That mechanical toad (???) sound at 25 seconds takes me right into the finale of Philip K. Dick's /Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/.  :-D

love the subtle striking piano and quietness of it all, cool atmospheric found sounds and sonic manipulations, real thoughtful work!

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. February 26 to March 2, 2021.
sm3 [eM] [24WAV].

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"I aimed immediately ,when I saw this Disquiet Junto prompt, to finish it quickly, using found sounds and light synthesizer treatments. I was inspired instantly about this upcoming aural 'quilt', or 'Collage'; Marc's words were My mantra:

'Create a 'musical collage' -- however one might define it, likely -- using the equivalent of cut and paste. When doing so, consider the sense in which your collage might itself become part of a subsequent collage.' [~ Marc Weidenbaum ( https://soundcloud.com/disquiet )]

What won'drous words. I set out to find something I could fragment into little pieces, juxtapose, and sew together, like a quilt, a proper piece of music in a perfect little 'square tidbit' that could be infixed into a larger aural tapestry, and be pixelized, and fragmentory, and, thus, stand on its own without being noticed.

I mangled a very lengthy piano improvisation, and kept but seconds of the original, chopped them up, and juxtaposed them against what a Friend, Prof. Oddfellow [ https://soundcloud.com/prof-oddfellow ], has called 'a mechanical toad.'

I then added synthesizer treatments."

~ Michael

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More on this 478th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Collage of Collages (The Assignment: Make a collage that will become part of a larger collage.) – at:

https://disquiet.com/0478/

The project is a collaboration with the radio show Kopfkino, initiated by Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka. More on Kopfkino at:

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Overcast + Undertaken

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"Overcast + Undertaken" [disquiet0478] - 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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