Nicolas Vernhes
Nicolas Jean Vernhes is a French record producer, recording engineer and record label owner. He is best known for his work with the American indie rock acts Animal Collective, Deerhunter, The Fiery Furnaces, Dirty Projectors, Wild Nothing and The [War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs].
Vernhes operates out of his own studio, Rare Book Room Studios, in Brooklyn, New York.
Biography
Vernhes was raised in Paris, France, before moving to the United States at a young age: "I grew up in Paris and moved to the states when I was 12. I ended up in New York at 20 to finish college, thinking I might go back to France afterwards and knew I could not go back before living here. I never left."Vernhes was also a member of the short-lived indie rock band Baby Tooth, playing guitar and backing vocals. The band released one single and an EP before becoming inactive in 1994. His studio, Rare Book Room Studios, is named after the band's EP of the same name.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Credits |
| 1994 | Baby Tooth | Rare Book Room | Guitar, backing vocals |
| 1995 | Pumpernickel | Eponymous | Recording |
| 1996 | Guv'ner/Cat Power | Guv'ner Goes To Catpowerland | Recording |
| 1996 | Versus | Glitter of Love | Recording |
| 1996 | Versus | Yeah You | Recording |
| 1996 | Various Artists | State of the Union | Recording |
| 1996 | Containe | Only Cowards Walk Like Cowards | Producer, recording, drums |
| 1996 | Shove | Soundtrack For Disaster | Recording, mixing |
| 1996 | Evergreen | Evergreen | Recording |
| 1996 | Humidifier | Nothing Changes | Recording |
| 1996 | Guv'ner | The Hunt | Engineer |
| 1996 | Spent | A Seat Beneath The Chairs | Recording |
| 1996 | Spent | Umbrella Wars | Recording |
| 1996 | Versus | Deep Red | Recording, producer |
| 1996 | Versus | Secret Swingers | Recording |
| 1996 | Guv'ner | Break A Promise | Engineer |
| 1996 | Crown Heights | Dear Sir / Bricks | Recording, mixing |
| 1996 | Ruby Falls | Heroines | Engineer |
| 1996 | French | French | Recording |
| 1997 | Les Savy Fav | Rodeo | Recording |
| 1997 | Chisel | It's Alright, You're O.K. | Recording |
| 1997 | The Van Pelt | The Van Pelt | Recording |
| 1997 | Les Savy Fav | 3/5 | Recording, mixing, mastering |
| 1997 | Chisel | Set You Free | Recording |
| 1997 | The Pacific Ocean | Birds Don't Think They're Flying | Recording, producer |
| 1997 | Run On | Sit Down | Recording, mixing |
| 1997 | Run On | Scoot | Recording, mixing |
| 1997 | French | French 2 | Recording |
| 1997 | The Feud | The Feud Versus Yr Universe | Recording |
| 1998 | The Lapse | Betrayal! | Recording |
| 1998 | Silver Jews | American Water | Producer |
| 1998 | Les Savy Fav | Our Coastal Hymn | Recording |
| 1998 | Versus | Two Cents Plus Tax | Recording |
| 1998 | Guv'ner | Spectral Worship | Mastering, recording, mixing |
| 1998 | Stratotanker | Trifecta | Engineer |
| 1998 | Dogbowl | The Zeppelin Record | Engineer, mixing |
| 1998 | Doug Gillard | Malamute Jute | Mastering |
| 1998 | Various Artists | Never Kept A Diary | Mixing, recording |
| 1998 | Hippopotamus/Project 3 | 3Sounds | Engineer |
| 1998 | Françoiz Breut | Ma Colère | Recording |
| 1999 | Various Artists | Everything Is Nice | Recording, engineer |
| 1999 | Dominique A. | Remué | Recording |
| 1999 | Versus | Afterglow | Recording, producer |
| 1999 | Les Savy Fav | The Cat and the Cobra | Producer |
| 1999 | Bonnie Prince Billy | Let's Start A Family | Recording |
| 1999 | Perio | Medium Crash | Recording, mixing, producer |
| 1999 | Fly Ashtray | Sawgrass Subligette | Mastering |
| 1999 | Pilot to Gunner | It's So Good To Be Here In Paris | Recording |
| 1999 | The Pacific Ocean | Less Than The Needle, More Than The Shotgun | Producer, recording |
| 2000 | Cat Power | The Covers Record | Engineer |
| 2000 | Various Artists | Elysian Fields | Recording |
| 2000 | David Grubbs | The Spectrum Between | Recording |
| 2000 | Les Savy Fav | Rome | Recording |
| 2000 | The Lapse | Heaven Ain't Happenin' | Recording |
| 2000 | Tara Jane O'Neil | Peregrine | Mixing |
| 2000 | Hall of Fame | Hall of Fame | Mixing |
| 2000 | The Holy Childhood | Up With What I'm Down With | Recording, engineer |
| 2000 | David Grubbs | The Coxcomb/Avocado | Recording |
| 2000 | Unwound/Versus | Torch Song/All In Doubt | Recording |
| 2000 | Fischerspooner | Fischerspooner | Producer |
| 2000 | Various Artists | Recording | |
| 2000 | Various Artists | Rubic Records 01 | Engineer |
| 2000 | Reid Paley | Revival | Recording, mixing |
| 2000 | The Hong Kong | Lights at Night | Recording |
| 2001 | Fischerspooner | Emerge | Producer |
| 2001 | David Grubbs | Thirty Minute Raven | Mastering |
| 2001 | Hall of Fame | Hall of Fame | Mixing |
| 2001 | Theo Angell | Sun and Steel: The Lost Recordings of Yukio Mishima | Mixing, mastering |
| 2001 | k. | New Problems | Mixing |
| 2001 | Dan Brown | Inner Boroughs | Recording, mixing |
| 2001 | David Grubbs | Rickets & Scurvy | Recording, electronics |
| 2002 | Black Dice | Beaches & Canyons | Recording |
| 2002 | Black Dice | Lost Valley | Mixing |
| 2002 | Out Hud | S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. | Recording |
| 2002 | The Rogers Sisters | Purely Evil | Recording, mixing |
| 2002 | Speedking | The Fist and the Laurels | Producer, mixing |
| 2002 | David Grubbs | Act Five Scene One | Mastering |
| 2002 | The Naysayer | Heaven, Hell, or Houston | Mixing, mastering |
| 2002 | David Waxman | Ultra. 80's vs Electro 01 | Producer |
| 2002 | Dominique A. | Le Détour | Recording, mixing, drums |
| 2002 | Panthers | Are You Down?? | Recording |
| 2002 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists/K. | "Bridges, Squares" / "I Wouldn't Mind" | Recording engineer, mixing |
| 2002 | The Feud | Language Is Technology | Recording engineer, mixing |
| 2002 | Pour, Rip...No! | Untitled | Recording engineer |
| 2002 | Blood on The Wall | "Baby Likes to Holler" / "The Walking Dead" | Recording engineer |
| 2003...2003 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Hearts of Oak | Recording, producer |
| 2003 | Animal Collective | Here Comes the Indian | Engineer |
| 2003 | The Fiery Furnaces | Gallowsbird's Bark | Engineer, mastering |
| 2004 | The Fiery Furnaces | Blueberry Boat | Engineer, mixing, drums |
| 2007 | Deerhunter | Cryptograms | Mixing |
| 2007 | Deerhunter | Fluorescent Grey | Mixing |
| 2007 | Animal Collective | Strawberry Jam | Engineer, mixing, tracking |
| 2008 | Animal Collective | Water Curses | Mixing, tracking |
| 2008 | Deerhunter | Microcastle | Engineer, mixing, keyboards |
| 2008 | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | Real Emotional Trash | Mixing |
| 2009 | Various Artists | Dark Was the Night | Engineer, mixing |
| 2009 | Deerhunter | Rainwater Cassette Exchange | Engineer |
| 2009 | Spoon | Got Nuffin | Engineer |
| 2009 | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | Additional production, mixing |
| 2010 | Spoon | Transference | Engineer, mixing |
| 2010 | Dirty Projectors & Björk | Mount Wittenberg Orca | Engineer, mixing |
| 2011 | Sondre Lerche | Sondre Lerche | Co-producer, mixing, engineer |
| 2011 | Atlas Sound | Parallax | Producer, engineer, mixing, programming |
| 2012 | Daniel Rossen | Silent Hour/Golden Mile | Mixing |
| 2012 | Wild Nothing | Nocturne | Producer, engineer, mixing |
| 2013 | Deerhunter | Monomania | Producer, engineer |
| 2013 | Wise Blood | Id | Co-producer, engineer, mixing |
| 2014 | The War on Drugs | Lost in the Dream | Engineer, mixing, organ, tambourine |
| 2014 | Avi Buffalo | At Best Cuckold | Mixing |
| 2014 | Moodoïd | Le Monde Möö | Producer, engineer, mixing |
| 2014 | She Keeps Bees | Eight Houses | Producer, engineer, mixing |
| 2014 | The Van Pelt | Imaginary Third | Mixing, recording |
| 2015 | TORRES | Sprinter | Mixing |
| 2015 | Speedy Ortiz | Foil Deer | Producer, mixing |
| 2015 | Jaakko Eino Kalevi | Jaakko Eino Kalevi | Mixing |
| 2015 | Small Black | Best Blues | Mixing |
| 2016 | Daughter | Not to Disappear | Producer, mixing |
| 2016 | School of Seven Bells | SVIIB | Engineer |
| 2016 | Deakin | Sleep Cycle | Recording, mixing |
| 2016 | Steve Gunn | Eyes on the Lines | Mixing |
| 2017 | Strand of Oaks | Hard Love | Producer, engineer, mixing, various instruments |
| 2017 | The War on Drugs | A Deeper Understanding | Engineer |
| 2018 | Ought | Room Inside the World | Producer, various instruments |
| 2018 | Flasher | Constant Image | Producer |
| 2018 | Roadhouses | Roadhouses | Producer, mixing, synths |
| 2918 | Fraser A. Gorman | Eazy Dazy | Mixing, producer |
| 2019 | Cat Clyde | All The Black | Producer |
| 2019 | Patti Yang Group | War on Love | Mixing |
| 2019 | Kotokoto | Institute | Recording, writer |
| 2020 | Endless Boogie/Weak Signal | Jerome/Rolex | Recording |
| 2020 | Pia Fraus | The New Water | Producer, mixing |
| 2021 | Small Black | Cheap Dreams | Mixing |
| 2021 | Derek Piotr | Making And Then Unmaking | Technician |
| 2021 | Opera Alaska | Hope/Staying | Mixing |
| 2021 | Mazey Haze | Always Dancing | Mixing |
| 2022 | Moss | HX | Mixing |
| 2022 | Beau | Forever | Producer, engineer |
| 2022 | Slang | Cockroach in a Ghost Town | Mixing, mastering |
| 2022 | The Hated | Best Piece of Shit Vol. 4 | Mixing, transferring |
| 2023 | Gold Dime | No More Blue Skies | Mixing |
| 2024 | Cig Corpse | So Sick | Mixing |
| 2024 | The Hated | Flux | Mixing, transferring |
| 2024 | Satchel Hart | How to Succeed in Business and Then Die Anyway | Mixing |
| 2025 | Terno Rei | Nenhuma Estrela | Mixing |