James Louis Ferraro (born November 7, 1986) is a musician, composer, produc… Read Full Bio ↴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)
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)
Booty Call
James Ferraro Lyrics
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Bülow I wanna be your booty call I wanna be the last…
Daniel Torres En el barrio corre el rumor de Que me extrañas Y…
Darell Excuse me, argh Wait a minute The Real Rondon KEVVO 'Toy es…
Emil Stabil Telefon ringer hallo?! Hej, det' Anne Fra Grand Prix til kø…
João Pedro Bonfá eu calco minhas botas de cascavel e vou te procurar…
Jonathan Bree There's nothing left to say There's nothing you can do to…
Ke$ha I like you Don't want to Marry you I really wanna, really…
Kyrik Gaines Uh Uh Uh Uh Call it a quits Just to be friends Got me remin…
Lary Over Carbon Fiber Music Yo sé que tienes marido Pero tú…
Lord Kossity {Refrain:} Oh, oh oh balance balance gal One di dex wall i…
Lost Y’a trop de tannantes c’est un piyay J’dois faire un tour…
Mac & Skillz Bitch tumatawag sakin nag aya sa condo Bigla siya umamin na…
Malucci Se que estás confundido Divagando perdido En terreno descono…
Mo' Hits All Stars Fi le!!! It′s mohits records It's don jazzy again Wande coal…
Mr. Quikk Schiaccio call, la chiamo per il booty quindi booty call Se…
Park Hwayobi 花耀飛 Booty Call 소리 없이 떨려오는 나의 cell phone 환히 비춰오는 창문 밖의…
Porsche Love I ain’t gonna be your booty call No, I ain’t gonna…
Rucka Rucka Ali I Call You Up When I'm Effed Up And You Come By,…
s / s / s (Serengeti) Read it, cheat it, do you want to beat it? Do…
ShaNa Feat. Noa そばにいてよあなたが笑うなら やっぱあの娘がいい? ねぇ...教えて? 会いたいって言えなくって あなたをそっと想う夜 …
Sisyphus (Serengeti) Read it, cheat it, do you want to beat it? Do…
Sunshine State I should have known when you said you liked cats That…
That Kid When I dial your number You know what I'm hunting for Yeah…
The Jerry Hormone Ego Trip Schatje als jij me belt Het maakt niet uit wanneer Kom ik…
The Kid LAROI Yo, what's up? Like this is literally how our conversations…
The Midnight Beast I'm with my friends having a sleepover at mine Mum said…
The Wet Spots Well, we've always had a bumpy ride And this is where…
Timeflies Late night text, I′mma flex on you later New scene, let's…
Various Artists When i first met you babe I knew i had to…
Yeruza A las Mercedes que les damos como Yaris A sus…
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張惠妹 光线刚点亮天边 不想睡那就睁大双眼 窗外谁说不太美 多一眼荒野变成乐园 想约谁谁晃点 为何不第一个冒险 白天做梦不用觉得…
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