Vertigo Blue TM

Vertigo Blue TM (Michael Naus Jr.) is an American Electro Pop and Electronica solo artist who's music is synthesizer driven and vocal based. Vertigo Blue was honored to have his song, Area 51, being listed on the Entry list for Nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards and in the following year of 2009 receiving five Revolutions Music Awards in Houston, Texas including Best Electronica Album (Area 51).

Mike was born in Joliet, Illinois on March 2, 1969 and spent most of his early years in Lockport, Illinois near Chicago, later relocating to Houston, Texas. Mike's musical influences began early on with music groups such as The Beatles and The Cars and discovering his interest in synthesizers after seeing Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and hearing their sound on MTV. Later followed many more musical influences: Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, The Human League, The Orb, Nine Inch Nails, The Crystal Method, Air and many more including recent interests in Ladytron and LCD Soundsystem. Vertigo Blue began in 1996 as a synthpop group with three members: (Mike Naus, Colin Travis and Stacey Quebodeaux) who's first song, Christmas Day, landed on a Control-Alt-Delete, (synth-pop network involving bands Information Society, Channel 69 and Anything Box), compilation album titled, CatClaus 96. "Christmas Day" received major radio airplay throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 1997-98 Mike continued with Vertigo Blue as a solo project signing to the Ultra Trec Records label (Houston - Austin, Texas) and released an EP titled, "To The Future". Following with songs on many Electronic compilation CDs and to the year 2005 where Vertigo Blue released his first full length album "Area 51" under his own, Ozmotic Records label. Outside of radio and club rotation worldwide, in 2006 three songs by Vertigo Blue were featured in the Jeff Faulkinbury film, "READ ON". Since then Vertigo Blue has been performing throughout the U.S. including opening for Nitzer Ebb, The Azoic, Dayhota and Tech Itch. In 2011 Vertigo Blue released his second album, "Evolution" under his Ozmotic Records label. 2011 also brings scheduled opening performances by Vertigo Blue with Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus) and A Flock Of Seagulls. See Vertigo Blue TM website for more information, music, videos and tour.