Growing up in Trenton, New Jersey, Jim Smith spent his teens playing in hard rock and metal bands before gravitating towards more synthesized sounds, becoming a prolific electronic DJ, remixer and producer. Under the moniker TEEEL, Smith draws upon a lifetime of musical interests, meshing electropop, dreamwave and heavy metal into a distinctive style he’s explored over the course of two albums, Amulet and University Heights. – Read Dean Van Nguyen’s interview with Jim Smith here, check out TEEEL’s latest mixes here.
