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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/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

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

Dark music for dark people

Sad stories for sad souls

Life is a short-lived dream, let your imagination create your own eternal dream 
                           
Free sensation for free spirit

Emotional sensibilities for sensitive human beings

DARK WAVE | 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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It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety, and life to everything.
It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good and just and beautiful.
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Born in Mexico City in 1955, started playing at an early age. In Mexico, I played with many bands like "Batallón de San Patricio", "Atrás del Cosmos", "Queso Sagrado", "Syntoma", " Broken Heart", "Decibel", "Bardo Thodol", and "Kathmandu Ensemble". In New York City I played with Bands like "Volti", "King"s East", "In The Service Of", "Fist of Facts", "Desire", "Dense Undergrowth"," "Matahari", "Like Wow", "Devil's Breakfast", "Muse Mob", "Atlantis 3000", "Monster", "Zenith", "Andromeda Crash" "Night Shade", I also collaborated with Hector Zazou, Harold Budd, Elliott Levin, Dennis Charles, and many others. For many years I also wrote Jingles for a lot of products like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mc Donalds, Toyota, Kodak, Payless Shoes, Rothman's, Salsa Tabasco, JC Penny, Liberty Science Center, American Heart Association, MCI, Reebok, AT&T, Fanta, Play Movil, etc, I also made music for Viacom writing music for cartoon networks, Bravo TV, Chanel 1, and MTV. Also wrote music for Bill Moyers (PBS)and also for Fax TV in Germany.