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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: ''Far Side Virtual'' takes place in one. All the tracks on the album are designed to mimic corporate jingles, and make references to consumer culture.
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: ''Far Side Virtual'' takes place in one. All the tracks on the album are designed to mimic corporate jingles, and make references to consumer culture.
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* StylisticSuck: ''Far Side Virtual'', which uses delibaretly cheesy synth sounds to mimic corporate jingles.
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: ''Far Side Virtual'' is about one.
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* AdvertOverloadedFuture: ''Far Side Virtual'' is about one.takes place in one. All the tracks on the album are designed to mimic corporate jingles, and make references to consumer culture.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Months after releasing ''Human Story 3'', Ferraro deleted his Twitter and Instagram and went offline for four months. The material he released afterwards (including [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible jarringly avant-garde]] and disturbing works like ''Burning Prius'' and ''Troll'') proved, without notice, that he had probably not been at his best.
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* DevelopmentHell: Multiple quietly announced CD-Rs and later projects of his have shown no progress since their inception (especially circa 2008 to 2012).
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: It's hard to sum up how divided his fanbase is by his recent music, but it's been leaning heavily into the avant-garde since 2013.
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* IHaveManyNames: Ferraro's early work has been released under tens of different names. Just to name a few: 8pashupinath, Acid Eagle, Angel Snake, BEBETUNE$, Edward Flex, K2, Keyhole Voyeur, Liquid Metal, Nirvana, The Wooden Cupboard and Lamborghini Crystal, which was a band created with himself under the name of "J. C. Peavey". However, most of these had just one album released under them.
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James Ferraro is an American musician, composer, producer, pianist, vocalist, poet and conceptual artist.
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James Ferraro (born November 7, 1986) is an American musician, composer, producer, pianist, vocalist, poet and conceptual artist.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Months after releasing ''Skid Row'', Ferraro deleted his Twitter and Instagram and went offline for five months. The material he released afterwards (including [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible jarringly avant-garde]] and disturbing works like ''Burning Prius'' and ''Troll'') proved, without notice, that he had probably not been at his best.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Months after releasing ''Skid Row'', ''Human Story 3'', Ferraro deleted his Twitter and Instagram and went offline for five four months. The material he released afterwards (including [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible jarringly avant-garde]] and disturbing works like ''Burning Prius'' and ''Troll'') proved, without notice, that he had probably not been at his best.
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* DownerEnding: "Nushawn" on NYC, Hell 3:00 AM.
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* SanitySlippageSong: "Capitoline Wolf".
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* MadnessMantra: ** "American violence / American violence / American violence" at the end of NYC, Hell 3:00 AM.
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* MadnessMantra: ** "American violence / American violence / American violence" at the end of NYC, Hell 3:00 AM.
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* {{Sampling}}: Supposedly inverted.
-->'''James Ferraro:''' 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:''' I sample my own sources of sounds. I use AT&T Natural Voices and text-to-speech generators so it's all original content.
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* JumpScare: Sections of "Burning Prius" (the piece, not the intro to Skid Row) and "Troll" achieve this quite strangely.
* MadnessMantra: ** "American violence / American violence / American violence" at the end of NYC, Hell 3:00 AM.
* {{Sampling}}: Supposedly inverted.
-->'''James Ferraro:''' I sample my own sources of sounds. I use AT&T Natural Voices and text-to-speech generators so it's all original content.
* SpokenWordInMusic
* MadnessMantra: ** "American violence / American violence / American violence" at the end of NYC, Hell 3:00 AM.
* {{Sampling}}: Supposedly inverted.
-->'''James Ferraro:''' I sample my own sources of sounds. I use AT&T Natural Voices and text-to-speech generators so it's all original content.
* SpokenWordInMusic
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* AndIMustScream: His ongoing Four Pieces For Mirai project focuses on a fictionalized version of the botnet of the same name, who seeks only to free humanity from technology while unable to save its environment or make its own decisions.
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* GenreRoulette: Chronologically; free folk/drone, hypnagogic pop, vaporwave, alternative R&B/art pop, trap, funk rock, electronic classical, glitch music and post-industrial music.
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* DevelopmentHell: Multiple quietly announced CD-Rs and later projects of his have shown no progress since their inception (especially circa 2008 to 2012).
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* DroneOfDread: NYC, Hell 3:00 AM and Anthrospray: Music for Extinction Renaissance in particular.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His Twitter is...well...
-->'''@LIL_ICEBUNNY:''' [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/939217043647328257 every retweet is the metastatic growth of thought cancer linking the programmable islands of self]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/873981749696573446 the birds crave Taco Bell and are at war with each other at the feet of their suppliers]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/868165147453534209 Tfw Kanye reinvents string cheese]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/873143902752190464 I gave her an autistic flower]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/888106784463888384 I am a chaos emerald.]]
-->'''@LIL_ICEBUNNY:''' [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/939217043647328257 every retweet is the metastatic growth of thought cancer linking the programmable islands of self]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/873981749696573446 the birds crave Taco Bell and are at war with each other at the feet of their suppliers]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/868165147453534209 Tfw Kanye reinvents string cheese]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/873143902752190464 I gave her an autistic flower]]
--> [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/888106784463888384 I am a chaos emerald.]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:"I am Flintstones." (supposedly a quote of his)]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:"I am Flintstones." (supposedly a quote of his)]]
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His discography ranges from the 'hypnagogic pop' defining 2000s period of his work, which featured surreal lo-fi drone soundscapes among tape-manipulated TV samples and arpeggiated synths, to his more modern and sophisticated work which shifts from electronic classical, to trap music, R&B and rock, to glitch music, sound collages and ambient music. His albums, often highly conceptual, follow on themes like hyperreality, cybernetics, pop culture, modern America and the collapse of civilizations.
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His discography ranges from the 'hypnagogic pop' defining pop'-defining 2000s period of his work, which featured surreal lo-fi drone soundscapes among tape-manipulated TV samples and arpeggiated synths, to his more modern and sophisticated work which shifts from electronic classical, to trap music, R&B and rock, to glitch music, sound collages and ambient music. His albums, often highly conceptual, follow on themes like hyperreality, cybernetics, pop culture, modern America and the collapse of civilizations.
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-->'''@LIL_ICEBUNNY:''' [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY/status/363219510288850944 fuk is vaporwave?vaporwave?]]
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* {{Vaporwave}}: One of the {{Trope Maker}}s, next to Music/OneohtrixPointNever. Although...
-->'''@LIL_ICEBUNNY:''' fuk is vaporwave?
-->'''@LIL_ICEBUNNY:''' fuk is vaporwave?
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* ArtisticStimulation: His middle to late 2000s music under the name 'Lamborghini Crystal' was supposedly entirely created while he was addicted to huffing computer duster.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His 2018 interview for The Wire slowly delves into...interesting...allegorical ideas of his.
-->"The Earth has to burn", he philosophises. "Things need to burn in order to be renewed. I think that's what makes it more intense, is that yearly land is prevented from burning. I think there should be some artificial setting of fires." It seems an apt analogy for his outlook.
* ConceptAlbum: Nearly his entire discography is conceptual.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His 2018 interview for The Wire slowly delves into...interesting...allegorical ideas of his.
-->"The Earth has to burn", he philosophises. "Things need to burn in order to be renewed. I think that's what makes it more intense, is that yearly land is prevented from burning. I think there should be some artificial setting of fires." It seems an apt analogy for his outlook.
* ConceptAlbum: Nearly his entire discography is conceptual.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His 2018 interview for The Wire slowly delves into...interesting...allegorical ideas of his.
-->"The Earth has to burn", he philosophises. "Things need to burn in order to be renewed. I think that's what makes it more intense, is that yearly land is prevented from burning. I think there should be some artificial setting of fires." It seems an apt analogy for his outlook.
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* EverythingIsAnInstrument: See Sampling below.
-->'''Wikipedia:''' 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.
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* CreepyMonotone: Maybe not an entirely intentional element of his music.
** NYC, Hell 3:00 AM incorporates text-to-speech voices on a level that achieves NothingIsScarier.
** Parts of Skid Row invoke this, especially with the lyrics (which were originally poems).
** Anthrospray: Music for Extinction Renaissance bases its lyrical content entirely on an epic poem by Ferraro about fidget spinners, 3D printed buildings, climate change and ''"the rape of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Demeter]]"''. It is read out entirely by text-to-speech voices who show no emotion whatsoever.
** NYC, Hell 3:00 AM incorporates text-to-speech voices on a level that achieves NothingIsScarier.
** Parts of Skid Row invoke this, especially with the lyrics (which were originally poems).
** Anthrospray: Music for Extinction Renaissance bases its lyrical content entirely on an epic poem by Ferraro about fidget spinners, 3D printed buildings, climate change and ''"the rape of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Demeter]]"''. It is read out entirely by text-to-speech voices who show no emotion whatsoever.
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* {{Vaporwave}}: One of the {{Trope Maker|s}}, next to Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
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* {{Vaporwave}}: One of the {{Trope Maker|s}}, Maker}}s, next to Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
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His discography ranges from the 'hypnagogic pop' defining 2000s period of his work, which featured surreal lo-fi drone soundscapes among tape-manipulated TV samples and arpeggiated synths, to his more modern and sophisticated work which shifts from electronic classical, to trap music, R&B and R&B, rock, to glitch music music, sound collages and ambient music. His albums, often highly conceptual, follow on themes like hyperreality, cybernetics, pop culture, modern America and the collapse of civilizations.
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* EggsBreadMilkSquick: His 2018 interview for The Wire includes...interesting...allegorical ideas.
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-->'''James Ferraro:''' I sample my own sources of sounds. I use AT&T Natural Voices and text-to-speech generators so it's all original content.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: It's hard to sum up how divided his fanbase is by his recent music, butit leans it's been leaning heavily into the avant-garde.avant-garde since 2013.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: It's hard to sum up how divided his fanbase is by his recent music, but
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[[caption-width-right:220:"I am Flintstones."]]
James Ferraro is an American musician, composer, producer, pianist, vocalist and conceptual artist.
His discography ranges from the 'hypnagogic pop' defining 2000s period of his work, which featured surreal lo-fi drone soundscapes among tape-manipulated TV samples and arpeggiated synths, to his more modern and sophisticated work which shifts from electronic classical, to trap and R&B, to glitch music and ambient music. His albums, often highly conceptual, follow on themes like hyperreality, cybernetics, pop culture, modern America and the collapse of civilizations.
He can be found on [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY Twitter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcYjdh6CjynX1prWdy8K_g YouTube]].
!Albums:
* ''Multitopia'' (2008)
* ''Clear'' (2008)
* ''Discovery'' (2008)
* ''Marble Surf'' (2008)
* ''Chameleon Ballet'' (2008)
* ''KFC City 3099: Pt.1 Toxic Spill'' (2009)
* ''Wild World'' (2009)
* ''Last American Hero'' (2010)
* ''Night Dolls with Hairspray'' (2010)
* ''Far Side Virtual'' (2011)
* ''Sushi'' (2012)
* ''NYC, Hell 3:00 AM'' (2013)
* ''Skid Row'' (2015)
* ''Human Story 3'' (2016)
* ''Fanfare for the Boston Marathon 2017'' (2017)
* ''Anthrospray: Music for Extinction Renaissance'' (2017)
* ''Troll'' (2017)
* ''Four Pieces for Mirai'' (2018)
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!!James Ferraro's music contains the following tropes:
* ConceptAlbum: Nearly his entire discography is conceptual.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: It's hard to sum up how divided his fanbase is by his recent music, but it leans heavily into the avant-garde.
* {{Vaporwave}}: One of the {{Trope Maker|s}}, next to Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
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[[caption-width-right:220:"I am Flintstones."]]
James Ferraro is an American musician, composer, producer, pianist, vocalist and conceptual artist.
His discography ranges from the 'hypnagogic pop' defining 2000s period of his work, which featured surreal lo-fi drone soundscapes among tape-manipulated TV samples and arpeggiated synths, to his more modern and sophisticated work which shifts from electronic classical, to trap and R&B, to glitch music and ambient music. His albums, often highly conceptual, follow on themes like hyperreality, cybernetics, pop culture, modern America and the collapse of civilizations.
He can be found on [[https://twitter.com/LIL_ICEBUNNY Twitter]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcYjdh6CjynX1prWdy8K_g YouTube]].
!Albums:
* ''Multitopia'' (2008)
* ''Clear'' (2008)
* ''Discovery'' (2008)
* ''Marble Surf'' (2008)
* ''Chameleon Ballet'' (2008)
* ''KFC City 3099: Pt.1 Toxic Spill'' (2009)
* ''Wild World'' (2009)
* ''Last American Hero'' (2010)
* ''Night Dolls with Hairspray'' (2010)
* ''Far Side Virtual'' (2011)
* ''Sushi'' (2012)
* ''NYC, Hell 3:00 AM'' (2013)
* ''Skid Row'' (2015)
* ''Human Story 3'' (2016)
* ''Fanfare for the Boston Marathon 2017'' (2017)
* ''Anthrospray: Music for Extinction Renaissance'' (2017)
* ''Troll'' (2017)
* ''Four Pieces for Mirai'' (2018)
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!!James Ferraro's music contains the following tropes:
* ConceptAlbum: Nearly his entire discography is conceptual.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: It's hard to sum up how divided his fanbase is by his recent music, but it leans heavily into the avant-garde.
* {{Vaporwave}}: One of the {{Trope Maker|s}}, next to Music/OneohtrixPointNever.
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