Atlanta, Georgia
the person : "Michael Ash Sharbaugh is a #vocalist , #instrumentalist , and #independent #music #producer . He composes #pop, #spacerock, #ambient, and #experimental #songs and #instrumentals, which are peppered with doses of the #modern -- #hiphop and #trap #rhythms, and the #retro -- #sounds, #atmospheres, and #recording #techniques #popular in the #fifties and #sixties."
the sound : "Michael's #bass -heavy #electronic #rhythms fuse seamlessly with #deep-#layered #atmospheric #soundscapes and #dreamy #vocals to #produce #sonic #spaces that consume the #listener, and invite #passion and #energy, as well as #contemplation. Michael's #ambient and #experimental #music floats and shimmers; it meanders, lulls, and sometimes haunts."
the influences : "Duran Duran, The Weeknd, Billy Idol & Steve Stevens, Dead Can Dance, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Brian Eno, John Barry, ABBA, The Bee Gees, and Joe Meek."
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the music : Alongside an array of synthesizers, electronics, and collaborators, Michael Ash Sharbaugh drapes dreamy vocals over spacey instrumental melodies, hard-driving guitar parts, swelling basses, and pulsating rhythms, and weaves them into atmospheric pop, space rock, experimental, and ambient soundscapes.
the ‘sound’ : hauntingly reminiscent of the New Romantic and Dark Wave sensations popular in the 80s, 90s, and beyond. Recently, however, He has incorporated recording techniques, tones, and textures in use since the Mod and Psychedelic eras of the late 60s and early 70s, merges them with R&B and Hip-Hop sound-stages and rhythms, seeking to produce “spacey, binaural, ‘hallucinatory’ soundscapes that remain retrospective, in that they celebrate ‘happy accidents’, and ‘baroque-ish’ imperfections."
the influences : The Weeknd, Duran Duran, Cocteau Twins, ABBA, Dead Can Dance, Bee Gees, Steve Stevens, Joe Meek, and Brian Eno.
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