1-20-2013)
TempleCon 2013 in Warwick, RI (2-1-2013)
Wicked Faire 2013 in Somerset, NJ (2-17-2013)
The Twisted World / Divine Decadence in Somerset, NJ (4-27, 4-28-2013)
Arcadian Clockwork at Elysium nightclub in Austin, TX (5-4-2013)
Watch City Festival in Waltham, MA (5-11, 5-12-2013)
Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ (5-18, 5-19-2013)
Wildfire Retreat May 2013 Performance Class (5-26-2013)
Macabre Faire (6-1-2013)
Fellini Film Festival/Fundraiser in Nyack, NY (in conjunction with fire troupe) (6-19-2013)
Firefly in Bethel, VT (7-6, 7-7-2013)
Dorian's Parlor in Philly (7-20-2013)
Steamstock in Richmond, CA (7-27-2013)
Burning Man 2013 @ Center Camp (8-27-2013)
Burning Man 2013 @ Dark Community Carnival Cafe's Steampunk Vaudeville Night (8-28-2013)
AnimeUSA in Washington D.C. (9-14, 9-15-2013) International Steampunk City in Speedwell, NJ (10-13-2013) Gilded Festival at Valley Forge, PA (11-30, 12-1-2013)
Arisia 2014 in Boston, MA (1-18, 1-19-2014)
TempleCon 2014 in Warwick, RI (2-9-2014)
Voltaire's Wicked NecroComicon in Somerset, NJ (2-21-2014)
Psyche Corp & Mei Ohara at McGann's Pub in Boston, MA (4-8-2014)
Psyche Corp. Live in Studio show at WFMU 91.1 FM in Jersey City, NJ, hosted by Julie Dark (5-11-2014)
Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ (5-16, 5-17, 5-18-2014)
NYC Pride March w/ Jeff Mach's Giant Robot (6-29-2014)
Busking in Boston Common/Public Garden (9-13, 9-14-2014)
RuffleCon in New Haven, CT (10-4-2014)
International Steampunk City in Speedwell, NJ (10-11-2014)
Brass Ring CT at the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, CT (1-10-2015)
Arisia 2015 in Boston, MA (1-16, 1-18-2015)
TempleCon 2015 in Warwick, RI (2-7, 2-8-2015)
Wicked Faire 2015 in Princeton, NJ (2-20, 2-21, 2-22-15)
Other appearances
NY Anime Festival 2009 (Sept. 27) steampunk fashion show model for Berit New York Designs. Video footage +alternate link to video footage
Carnal Carnival (Rutgers, BiGLARU event) 10-29-09 Psyche Corp.'s music on VBS TV: In the Vice Versus webisode series (episode 4), VBS TV does a steampunk documentary featuring a short clip from Psyche Corp.'s song "Antoinette" and footage of P. Chimère modeling at the NeoVictorian fashion show at NY Anime Fest 2009. First aired in Fall 2009. Transmutation: New Year's Eve co-design and construction of robot forest art installation. 12-31-09 to 1-1-10 Featured model in the Esteam Photobook 2009. See sample page images [1], [2], and [3].
Biomedical engineering talk: "Replacement Body Parts and Cyborgs" 2-19-10 at Wicked Faire 2010 QAS Fashion Show at Webster Hall runway model for Harmony Corbett (Sax DMA) fashions, 2-28-10.[footage] "Wonderland" played at Gaslight in Brisbane, an event hosted by Black Productions 3-20-2010. Thank you, DJ Kali! Biomedical engineering talk: "Topics in Replacement Body Parts and Cyborgs" 5-16-10 at Steampunk World's Fair
Composer of all music for "Absinthe Heroes", a Steampunk Rock Opera written by Jeff Mach and performed for the first time at Steampunk World's Fair 2010 Dorian's Parlor Fashion Show modeling for Karen von Oppen/KVO Designs in Philly 6-12-10 one more photo QAS II Fashion Show modeling for Harmony Corbett in NYC 7-11-10
The Michael Masoy Agency’s 2nd Annual Fashion Show And Art Auction, modeling for Artificial Intrigue/Alex Eisenstein in NYC 8-10-10
FanEXPO 2010 Steampunk Meet and Greet in Toronto, ON 8-27-10
Brooklyn Indie Market's Steampunk III Fashion Show, modeling for KVO Designs 10-24-10
The Anachronism: Wonderland meets Oz, fashion show, modeling for Artificial Intrigue 11-21-10
Panelist on "Our Weird Biology" science discussion at Arisia in Boston 1-16-11
"Topics in Modern Day Cyborg Research" talk at TempleCon 2011 in Warwick, RI 2-5-11 Kristin Costa's "Monstrous" fashion showcase in NYC 2-16-11
The Anachronism II: Expedition to Candyland, fashion show, modeling for Kristin Costa 4-3-11
Steampunk World's Fair 2011 Fashion Show, modeling for Kristin Costa 5-22-2011
"Topics on Cyborgs, Tissue Engineering, and Mitochondria" talk at Steampunk World's Fair 5-22-2011
The Anachronism III: Visit to Edo, fashion show, modeling for Kristin Costa 8-21-11
Fashion coverage in Courtesan Macabre for Anachronism III August 2011
Culture Asylum Magazine, September 2011 issue, modeling for Kristin Costa
Steampunk 2011 Fashion Show at Dumbo Lofts in Brooklyn, modeling for Kristin Costa's Glass Box collection 10-23-2011
Panelist on "The Near Future of Organ Transplants" discussion at Arisia in Boston 1-15-12
"Medically Relevant Animals" talk at TempleCon 2012 in Warwick, RI 2-5-12
Macabre Faire "Glass Box Collection" fashion show, modeling for Kristin Costa 4-15-12
Poi routine on TEDx 4-28-2012
Mentioned in May 2012 article of Gothic Beauty Magazine
Intro Poi Workshops at Ikkicon 12-29-12
Brain Machine Interfaces lecture at Ikkicon 12-29-12
Biopunk Panel Discussion: Copyright and Genetics at TempleCon 2-2-2013
Brain Machine Interfaces, Neuroimaging, and Auditory Hallucinations lecture/discussion at AnimeUSA 9-14-2013
Introductory Poi Workshop at Gilded Festival 11-30, 12-1-2013 Ladies of Steampunk, Vol. 2 Issue 2, featured model November 2013
How They Lie with Statistics (science panel) at Arisia 1-19-14
Emcee of "Mainframe: A Cyberpunk Fashion Show" at TempleCon 2-9-14
Topics in Neurodecoding: Brain Machine Interfaces in the Present Day at TempleCon 2-9-14
Runway model for Underbelly: Fall/Winter 2014 Collection by Kristin Costa, NYC Fashion Week, produced by The Set NYC 2-13-14
Runway model for Triple Fortune at the Gothic Lolita Fashion Show at RuffleCon 10-4-14
Science Year in Review (science panel) at Arisia 1-18-15
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interviewed by Adrienne Kress
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