That we melody on the synth reminds me of a Numan song, cant think which one now, but I like it, enjoyed my listen.

@progrockdan1: Thanks so much, ProgRockDan! Appreciate that!

@mskathyfreeman: That's what I wanna hear about this borderline-gothic tune! Thanks so much, Kathy!

cool kind of goth vibe to this track...I like the drops a lot also

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and synthesizer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. 1991 to January 23, 2016.
sm26b [short version] [LANDR master].

no more words
no more roses
no more nights
hiding dark poses

there’s just the night
there’s only you
all that’s black
all that is you

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isabelle, I think that you know me
cos I’m the one who tore your heart
away from you and now you don’t want me
but I’m gonna get you get you back isabelle

—

you hide your face
behind a canvas
and paint your face
when every chance gives
but here in the night
but here with me
all fades to black
all goes away
and then, and then I’ll see

—

isabelle, I think that you know me
cos I’m the one who tore your heart
away from you and now you don’t want me
but I’m gonna get you back you’ll see

—

still I cling to you like violence to pain
cos violence and pain is what made me
yes I cling to you like violence to pain
cos violence and pain is what made me

—

Isabelle

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"Isabelle" [circa 1991] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

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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