@garbhanmyles: We thank you so much, Garbhán! I have a soft spot in my heart for this piece. It opened up and bled as I produced it. Best to you. Michael

Nominated by SC Music Awards for Top 10 Collaboration of May 2013 :: https://soundcloud.com/soundcloud-music-awards/sets/top-10-collaborations-part-2

Michael, Adrian, this is absolutely fantastic. Eerie, hauntingly beautiful lament. I love it. It has that Cocteau Twins otherworldliness yet sounds very individual. Into my 'Favourites From The Cloud' set. And I'll be back in both of yours after this marvellous piece. Apart from that, it's shite.

Love it.  Someone needs to put this into a movie.

Incredible.Haunting,emotional...mystical...beautiful guitar/sounds...production...I feel the loss the emptiness...outstanding.Peace,lightxo

(Hallam | Sharbaugh)
Adrian Hallam: guitar, Oberheim synth, and found sounds
Michael Ash Sharbaugh: vocals, synthesizers, found sounds, and sound manipulations
Composed and Recorded ca. May 4 to May 5, 2013.
sm10 [LANDR Master].

Listen to more of Blue Room Green [Adrian Hallam]: https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green

Adrian ... thank you for the opportunity to manipulate your gorgeous stem mixes for "The Separation of Grays."

This piece is a derivative of "The Separation of Grays":

https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh/the-separation-of-grays
https://soundcloud.com/blue-room-green/the-separation-of-grey-brg-mix

For Marc Weidenbaum's [ https://soundcloud.com/disquiet ] thoughts concerning this piece, visit http://disquiet.com/2013/05/05/weary-decadence-mp3/

The Parting

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"The Parting" [Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Adrian Hallam (Blue Room Green)]

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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