"‘Clear’ was a record that was recorded shortly after ‘Multitopia’. I was reading a lot about Scientology at the time, and Clear is the state of Nirvana for them. I was reading that, and got really interested in some of Scientology's way of thinking and their philosophy and stuff like that. What really appealed to me was that it was a really modern spirituality, like an updated spirituality. I was always interested in creating a spirituality that was current, digital, and global, well not in the sense that Christianity or Islam is global, but more in the modern sense. I mean Scientology has been around for a while, but I guess it was my introduction to it. And I was just fascinated by the whole thing. Like the weird coverage of it, the spectacle of it in the media, and the tabloid culture surrounding Scientology. That got me into it. So I was into knowing the spirituality through those forms - the tabloid thing especially. But anyways, ‘Clear’ was really just kind of a name I gave to these jams. It was all recorded on tape, so it was lo-fidelity. But when I was making or playing this music, it was all pristine digital New Age landscapes. So yeah, really, it was just a soundtrack to Clear - Scientology’s heaven."
@@inmediasres7651 makes sense, thanks for this link, very interesting! A friend of mine told me Leonard Cohen had some Scientology reference, in a song he says "Did you ever go clear?" It's part of their sect...
@@edgy55 while that is true, I think that James Ferraro's work is often cited as one of the major conceptual-aesthetic influences of vaporwave. This tape, and its new-age hypnagogic sound definitely serves as a prototype of the larger, and bloated vaporwave aesthetic that we hear now.
@@edgy55 It's not vaporware, but it James Ferraro's work definitely inspired the genre, therefore I feel gindphace's comment "proto-vape" is accurate. (edit) Additionally one could make the argument that Clear is influenced by capitalism/consumerism since Scientology essentially functions as a corporation/military that is selling people this idea of reaching a 'clear' state that they can only attain by essentially draining their bank accounts. This album sounds a lot like Scientology promotional video soundtracks from 80/90s in particular.
@@edgy55 While I agree that this is not Vaporwave, I must point out that not all Vaporwave is made as a critique of capitalism/consumerism. For instance: FutureVisions, when the consumerist element is removed (or not included in the first place) may still be considered to be a subgenre of vaporwave and not strictly a form of New Age/Ambient music, for in it there are certain audiovisual factors (technique, texture, aesthetic, etc) that differ and cause it to be partially separated from the New Age genre and warrant a new genre: FutureVisions. However it along with almost the whole of Vaporwave is not entirely separated from New Age considering that FutureVisions in particular, along with a good deal of Vaporwave in general, samples and is thus influenced by 90's New Age music and culture. The term "proto-vape" makes sense to me because, as Isa pointed out, a good deal of Vaporwave artists were influenced by Ferraro in one way or another. This though does not warrant a new genre, for this album already falls into it's own; thus, "proto-vape" is not a genre, but rather a descriptor that marks this album along with other 2008-2011 works of the same or similar audiovisual aesthetic by him as significant influences towards Vaporwave artists.
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"‘Clear’ was a record that was recorded shortly after ‘Multitopia’. I was reading a lot about Scientology at the time, and Clear is the state of Nirvana for them. I was reading that, and got really interested in some of Scientology's way of thinking and their philosophy and stuff like that. What really appealed to me was that it was a really modern spirituality, like an updated spirituality. I was always interested in creating a spirituality that was current, digital, and global, well not in the sense that Christianity or Islam is global, but more in the modern sense. I mean Scientology has been around for a while, but I guess it was my introduction to it. And I was just fascinated by the whole thing. Like the weird coverage of it, the spectacle of it in the media, and the tabloid culture surrounding Scientology. That got me into it. So I was into knowing the spirituality through those forms - the tabloid thing especially. But anyways, ‘Clear’ was really just kind of a name I gave to these jams. It was all recorded on tape, so it was lo-fidelity. But when I was making or playing this music, it was all pristine digital New Age landscapes. So yeah, really, it was just a soundtrack to Clear - Scientology’s heaven."
there is no better music to mow the lawn to
Sea foam, the album
literally
22:50
ah, james ferraro's youtube comment session. a place of psychedelic truths and awakened humanity. They should write a book about it
I'm trying to catch a certain 3 sec vibrational tone in the track that will open and expand my vision more.
yo i reached clear
"so _that's_ where i left those pyramids."
im on ketamine listening to this allbum
im on mushrooms cheers 🥂
Tom Cruise dreamscape
All my memories of Windows XP rolled into an aquatic dreamscape
Here I am in 2022 looking out an office window at the dawn of a new day and I am wondering if we'll ever see a sequel to the internet.
):
they don't make sequels to garbage
this is what the french would call a tour de france
at the very least, they'd say, "This ain't no pipe."
*force
the fuck happened in this thread
@@ceef8688 I wish to eat a god damn apple but I ain't got no got damn head. Oh well.
Just booked my trip to the virtual resorts
Scientology brought me here
how
@@edgy55 Why?
i have so many questions.....
lmao
@@inmediasres7651 makes sense, thanks for this link, very interesting! A friend of mine told me Leonard Cohen had some Scientology reference, in a song he says "Did you ever go clear?" It's part of their sect...
My mind forms a translucent meniscus through simultaneous tension and relaxation.
that second track is just so dreamy and beautiful i love it
Gate-keep this and keep it underground
gentle but sort of creepy at the same time
James Ferraro single-handedly inventing the next millennium
feels like youre stuck in a super fresh water ocean and youre swimming with a bunch of narwhals n shi
Sounds great on my Clearsound Listening Kit, listen after auditing with the e-meter
This forever
It's like vaporwave meets krautrock and new age. Interesting.
Remind me of Ozric Tentacles at 21:00 :)
Very cool stuff, bringing us to space and time.
My fav song on this is untitled
incredible release
nice name
When the ecstasy of L.Ron Hubbard's knowledge penetrates into you... You're... Clear. God bless you James Ferraro.
penetrates in the butt?
I like whatever you are saying my dude
"Clear" is a state of personal enlightenment according to sccientology, which was one of Ferraro's inspirations on this project@@loser9147
L Ron Hubbard was a black man
flaky cover pic
That second track is pretty.
2 sounds like it could have been on do you believe in hawaii
Whoa
this is def S tier Ferraro for sure
Ok the last track is fantastic
Anybody know where you can get a free download of this album?
s o u l s e e k
Mt. Clear
caleta la arena
Warp pipe
Hypnagogic pop is just anime music for the 90s
Dude, I have seen you everywhere.
bruh momenbt
You are an anime music from the 90s
yes good
WPRB
2 is so good
zzr
a legend in its own right.
good shit
masterful
This is so cool
can i download this from anywhere
Yeah
No
I see!
how beautiful is it to see
Proto-vape
@@edgy55 while that is true, I think that James Ferraro's work is often cited as one of the major conceptual-aesthetic influences of vaporwave. This tape, and its new-age hypnagogic sound definitely serves as a prototype of the larger, and bloated vaporwave aesthetic that we hear now.
@@edgy55 It's not vaporware, but it James Ferraro's work definitely inspired the genre, therefore I feel gindphace's comment "proto-vape" is accurate.
(edit) Additionally one could make the argument that Clear is influenced by capitalism/consumerism since Scientology essentially functions as a corporation/military that is selling people this idea of reaching a 'clear' state that they can only attain by essentially draining their bank accounts. This album sounds a lot like Scientology promotional video soundtracks from 80/90s in particular.
@@edgy55 While I agree that this is not Vaporwave, I must point out that not all Vaporwave is made as a critique of capitalism/consumerism. For instance: FutureVisions, when the consumerist element is removed (or not included in the first place) may still be considered to be a subgenre of vaporwave and not strictly a form of New Age/Ambient music, for in it there are certain audiovisual factors (technique, texture, aesthetic, etc) that differ and cause it to be partially separated from the New Age genre and warrant a new genre: FutureVisions. However it along with almost the whole of Vaporwave is not entirely separated from New Age considering that FutureVisions in particular, along with a good deal of Vaporwave in general, samples and is thus influenced by 90's New Age music and culture.
The term "proto-vape" makes sense to me because, as Isa pointed out, a good deal of Vaporwave artists were influenced by Ferraro in one way or another. This though does not warrant a new genre, for this album already falls into it's own; thus, "proto-vape" is not a genre, but rather a descriptor that marks this album along with other 2008-2011 works of the same or similar audiovisual aesthetic by him as significant influences towards Vaporwave artists.
@@ontology3 Well said!
@@edgy55 bunch of losers arguing here over made up shit