James Ferraro

James Louis Ferraro Born November 7 1986 Is A Musician Composer Producer And Visual Artist Who Helped Pioneer The Hypnagogic Pop And Vaporwave Music Genres And Whose Work Often Explores Subjects Such As Hyper-Reality And Consumer Culture. His First Professional Gig Was As A Member Of The Californian Two-Piece The Skaters In The Early 2000s. He Received Wider Recognition When His Polarizing 2011 Album Far Side Virtual Was Chosen As Album Of The Year By The Wire. Ferraro Comes From A Musical Background. His Father Was A Musician DJ And Record Collector While His Mother Was A Singer. He Began Making Instrumentals In High School With The Program MTV Music Generator 1999 . When Ferraro Was 18 He Moved From New York To San Diego California Where He Met Spencer Clark. He Explained That "we Had This Conversation And It Ended With Us Collaborating On Visual Art And Paintings And Stuff Together." When Ferraro Was 20 He Formed A Drone Noise Music Project With Clark Called The Skaters And The Two Recorded Music For A Year Under The Moniker. After A Year Of Recording They Began Touring Around The Country And Issued Releases From That Year Of Recording. Physicalities Of The Sensibilities Of Ingrediential Stairways 2008 Issued On Eclipse Records Was The Last Record Released By The Skaters. Ferraro Has Created Music Since The Mid 2000s Initially With Spencer Clark As The Skaters. His Style Has Developed Widely Since Ranging From Drone Music Noise And Sound Collage Music With A Mystic Lo-Fi Ethos To New Age Alternative R&B And Contemporary Classical With A Hi-Fi Touch. He Is Also Known For Uniquely Dealing With Modern Life For Example Themes Of His Albums Range From Consumerism Cybernetics Hyperreality Post-9/11 New York And Lo-Fi Counterculture. His 2011 Work Far Side Virtual Is Often Credited For Helping To Spark The Development Of The Internet-Based Micro-Genre Vaporwave Although He Has Not Considered Himself A Part Of Its History. In A 2009 Issue Of The Wire David Keenan Characterized Ferraro As An Progenitor Of An Emerging Post-Noise Music Style Dubbed "hypnagogic Pop" In Which Memory And Nostalgia For Retro Formats Especially 1980s Recording Technology And Culture Acted As A Defining Characteristic. Red Bull Music Academy Described The Concept Of Ferraro's Albums As Regarding The "dark Underbelly Of Masculine Culture In The Digital Age." Most Of Ferraro's Records Take Place In Dystopian Environments Focusing On The Consequences Of Consumerism. According To Ferraro The Consumerism Concept Of His Albums Came From His Interest In "signs" And "symbols" And The Fact That They Lose Their Identity Due To "excessive Repetition." His Works Have Been Compared To Theories Of French Sociologist Jean Baudrillard Who Stated That Only "symbols" And "signs" Have Destroyed Any Sort Of Real Meaning And That Human Activity Is "only A Simulation Of Reality." The Sounds Ferraro Uses Are Those That Humans Encounter But Are Not Aware Of. These Include Television Jingles Cell Phone Ringtones And ATM Machine Noises. Robert Grunenberg Of Ssense Characterized The Sounds As "communicational Tools" Between Humans And Electronics That Are "informing Warning Or Pleasing" Humans. He Also Writes That "the Shelf Life Of Electronic Audio Rarely Surpasses That Of Your Average Milk Carton. And So His Compilations Become A Nostalgic Sound Archive Of The Near-Past." Overall Grunenberg Analyzed That Concepts Of Ferraro's Sound Palette Was That "as Much As We Are Living Under The Dominance Of Our Visual Culture We Are Greatly Affected By The Powers Of Our Audio Culture As Well." Ferraro Symbolized The Nostalgia Element That Comes Out Of These "near-Past" Sounds As "the Decline Of American Prosperity A Ghost Of A Once-Superpower That Is Dying." In Making An Album Ferraro Says That He Comes Up With A "vision" Or An Imaginary Visual Picture Of What It Will Be. He Explained In A 2012 Interview "I Try Not To Be Overly Conceptual About What I’m Doing. You Can Contrive It To A Point Where It Gets Too Heady. Music Wise I Try To Be Careful." When Interviewed By Bomb Magazine On The Subject Of Sampling In 2013 Ferraro Said "I Sample My Own Sources Of Sounds. I Use AT&T Natural Voices And Text-To-Speech Generators So It's All Original Content. —— James Ferraro Aliases——————————————————————–
2003 - The Wooden Cupboard 2004 - Cruisin' The Nightbiker Strip 1977 2004 - Interstellar Hustle 2005 - Teotihuacán 2005 - Menstrual Chinese Dream 2005 - Newage Panther Mistique 2005 - 8pashupatinath
2005 - Acid Eagle 2006 - Dreams 2006 - Pan Als Allgott Saturnia 1977 2006 - Purple Gongs 2006 - Snake Figures Fan 2006 - Pan Dolphinic Dawn 2007 - Peyote Cactus Rituals 2007 - Peyote Way 2007 - Nirvana 2007 - Splash 2007 - Arecaceae 2007 - Composition Of The Sensibilities Of Melted Knowledge 2007 - Sky-Mirrorbalm In Preparation For Deja Vu
2008 - Symbio Dome 2008 - Angel Snake 2008 - D.M.T. 2008 - K2 2008 - Liquid Metal 2009 - The Draculas 2010 - Jim Ferraro 2011 - Bebetune$ 2011 - Keyhole Voyeur 2011 - Avatar Salad 2012 - New Age Playboy 2012 - GECKO AFTERLIFE 2014 - User703918785
2014 - Grapes ——Collaborations——————————————————————
2003 - The Skaters Collaboration With Spencer Clark 2004 - The Grass Magic Collaboration With Spencer Clark Glenn Donaldson Tony Endless Clay Kolbinger Dave Mansfield Tyler Olson Db Pedersen Clay Ruby Nic Stage 2005 - Heavens Burst Creation Horizonz 2006 - Clams Collaboration With C. Spencer Yeh Kathy O'Dell Shane Mackenzie Zac Davis 2006 - Lamborghini Crystal Collaboration With J. C. Peavey 2007 - Pacific Rat Temple Band Collaboration With Spencer Clark Chippi R.B. Ocean Beach Spencer Clark 2007 - Way Of The Cross Collaboration With Tan Sailor 2008 - 90210 Collaboration With Sam Mehran 2008 - Excel Collaboration With P.A.R.A. 2008 - Edward Flex Collaboration With Zac Davis 2008 - The Temple Defectors Collaboration With Spencer Clark 2011 - FRKWYS Vol. 7 Borden Ferraro Godin Halo & Lopatin Collaboration With David Borden Sam Godin Laurel Halo Daniel Lopatin 2012 - Bodyguard Collaboration With Yves Tumor read less