(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming, and 'found sounds'
Steve Vercelloni [ https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni ]: guitars, synthesizers and sequencer programming, drums and drum machine programming

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"Writing, composing, and sending files back and forth to and with Steve [Vercelloni] was one of the finest creative periods in My life. Steve is so adept at mastering new technologies and melding them with good ol' musicianship, and tried-and true rock-n-roll-ishness. It was truly astonishing watching Us breathe life into these goodies in 2015!"

~ Michael Ash Sharbaugh [2021 February 24]

"'A Noisome Amalgam': Five Works by Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni"

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: synthesizers, percussion, drum programming, and 'found sounds'
Steve Vercelloni: percussion and drum programming
Composed and Recorded ca. November 2014 to July 13, 2015.
sm22L. [LANDR Master].

I wish to thank Steve Vercelloni [https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni] for inspiring this track!

A Lucid Dream

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"A Lucid Dream" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and found sounds
Steve Vercelloni [ @steve-vercelloni ]: drums, drum programming, and resonant static
Composed and Recorded ca. November 2014 to July 17, 2015.
sm29 [24WAV] [S V (MAS 5)] [CB Rad Rocket mix].

Thank you to Steve Vercelloni [ https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni ] for inspiring this track!

The sound of this tune was patterned after Giorgio Moroder’s fine, conceptual work on his “Battlestar Galactica” soundtrack, circa 1978—space age disco at its best!

Dizzy

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"Dizzy (The Rad Rocket Mix)" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers, drum machines, and found sounds
Steve Vercelloni [ https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni ]: guitars, bass, drums, and drum programming
Composed and Recorded ca. November 2014 to July 26, 2015.
[MAS 02 Edit 2] [LANDR].

Steve ... your additions knocked it out of the park!

To hear more of Steve Vercelloni's fine music, go here: https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni

Pixie Dust Jam

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"Pixie Dust Jam" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: synthesizers, percussion, and found sounds
Steve Vercelloni: guitar, bass, bass programming, drums, drum programming, and synthesizers
Composed and Recorded ca. November 2014 to July 26, 2015.
[MAS 06 Edit 1] [LANDR].

To hear more of Steve Vercelloni's fine work, go here: https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni

Love, love, love what you did with your guitar during the 'chorus,' Steve!



Wanderlust

"Wanderlust" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

(Sharbaugh | Vercelloni)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: synthesizers and 'found sound'
Steve Vercelloni: drums, drum programming, bass guitar, guitar, and ThumbJam software
Composed and Recorded ca. August 2015.
sm6 [LANDR].

Steve Vercelloni's other fine recordings can be heard here ... https://soundcloud.com/steve-vercelloni !

Belladonna Dub

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"Belladonna Dub" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Steve Vercelloni]

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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