James Ferraro

Is he the most influential musician of the past decade?
The whole sound and aesthetic of "cutting edge" artists like 100 Gecs, Bladee, PC Music crew etc. can all be traced back to shit he was doing in the early 10s.

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yes

He's pretty fucking rad.

Yes

probably desu

unironically agreed.

hes the sgp of internet pop

No, post ironic aesthetics were pioneered by Ariel Pink, as much as we all hate to admit it. He, M.I.A., and OPN are all pretty high up there, though.

Dean Blunt is better

but ariel pink is white, so no

nah. hes good, but ferraro has a ton more to dig into with alot more variety

>what is hype williams

still no


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no he sucks and hasn't released anything listenable or remotely interesting

anyone not a fan of his newer stuff? i mean it's not bad but i miss the more outlandish stuff he used to make

youre boring

no I'm not, I have better taste than you

prove it

Crazy over-rated by a certain type that will grow out of it.

I listen to Holger Hiller or Nobukazu Takemura when I want to hear something interesting, not fucking James Ferraro

I genuinely really love how many genres and personalities he has in different albums. They are all extremely different, hacker track, last american hero, heavens gate, human story 3, far side virtual, god of london, cold, and all of these are by the same guy.
The guy has very strong potential. He needs to practice more and create better albums, i support him.

i mean those are pretty good artists too but OP specified the 10s

his God of London is on the same level as Little Present

Speaking of boring, have you listened to James Ferraro's music?

yes

Ferraro is more talked about than heard, a persona completely unrooted in substance, and a fucking chore to listen to. You only think he is noteworthy now because some publicist has told you they are, and you, fulfilling your obligation as part of the publicity engine that drives the music industry, spurt about them on cue. Same can be said about vaporwave

how the fuck does he only have 17.000 listeners on spotify? i thought he'd have atleast like half a mil. huh

good and definitely influenced a certain level of irony- and post irony / metamodernism? into music. hes the reason shit like "old town road" is possible but hes not on the same level of culture importance as ferraro

but looking at the true zoomercore wave thats blowing up right now-- Reptilian Club Boyz, Gecs-- and all their desciples, Alice Gas, shit like Yungster Jack, etc.. its all cause of Ferraro. i unitonically think hes the most important artist of that decade

ariel pink influenced some late 00s and early 10s hypnagogic pop bands but whatd he do beyong that? his influence certainly doesnt extend to any current trends

MIA influenced somer early-mid 10s p4k pop women of color pop. and some of the internet-y aesthetics influenced shit in the early 10s but i dont see how she remotely relevant now

OPN i feel basically has just ridden trends. what did he even pioneer? hes just been doing whatever is cool with electronic music at the time he releases shit

tbf. james ferraro is good about talking about his own work. hes able to make it seem believably important cause hes talking in Nick Land-ish Fischer-ian terms about late capitalism. and seems to genuinely understand complex philosophical ideas and cultural theory and applies it to his music.


John Cage is the same way. hes more talked about than heard. but that doesnt mean he wasnt THE most important musician of the 20th century

did you start this thread cause you saw my comment in the capoxxo/ zoomercore thread? i made this exact statement

so many different names is hard to keep track off

i agree. but his music itself is dogshit
its just really good ideas but executed poorly

>hes talking in Nick Land-ish Fischer-ian terms about late capitalism. and seems to genuinely understand complex philosophical ideas and cultural theory and applies it to his music.
it's a bunch of vacuous blather though, don't compare that to John Cage

Far Side Virtual gives me unsettling vibes for some reason.