Lover of 80s synthwave / retrowave music and all sub-genres.  Attempting to capture the soundtracks and songs from 80s movies which exist in my own head.

I don't need your war machines
I don't need your ghetto scenes
Colored lights can hypnotize
Sparkle someone else's eyes

In The Lonely Hour (10th Anniversary Edition) out now 🤍
https://samsmith.world/itlh10

From 1996 through 2005 Moody Recordings regularly released tracks from some of the most influential players in house music. Hailing from Chicago, Moody became known by DJs as the go to label for the purest of house sounds. After taking a few years off, the Moody team is reuniting and ready to resume releasing only the highest quality house music. Thanks for your support. 

Crusader of love, compassion, and peace through music... Alternative 80s Synth Pop from a parallel universe. 

Created with heart, injected with soul, expressed through streams of 1s and 0s, critiqued by dogs. 


Slowly and steadily, Mike Bauer has been releasing well crafted songs and music videos for the last six years. Releasing his first EP while still in law school, he continues to grow and shape his sound.

Recently working and writing with the incredibly talented producer, Berg (The Decoders, Maejor), he has a genre-bending style that is all his own. Occasionally co-writing with the legendary Richard Rudolph, whose credits include Minnie Riperton, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Stevie Wonder, has only refined that style. So far, 2018 has brought the release of several new singles, including the haunting "I Am Her"; a collaboration with DNTST on the single "Stranger"; and, the soulful "The Truth About Happiness," which yielded a 2018 Hollywood Music and Media nomination for Best R&B/Soul/Funk. 

Noted for his distinctive voice and versatile writing, in 2014 he received the Hollywood Music and Media Award for Best Male Vocal Performance, and the Akademia Music Awards named “Sugar” the Best R&B Song of 2015. Additionally, Music Connection Magazine named him and his band one of their “Hot 100 Live Performers.”

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