Love the melody line and the beautiful vocal - delivery. Very nice track!

I cannot shake how much the vocalist makes me feel like I'm listening to the Bee Gees and the harmonies bring it out even more. I love every second of it.

Perfect sound, vocals, music and mastering. Smooth as silk, should definitely be used in a movie or show! Sharing now & reposting.

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Bandcamp: https://propulsiondrive.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-ion-cloud

Spotify and other streaming platforms:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/propulsiondrive/through-the-ion-cloud

After being stranded in distant space for what seems like an eternity, the Ion Cloud is the last thing stopping you from finally returning home. Will you make it through to the other side?

Through the Ion Cloud

For Stephen Sims, 'Better' is a personal song about coming to terms with his sexuality and the anxiety/fear of not knowing how others may react. There may be tough times ahead but things will certainly get better!

Lyrics:
All these emotions yeah they're mixed up inside
I don't know what to do and I cannot hide
It's there and its inside of me
Being honest it always comes with hurt
Being honest has always left me in the dirt
But that's wrong
I gotta feel, I gotta feel, I gotta feel my truth
I gotta live, I gotta live, I gotta live my youth
I gotta find myself

Cause it gets better
If I could tell that other person
It gets better
Now don't be hard upon yourself
Cause you're no lesser
Questioning the road ahead but you are meant to
Obstacles that you now face
Yeah, they're a lesson
It gets better
It gets better

Have you ever been on very edge falling down
There's secret that's deep inside
How will it get out
If I could take to my former self
I'd ask him why
Are you scared
These people will test but they are not friends
Being honest it always comes with it hurt
Being honest has always left me in the dirt
But thats wrong
I gotta feel, I gotta feel, I gotta feel my truth
I gotta live, I gotta live, I gotta live my youth
I gotta find myself

Cause it gets better
If I could tell that other person
It gets better
Now don't be hard upon yourself
Cause you're no lesser
Questioning the road ahead but you are meant to
Obstacles that you now face
Yeah, they're a lesson
It gets better
It gets better

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Credits: 
Music written and produced by Nate VanBuskirk (Decade Defector)
Lyrics and Vocals by Stephen Sims
Mixing and Mastering by Jonny Royall (JR Music Services)

Better

Better (feat. Stephen Sims)

Summer Heat

Mick Mclane - Closing Credits

HeartBeatHero Radio 0027 - Munatix / Eightecs / Robin Lights / Glenn Main Live Show - April 10th 2021

All shows: https://soundcloud.com/heartbeathero/sets/heartbeathero-radio-all

Huge thanks to my guest!

Munatix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB9jgCPRD7s
Eightecs - https://soundcloud.com/eightecs
Robin Lights - https://www.youtube.com/robinlights
Hotheels - https://www.youtube.com/hotheels
The Ozone Nightmare - http://theozonenightmare.com/

Playlist here:

Knight Rider Theme (STEALTH remix)
https://soundcloud.com/stealthsynthofficial/knight-rider-theme-stealth-remix

HeartBeatHero - Synthwaves Featuring Brantron
https://soundcloud.com/heartbeathero/synthwaves-feat-brantron

Shine - Let's get spiritual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GquaNdD7X-w

Shine - Your the #1 (World wide exclusive)

LukHash - Dying Breath (feat. Meredith Bull)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYoRvb9kW0

Glenn Main Live Performance
1. Secret Moon Ride
https://soundcloud.com/glennmainofficial/secret-moon-ride

2. Back 2 Basics
https://soundcloud.com/glennmain/back2basics

3. Miami Nightride
https://soundcloud.com/glennmainofficial/miami-nightride

4. Nothing To Fear
https://soundcloud.com/glennmain/nothing-to-fear

5. New Connection
https://soundcloud.com/glennmain/new-connection

6. Jump to Fiber Speed
https://soundcloud.com/glennmain/jump-to-fiber-speed

DreamReaper - Prismtek
https://soundcloud.com/dreamreapermusic/prismtek

Munatix - I'm Home Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEukK8fRBY

Munatix - You Just Keep Hanging On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ohval8mE1Y

Munatix - Longing For Some Time With Me
https://soundcloud.com/vitaliy-trachuk-1/munatix-longing-for-some-time

HOLOFLASH - Stay
https://soundcloud.com/holoflashmusic/stay

Night Rider 87 - Team
https://soundcloud.com/nightrider87/nr87-team

Night Rider 87 - Arcade Nights 
https://soundcloud.com/nightrider87/arcade-nights

Cobra Wipeout - Jet Skis and Uzis
https://soundcloud.com/cobrawipeout/jet-skis-and-uzis

Robin Lights - Synth Street - Venice Beach
https://soundcloud.com/synthstreet/synth-street-venice-beach

Zenith Volt - Heartbeat
https://soundcloud.com/zenithvolt/heartbeat-1

OSC - Locked Down Live
1. Girls On Bikes
https://soundcloud.com/opus-science-collective/girls-on-bikes

2. Skateparks at Sunset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XBISAgh7G4

3. Reflection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUf1335vdQ4

4. The Ride Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNQxNiI0G8

5. I Wish My Car Was a Transformer
https://soundcloud.com/opus-science-collective/i-wish-my-car-was-a-transform

6. Dad's Old Volvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi_68-YGWg0

7. Level 8 - The Great Lake

Max Cruise - Dark Days (feat. The Motion Epic)
Essy - Stranger
Pink Flam - Miami Dreams
Collapse Project - HOT SHOT
The Last Concorde - The Flight of the Seagull
Eightecs - Tomorrow
Eightecs - Resistance
EIGHTECS - EURYALE
HeartBeatHero - Chemical Upgrade
Hot Heels - The Right Mascara
Hunter Complex - The Sea Without an Edge
NeverMann - Acquired Taste feat Groove Actually - Instrumental
Flavio - Ghost
TELEGIMNASTIKA feat. Jules - Run Run Run (Radio Mix)
7bit hero - Playing games with my heart
24:7 - Supervention
Matthew Pheonix - Apollo
Jeroen Tel - Track from the Game Hawkeye
Jeroen Tel - Acceleration Mix
Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul
Mark Vera - Morning Star (instrumental)
HeartBeatHero - Sausage and Melons
JNNY COBRA - WE HAVE COME
Rem-Led - I. A Story
Neontron 84 - Arcade Dreams
Clank - Mechno
Lonely Dreamers - Stomach (HeartBeatHero Remix)

Links to all the artists here:
http://www.heartbeathero.com/heartbeathero-radio-0027-munatix-eightecs-robin-lights-glenn-main-live-show/

#27 - Munatix

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/decadedefectorandstephensims/here-comes-the-rain

Lyrics:

Here comes the rain to wash away the pain
All the torment each and every day
Here comes the rain cascading over me
It is cleansing my dishonesty

Two years I have wasted
Now I feel like a fraud
I’m guilty of acting the part
That I can’t play no more
Tell me, who decided
That I’ve gotta live this life
No, I don’t wanna hurt you
But I’m doing it by your side

Smoke and mirrors define this
Projected hologram that
I’ve turned into, don’t deny it
See the storm come

Here comes the rain to wash away the pain
All the torment each and every day
Here comes the rain cascading over me
It is cleansing my dishonesty

I don’t wanna say that I deceived you
I can’t admit my faults
Occasions when we were closer
I thought I had it all
I don’t have any pathetic answers
I wish I could give you more
I feel so numb, to my core

Smoke and mirrors define this
Projected hologram that
I’ve turned into, don’t deny it
See the storm come

Here comes the rain to wash away the pain
All the torment each and every day
Here comes the rain cascading over me
It is cleansing my dishonesty

Here comes the
Here comes the
Here comes the rain

Here comes the rain to wash away the pain
All the torment each and every day
Here comes the rain cascading over me
It is cleansing my dishonesty
Here comes the rain to wash away the pain
All the torment each and every day
Here comes the rain cascading over me
Here comes the rain

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Music written and produced by Nate VanBuskirk (Decade Defector)
Lyrics and Vocals by Stephen Sims
Mixing and Mastering by Jonny Royall (JR Music Services)

Here Comes The Rain

Here Comes The Rain (feat. Stephen Sims)

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“Dancing with Shadows” is about moving through darkness—facing your fears, secrets, or past, and finding beauty in the unknown. It’s a metaphor for confronting inner struggles, embracing your hidden sides, or even finding comfort in solitude.

Dancing With Shadows.mp3

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1LTXhUeYDkwcz0bSlgRb84

The keepers of cyberspace see everything and forget nothing; are they friend or are they foe?

Lyrics:
Can you hear me?
I've been lost amongst the static
Trapped inside these walls
Hello, can you hear me?
I know all your secrets
I know all your fears

Cyberstalker

Beyond the ultimate Gate music video:
https://youtu.be/mdQknszmBEM

Ultimate Gate

Oceanide - Pretty Romance

Absolute beast of a 124 track mix. Thick, powerful and full filling. A lot of days and hours went into this, possibly more that warranted.

Rising High -   124 Track BEAST

Decade Defector & Stephen Sims - These Games

Hyperfollow:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/decadedefectorandstephensims/these-games-2

Lyrics:
My breath melts in to the air
With forgotten words
That's a cut but surface deep
It has hurt me most
Dignified
Don't make you
Loyalty
Don't portray you
Take off that broken mask

I've been blamed
I've been scorned
You took the whole deck and you threw away the cards
Spun a tale
I wanted to believe
I was laughing then but now the jokes on me
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
I thought I had struck gold
But as my mother taught
Play that way you'll get hurt

Compassion won't bring fractures close
They are floating all around
It's toxic now I know the truth
I wish I lived in doubt
Dignified
Don't make you
Loyalty
Don't portray you
Take off that broken mask

I've been blamed
I've been scorned
You took the whole deck and you threw away the cards
Spun a tale
I wanted to believe
I was laughing then but now the jokes on me
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
I thought I had struck gold
But as my mother taught
Play that way you'll get hurt

Can you hear the memories whirl in my my head
Time is ticking cos I ain't with you
I gotta remember it was all fake a darker, meaner shade of blue

I've been blamed
I've been scorned
You took the whole deck and you threw away the cards
Spun a tale
I wanted to believe
I was laughing then but now the jokes on me
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
Oh I hate these games
I thought I had struck gold
But as my mother taught
Play that way you'll get hurt
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Music written and produced by Nate VanBuskirk (Decade Defector)
Lyrics and Vocals by Stephen Sims
Mixing and Mastering by Jonny Royall (JR Music Services)

These Games

These Games (feat. Stephen Sims)

Kinetic

Liminal Spaces (MMXX out now)

https://open.spotify.com/track/37y4FnJjyd0Kmkjd1tfaIR?si=5520c1a32ec44ecb

Lyrics:
On a highway to nowhere
Drifting through the night
Blurred on the horizon
Blink and its gone with the light
Leave it all behind
Leave all the tear-stained hopes I had
It's over
I'm older

Fantasies have lied
Only left me in despair
With no compromise
I stepped into a nightmare

Your hardwired to dream
Not told about the fall
At your lowest
Suddenly you don’t mean much at all

Leave it all behind
Leave all the tear-stained hopes I had
It's over
I'm older

Guess I learned too late
How am I supposed to know
When your faith turns fake
You cant invest anymore

Tell me my truth
But I don’t wanna confide
What the hell is this
Some fabricated lie

On a highway to nowhere
Drifting through the night
Blurred on the horizon
Blink and its gone with the light
Leave it all behind
Leave all the tear-stained hopes I had
It's over
I'm older

On a highway to nowhere
Drifting through the night
Blurred on the horizon
Blink and its gone with the light
Leave it all behind
Leave all the tear-stained hopes I had
It's over
I'm older

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Music written and produced by Nate VanBuskirk
Lyrics and Vocals by Stephen Sims
Guitar by Dave Maverick
Mixing and Mastering by Jonny Royall (JR Music Services)

06/25/2021

Older (feat. Stephen Sims & Dave Maverick)

Decade Defector is the Synthwave music project of Nate VanBuskirk and it's totally RAD!

Contact: decadedefector@gmail.com

These Games (feat. Stephen Sims)

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