Michal Menert
| Michal Menert | |
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| Born |
June 10, 1982 Kielce, Poland |
| Origin | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Genres | Electronica, nu jazz, hip hop, soul, trip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Website | michalmenert |
Michal Menert (born June 10, 1982) is a Polish-born American electronic music producer and the founder of Super Best Records. He was also the first artist on the Pretty Lights Music label and was an integral part of Pretty Lights, producing Pretty Lights debut album, Taking Up Your Precious Time as well as contributing to several tracks after his official departure from the project. Menert tours with a 7 piece band including MC, violin, and DJ.
Michal Menert was born in Kielce, Poland and spent his early years in Krakow, when Poland was still part of the Eastern Bloc, under the rule of the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. His parents were professionals in academia and industry, and would fill the house with banned books and Western music. His father, Tadeusz (Tad) Adam Menert, had a passion for music and played drums in a small Polish psych-rock band.
In 1986, he "was forced to leave Poland due to various political reasons", Tadeusz Menert later wrote. He and his family migrated to West Germany. From there they migrated to the United States in 1987 with the help of a sponsor they met through Antic's letter column, and moved to Loveland, Colorado where Tadeusz Menert became a librarian at the Larimer County Detention Center.
Menert started skateboarding with Derek Vincent Smith in the 8th grade. The pair, together with a drummer Menert knew, began making music after Smith brought a bass guitar to skating session. In his freshman year of high school Menert met Paul Brandt who eventually replaced their original drummer. Calling themselves "The Freeze", the band consisted of Derek Vincent Smith on the bass guitar, Michal Menert on the guitar and keyboard, and Paul Brandt on the drums. The group was influenced by artists like the Beastie Boys, Tha Alkaholiks, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, and The Casualties as well as by old school hip hop, funk, punk rock, and the skater culture. The band placed second in a community battle of bands in their sophomore year.
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