(Konstantinidis | Sharbaugh)
DarkStar83 [Konstantinos Konstantinidis] [ https://soundcloud.com/darkstar83 ]: [software] synthesizers
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: guitar [feedback], synthesizers, samplers, and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. July 25, 2022 to March 11, 2023.
sm13 [2023 (1st) MASTER] [eM 01] [24WAV].

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Damoclesian Demons

"Damoclesian Demons" [2023 (1st) MASTER] --- <|> --- DarkStar83 + Michael Ash Sharbaugh

(Sharbaugh)
Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: synthesizers and 'found sounds'
Composed and Recorded ca. April 23 to April 24, 2013.
sm6 [2023 REMASTER] [eM 01] [24WAV].

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"Inspired by, and dedicated to, the Man and soundscapes of the musical artist known as ÐѦRḲϟ✞ѦR83 [DarkStar83] -- Konstantinos Konstadinidis [ https://soundcloud.com/darkstar83 ]."

~ Michael

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Ebony Starlight Beckons [2023 REMASTER]

"Ebony Starlight Beckons" (for DarkStar83) [2023 REMASTER] - Michael Ash Sharbaugh

🌌 My New EP Out Now: "Nekyia! 🎶
Listen/Download:
https://darkstar83.bandcamp.com/album/nekyia-2

“Some ghosts never left.
We just made music with them.”

“Nekyia” is not merely a descent into the underworld — it is an inward dive through the chaotic strata of memory.
These sounds do not describe; they reconstruct.
The titles do not obscure mystery; they reveal moments once lost — now rewritten through sound.
This EP is for those who dared to look back… and remember.
It’s for you, if you carry shadows within you that burn like sparks.
This is not music.
It is memory… that survived.
🕯️ Thanks to Veil.Ø — for existing between the frequencies.
🎧 Best experienced with headphones to fully immerse yourself in the deeper layers and textural intensity.

Artist: Darkstar83
Label: Self-Released
Album: Nekyia
Format: Digital
Country: Athens, Greece
Genre: Ambient, Soundscape, Minimalist
Written and Performed by: Darkstar83 (2024-2025)
Artwork By: Veil.Ø
Layout & Visual Design: Darkstar83

🌌 Follow Darkstar83:
🔗 Website: https://www.darkstar83.net
🎵 Bandcamp: https://darkstar83.bandcamp.com
📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@darkstar83music
🎶 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/darkstar83
🐦 X (Twitter): https://x.com/DarkStars83
🌍 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/darkstar83.bsky.social

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Nekyia

Waltzing With The Ghosts Of Love

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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Darkstar83 is a Greek ambient artist blending emotion and minimalism into atmospheric sound

For the best experience, headphones and flat equalization are recommended to capture the subtle textures and soundscapes.

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