The Skaters (band)
The Skaters were an American experimental music duo based in San Diego and San Francisco, California, consisting of James Ferraro and Spencer Clark. The group released cassettes, CD-Rs, and LPs of their work between 2004 and 2008 and toured the United States and Europe until 2009. They have been regarded as part of the "post-noise psychedelia" movement.
Music journalist Simon Reynolds described the Skaters, along with Ariel Pink, as the "godparents" of hypnagogic pop, and credited a comment made by Ferraro with inspiring the use of the term "hypnagogic".
History
In 2004, Ferraro turned 18 and moved from New York to San Diego, where he would meet Clark at an "all-day improvisational noise jam". Later moving to San Francisco, the duo would record jam sessions in their apartment, which were described by SF Weekly in 2006 as "vocal-dominated psychedelia" and "noise-drenched cosmic soul". The cover artwork of these releases was typically low-quality, black and white collages.Discography
Dark Rye Bread Humming Lattice Flowers Mountain of Signs Rippling Whispers White Rye Bread Palm Shaper Axolotl / The Skaters Crowned Purple Gowns Gambling in Ohpa's Shadow Pavilionous Miracles of Circular Facet Dice Receding Smokebath The Skaters / Wooden Wand / The Vanishing Voice Live at KDVS 90.3 FM, Sacramento, CA 3-25-2005- Untitled or The Skaters Diminishing Shrine Recycles Live Split Shadow Watcher Levitations and "Vodka Soap" )Talking Head Raising Spheres of Crossing Angel Minds The Skaters / Axolotl Dripping Avenues / Wind Drapeing Incense Dispersed Royalty Ornaments Monopoly Child Star Searchers / Angel Snake and "Monopoly Child Star Searchers" )Wind Drapeing Incense The Temple Defectors / Claypipe Physicalities of the Sensibilities of Ingrediential Stairways Mountaineer Skyness of Majestic Planes Live at Spooky Action Palace