James Ferraro

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Ferraro
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1986(1986-11-07)
Age	38
Birthplace	Rochester
Country	United States
Birth City	Rochester
Horoscope	Capricorn

James Ferraro Biography

James Ferraro is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on November 7, 1986 in Rochester, Rochester, United States. James Ferraro (born November 7, 1986) is an American musician, producer, vocalist and contemporary artist who has been credited as a pioneer of hypnagogic pop and vaporwave. His works, primarily studio albums, but also including poems and art installations, are known for exploring subjects such as hyperreality and consumer culture.

Ferraro started the label New Age Tapes to release his own solo work; his early solo material was often released under myriad pseudonyms such as Lamborghini Crystal and Teotihuacan, and was often distributed as limited cassette or CD-Rs, although some LPs, such as Clear (2008) and Last American Hero (2009) on labels such as Holy Mountain Records and Olde English Spelling Bee. According to AllMusic’s Paul Simpson, these early recordings “explored everything from gamelan to drone to lo-fi Casio pop,” and were associated with the 2000s “hypnagogic pop” trend by the media. Around 2010, Ferraro’s music developed an eccentric pop style on releases such as the high-school themed Night Dolls with Hairspray (2010). He also collaborated on the 2011 RVNG ambient album collaboration FRKWYS 7 with Daniel Lopatin, David Borden, Laurel Halo, and Sam Godin.

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.

With the release of his polarizing 2011 album Far Side Virtual on Hippos in Tanks, Ferraro’s work abruptly embraced MIDI music technology and corporate Muzak. Beginning as a series of ringtones, the album was met with both praise and derision from critics, and was named Album of the Year by UK experimental magazine The Wire; it was interpreted as “providing a postmodern critique on consumer culture, retro-futurism, and hyperreality,” and along with Lopatin’s Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1 would go on to influence the 2010s Internet genre vaporwave, which explored similar themes. Following the release of Far Side Virtual, Ferraro’s work became increasingly influenced by contemporary hip hop and R&B, as evidenced on albums such as Sushi (2012), NYC, Hell 3:00 AM (2013), and Skid Row (2015). He also released digital downloads under aliases such as Bebetune$ and Bodyguard. His 2016 album Human Story 3 returned to themes explored on Far Side Virtual.

Ferraro began his career in the early 2000s as a member of the Californian noise duo The Skaters, after which he began recording solo work under his name and a wide variety of aliases. He released projects on labels such as Hippos in Tanks and New Age Tapes. Ferraro received wider recognition when his polarizing 2011 album Far Side Virtual was chosen as Album of the Year by The Wire.

James Ferraro Net Worth

James Ferraro is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Ferraro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ferraro came from a musical background. His father was a musician, DJ, and record enthusiast 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.”

Ferraro has created music since the mid-2000s, initially with Spencer Clark as The Skaters. His style has ranged from drone music and noise music with a lo- fi ethos to sound collages. His works are known for being conceptual in nature and for uniquely expressing specific modern subjects; his albums have incorporated themes of consumerism, cybernetics, emaciation, social experience, hyperreality, post-9/11 New York,, lo-fi counterculture, and the collapse of civilization. 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.

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.

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James Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Ferraro celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.