The debut track from Me and my new duo, ÆR ... alongside BONES1327 of FUTURE SMITH!

https://soundcloud.com/aer-official

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(Alice in Chains; arr. Michael Ash Sharbaugh)
ÆR [ https://soundcloud.com/aer-official ]
( Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, samples and sample-editing, and 'found sounds'
BONES1327 of FUTURE $MITH [ ]: guitars )
Composed and Recorded ca. 1992 to May 13, 2025.
sm76 [VOX] [eM 2s] [24WAV].

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know me broken
like my master
teach me, dark child
love hereafter

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into the flood again
same old trip is was back then
so i made a big mistake
try to see it once my way

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drifting body
sole desertion
flying not yet
quite the notion

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into the flood again
same old trip is was back then
so i made a big mistake
try to see it once my way

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into the flood again
same old trip is was back then
so i made a big mistake
try to see it once my way

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am i wrong
have i run too far to get home
have i gone
and left you here alone

am i wrong
have i run to far to get home [yeah]
have i gone
and let you here alone

if ... i ... could ... would ... you

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Would?

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"Would?" (an Alice in Chains cover [1992])

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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