Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025, November 1st, EP release, "TWANG!"

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The "TWANG!" 2025 EP was authored by Michael Ash Sharbaugh through collaborations between and among the following sound-artists:

Joakim Cedarholm (Gold & Water) [ https://soundcloud.com/gold-and-water ]

Victor Eriksson (Gold & Water) [ https://soundcloud.com/gold-and-water ]

encym [ https://soundcloud.com/encym ]

Wilfried Hanrath (W:I:L-o´the-wisp) [ https://soundcloud.com/wilwilwil ]

Matthew Harris (sonify) [ https://soundcloud.com/sonify ]

Andreas Kitzmann [ https://soundcloud.com/andreas-kitzmann-27370936 ]

Michael Langley (Crystal Horizons) [ https://soundcloud.com/crystalhorizons ]

Steve Vercelloni [https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni ]

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist and credits:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim III (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12 ] "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh and others between and circa 2014 to 2025, with the following temporal specifics:

TRACKS 06 and 08 : 2014
TRACK 03 : 2015
TRACK 01 and 12 : 2023
TRACK 05 and 10 : 2024
TRACKS 02, 04, 07, 09, and 11 : 2025

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(Cedarholm | encym | Eriksson | Hanrath | Harris | Kitzmann | Langley | Sharbaugh | Vercelloni; arr. Sharbaugh)

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EP: "TWANG!" (2025) - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni in 2015.

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The third musical work in Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 October 31 -- Halloween -- release, "TWANG!"

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim II (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12 ] "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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TWANG!

"A Lucid Dream" (from the "TWANG!" EP)

(Sharbaugh)

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Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh in 2024.

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The fifth musical work in Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 October 31 -- Halloween -- release, "TWANG!" [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/sets/ep-twang-2025-discrete-tracks ]

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim II (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12 ] "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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"The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (from the 'TWANG!' EP)

(Sharbaugh)

Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh in 2025.

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The second musical work in Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 October 31 -- Halloween -- release, "TWANG!"

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim II (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12]  "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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"Interim I (from the 'TWANG!' EP)"

(Sharbaugh)

Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh in 2023.

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The first musical work in Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 October 31 -- Halloween -- release, "TWANG!" [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/sets/ep-twang-2025-discrete-tracks ]

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim II (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12 ] "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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"To the Beach Asunder!" (from the 'TWANG!' EP)

(Sharbaugh)

Composed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, and Produced by Michael Ash Sharbaugh in 2025.

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The fourth musical work in Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 October 31 -- Halloween -- release, "TWANG!" [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/sets/ep-twang-2025-discrete-tracks ]

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Michael Ash Sharbaugh's 2025 EP, "TWANG!" tracklist:

01 ] "To the Beach Asunder!" (Sharbaugh)

02 ] "Interim I (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

03 ] "A Lucid Dream" (Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)

04 ] "Interim II (from the TWANG! EP)" (Sharbaugh)

05 ] "The Dark Summer Siren's Come to Take Me Away" (Sharbaugh)

06 ] "Lollipop Swirl II" (Langley | Sharbaugh)

07 ] "interim II (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

08 ] "Patience, Dear" (Cedarholm | Eriksson | Sharbaugh)

09 ] "Interim IV (from the 'TWANG!' EP) (Sharbaugh)

10 ] "The Big Giveness" (Harris | Sharbaugh)

11 ] "interim V (from the 'TWANG!' EP)" (Sharbaugh)

12 ] "Trinkets + Tatters" (encym | Hanrath | Kitzmann | Sharbaugh)

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"Interim II (from the 'TWANG' EP)"

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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