Biography
Michael Lantow was birthed during a meteor shower on October 11th 1989. It has long been rumored that the meteor shower gave to Michael powers from beyond our solar system. Although the government has made numerous attempt to test this hypothesis they gave up in 1996 when the instruments used for testing Michael had "their faces" melted off.
Michael began writing and performing music at the tender age of 2 months. Consisting of mostly inane babel and the solo to Freebird his talent was prematurely stifled at the age of 6 months, when a great uncle proclaimed that it "was obvious that the devil had taken the boy" and it would benefit the boy and his family if he remained in seclusion during his grammar school years.
Soon after leaving his "box-o-rama" (which was the box he had been taught and fed in for 12 years at his great uncles household) Michael picked up a guitar. Immediately with the help of secret guitar lessons held atop the local watchtower, Michael began to write musical compositions. His 2007 EP "Songs in my Head" was a reflective look at the events that had shaped his life until that point. The Chicago Tribunes reviewers were speechless at both the quality and potential in this young artist and thus wrote nothing.
His music has been described as a mix of what it feels like to dance on electricity and wander through a field with the warming touch of the sun on your face.
Although mostly instrumental, people have reported hearing both inspirational and sympathetic messages within the music on multiple occasions.
Recently Amber Air his first full length album was released to great underground success. The record shows immense growth both as an artist and as an individual. The seven minute epic "Hilanpacka" is at times beautiful and chaotic and fits no better as a tapestry of the times we live in. The single "Shanay's Song" possibly written for a person close to the artist feels much more lighthearted and in contrast to the rest of the album provides a balanced yet inspirational feeling.
Clearly we will see new and interesting things from Michael in the future. Currently working on his second EP and a US tour schedule we expect to see him around.
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