I figured it out. Feels a bit like being on a ghost steam train. :D  Very cool ambient, Michael.

Enveloping darkness- would be great in a David lynch movie. Winderful eork Michael!

Sci fi soundtrack for sure- into the dark abyss. Very effective  composition Michael.

Love the sounds here- like a metal drum sound which brings you out of the dark synths.

(Sharbaugh [and 'Others'])
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 2013 to July 26, 2020.
sm5 [2023 REMASTER] [24WAV] [eM 02].

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"During this tenuously denormalized environment that we, as humans, face currently amid the COVID-19 epidemic, most musicians [and non-musicians] are discovering ample time on their hands that can be utilized for creative, sonic endeavors; hence, for this week's disquiet junto, I imagined, as Marc Weidenbaum's prompt had stated, '[an] idea of looking ahead -- of projecting  what the world will be like in six months -- what [our] world will [sound] like six months from today, [and] make some music that reflects what you imagined,' and set out to produce a soundscape that might become representational of 'some manner of composing' by musicians and non-musicians, alike, briefly, ahead in the future.

To that end, I struck off into this project intending to be pure audience to the piece; that is, I desired to build a soundscape that was, for nearly all purposes, beyond my control, and was extant without my ever inputing a single note -- nor sound -- by 'playing' ANY conventional musical tools nor instruments.

'Six months from now,' I had imagined, 'the world's aural archive will have grown in its number of works created by non-musicians without the utilization of ANY conventional, musical instruments -- save a computer (for retrieving, and mixing, pre-composed sound files).'

But, of course, when composing and mixing a project in a DAW, egotistical control and inward aesthetic ever-prevails in my case; therefore, I had chosen to select -- and edit -- several HUGE beds of sound, layer them side-by-side, and judge the manners in which they collided, overlapped, and existed together (i.e., using manually-generated volume fades, on-board processing and effects, and panning techniques within the DAW, itself).

I chose the pre-recorded online file archive provided by the website, freesound.org, as my 'nest-egg' of potential 'sound options': I kept entering the search terms, 'space' and 'a-note' -- as in 'the musical tone, 'A' -- into the search field over a period of five hours, and auditioned, chose, imported, and melded-together, seven [7] distinct sound files that were ten- to ninety-minutes in temporal length -- as might a 'non-musician' [!?] might have done -- and mixed them together, all the while, of course, consciously manipulating them according to my unique, individualized aesthetic concerning 'what sounds good' (i.e., manipulating volume fades, effects, and panning parameters).

This musical bed of sound is the result: 'In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace.'"

~ Michael (July 26, 2020)

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"More on this 447th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Listen Ahead (The Assignment: Make some music for the near future), at:

https://disquiet.com/0447/

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https://disquiet.com/junto/

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There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion."

~ Marc Weidenbaum (ca. 2020)

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The soundfiles contained in this composition can be found below.

"factoryplace" by Omar Alvarado
https://freesound.org/people/Omar%20Alvarado/sounds/474157/

"Alien Soundscape - Long" by Speedenza
https://freesound.org/people/Speedenza/sounds/198532/

"mix mfo3b7 113" by ERH
https://freesound.org/people/ERH/sounds/138436/

"Spaceship Ambience" by revolt2563
https://freesound.org/people/revolt2563/sounds/443499/

"Glass Aquaphone Drone 2" by be-steele
https://freesound.org/people/be-steele/sounds/322990/

"A Spaceship Fly-by" by InspectorJ
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/397948/

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In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace

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"In the Orbit of a Victorian Fireplace" [disquiet0447] [2023 REMASTER] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

POP | SPACEROCK | VAPORTRAP | TRIP-HOP
AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL

the PERSON, the SOUND : Since 1985, Philadelphia-born Michael has composed and released hundreds of audio recordings, and published dozens of [erotic] poems.

His 'sonic-sojourn' began suddenly when he was just a teen -- feet splashing rhythmically through puddles leftover by a seaside rainstorm. Having just parted ways with the then-love-of-his-life, Michael composed his first ballad [and first song] ever -- "Tina." He rushed to his beach-side home to record his visceral 'awakening' on a tiny micro-cassette recorder, and vowed -- from that day on -- to create art for the rest of his life.

He began zealously amassing used music equipment, and had built a modest home recording studio by age seventeen, all the while crafting simple pop, ambient, and experimental works that HE had wanted to listen to -- that HE had wanted to hear, affectionately emulating the works of his then-idols, Duran Duran and Brian Eno.

Now, decades later, he has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream as a young, heartbroken boy -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Although no longer sequestered to pop and ambient musics, Michael's signature sound has merged the two, having integrated the R&B, hiphop, and psychedelia he has grown to love as a older gent -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael still puts forth ample amounts af ambient musics, but his recent 'sound' hovers elsewhere -- somewhere amidst the genres of vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop.

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the INFLUENCES : Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol + Steve Stevens, Stone Temple Pilots, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Mortal Coil, Air, Naked Eyes, Tears for Fears, Alice in Chains, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, The Chameleons [UK], Brian Eno, The Cocteau Twins, ABBA, The Bee Gees, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Guillaume de Machaut, Early Music, Renaissance music, Baroque music, and Joe Meek.

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#duranduran #theweeknd #blondie #depechemode #billyidol #stevestevens #deadcandance #siouxsieandthebanshees #air #tearsforfears #johnbarry #lesliebricusse #claudedebussy #mauriceravel #frederickchopin #eriksatie #brianeno #thecocteautwins #abba #beegees #joemeek #chameleons #octoberproject #patbenatar #haroldbudd #lindseybuckingham #nakedeyes #aha #ceefarrow #omd #thismortalcoil #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #baroque #renaissance #earlymusic #theweeknd #skeler

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