AOTW | 20 March – 26 March: James Ferraro – Far Side Virtual

Along with Floral Shoppe, Chuck Person’s ECCOJAMS Vol. 1, and HK, James Ferraro’s Far Side Virtual is one of the most influential albums in the extant history of vaporwave and modern cyberpunk music. Although its distinct MIDI sound found few imitators (notable exception: High Fashion Mood Music by Eyeliner), Far Side Virtual catalyzed the corporate utopia/faux-utopia that informed much of […]

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James Ferraro – Sushi

Recommendation: ☀☁☁ Trying to figure out why James Ferraro called it Sushi is to search for meaning that is not there. It’s the title of the album, and that suffices. Digging any deeper is like asking what sounds yellow makes. Sushi is the follow-up to the germinal vaporwave album Far Side Virtual, which also ended up being one of the […]

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James Ferraro – Far Side Virtual

Recommendation: ☀☀☁ Hyper-realism – the concept of the artificial and the real being indistinguishable – is the key to this album. Hyper-realism is often discussed in the context of role-playing games, virtual reality, and on-line identities; all things that were exceptionally topical at the end of the first decade of the new millennium, if not as much today only because […]

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