Biography
At a young age, Michal’s flair for entertaining and enthusiastic presence impacted many. A true musician, in every sense of the word, he grew up playing the violin, piano, clarinet, flute and guitar. While discovering new sounds when playing diverse instruments such as acoustic, electric, classical acoustic guitar, electric bass, double bass, a bit of violin & cello, percussion, hand drums, drum kits, trumpet, and anything with strings, Michal a.k.a. Shakyamuni came across electronic music in 2003 and that changed his outlook on music forever. Since late 2004 he’s been involved with the Salt Lake City underground electronic music scene. He has been producing electronic music since 2004 on Garage Band.
Born and raised in Warshaw, Poland while his family moved to USA at a young age, Michal has always had an intense passion for music and was completely captivated by his first experience on a dance floor has now decided to affirm himself and start a career as a professional. That first experience would lay the groundwork for his ever growing future in the scene. Nowdays he prefers Ableton with Massive, Absynth, and various other plugins for production and often records real instruments via AKG mic, ProSonus Preamp, and computer USB interface.
You’ll find that Shakyamuni owns an impressive resume that has definitely turn some heads in the industry so far. Who knows how many he’ll have charmed in the next year!
He has been interested in Eastern philosophy for 6 years. He has read extensively about all of the world’s major belief systems, especially Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, as well as many indigenous and shamanistic belief systems from Russia, Africa, Central and South America. Has been practicing zen actively for over a year and believes in the possibility of a peaceful planet under the full, determined, and selfless cooperation of all sentient beings. He advocates policies of love, tolerance, acceptance, responsivility, and nonviolence. Michal sees the beauty of life in every step and every breath apart from the fact he enjoys skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, bodyboarding, kayaking, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, parkour, downhill speedboarding, rallycross, and drifting as wholesome recreational activities.
Through his music he broadcasts positive, encouraging, and uplifting messages. With a style based on electro, house & tech passing sometimes a little to minimal, Michal in a short term has become a sounding name on the EDM scene.
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