In the late 60s to mid-70s the US bicentennial brought about the harpsichord's resurgence, as evidenced in hit songs such as the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You." 

"Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat (Ghostship Gregor remix--un-mastered): 


This tune used to play at the officer's club at an army base in Virginia where my parents used to go out for dinner... and whenever I heard it I saw these older folks dancing and I was certain it was the song that played if you were about to die. So depressing--this song freaked me the heck out!

2006.

Love is Blue/This Song May Cause Death (Ghostship Gregor Remix)

What Christmas sounds like to me. The background music for buying presents eagerly, but knowing your car is about to get scraped up in the lot on Dec. 16. And your heart is in your throat because you are so busy that if whatever you're looking for isn't right tonight, you aren't going to have a shot at buying something in person until Dec. 23, and that's too late--if something is amiss.

Copyright Mansard Music 2006, ASCAP.

December Panic

A slice of life: what a community Halloween party in the city sounds like. (Recorded on Halloween in Silver Spring, MD.)

Best enjoyed with headphones. 

My favorite part? "Guess what one kid brought? Pumpkin bread." [Diss!] 

Copyright Mansard Music 2006, ASCAP.

Pumpkin Bread

A truly unique sound-scape blending country music elements with samples from field recordings in an urban diner.

Early listeners called this track "confusing." Darn right! Welcome to my world!

Again, listen with headphones!

Copyright Mansard Music 2007, ASCAP.

Fried Chicken Under My Wheels

One night I woke up in the middle of the night and was desperately and inexplicably compelled to record the sounds of a train that was pulling into town (to use them for a song.) I guess it just sounded so ominous and terrifying that I had to record it... so I did. (Here it is.)

The next day I learned there was a suicide on the tracks the same night I felt compelled to record the train.
Copyright Mansard Music 2007, ASCAP.

Let's Get Out of Here

Crispy-ass crackle-y electronica.

Copyright Mansard Music 2007, ASCAP.

Labor Day Kitchen

Draft recording. The main riff is really bold and tough to work with. I programmed it in and realized I truly had created a monster when I was finished.

 Just don't know where to go with it quite yet... It's really done at about 1:18, so you can move on once you get there...

Copyright Mansard Music 2010.

Dark Pop (Unfinished)

Ghostship Gregor's 2011 remix of Sonia Leigh's "Frozen Bed" from the album, "Run or Surrender." It's nothing fancy--just felt the need to listen to it with some percussion, is all.

To the glory of Sonia Leigh. All rights reserved by Sonia Leigh. Like what you hear? Check out Sonia's album, "1978 December" on iTunes.
www.sonialeigh.com

Photo by shannonwang.com

Frozen Bed - Sonia Leigh - Ghostship Gregor Remix

Car Vibrator

This soundscape is not appropriate for children or those with the fear of flying, as it features a sample from a recovered black box recorder. 
Dedicated to the heroism of Arland D. Williams, Jr., the man who kept passing a helicopter rescue line to others so that they might live. (He drowned.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90

An attempt to encapsulate a childhood memory... in which one evening I was terrified because I thought my dad might've gotten tangled up in a plane crash (which was followed by a fatal metro crash) during his DC commute. He came home so many hours late... and there were no cell phones then.... (He was fine, thank God.)

Copyright 2007, Mansard Music, ASCAP.

Arland (The Sixth Passenger)

Ghostship Gregor (aka Mansard) is an ever-changing musical entity based out of Washington, DC. 

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