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 books of poems and a university thesis on Halloween.

His 'sonic-sojourn' sparked intensely in his teens. After discovering the works of Duran Duran and Brian Eno, he vowed to 'birth sound' for the rest of his life.

Sharbaugh has relocated to a small village outside Atlanta, Georgia, and continues to voraciously attend to his dream -- to create and release music that he, himself, wants to hear.

Michael's signature sound merges the sexy R&B, industrial trip-hop, and spacey psychedelia he has grown to adore -- having absorbed the edgy rhythms and dreamy soul of the southern United States (Atlanta and Miami).

Michael puts forth ample amounts of ambient musics, and his recent sound hovers elsewhere -- amidst the dream pop, IDM, vaportrap, spacerock, and trip-hop works he adores.

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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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