Education
He studied digital art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Professor Peter Weibel.
He studied digital art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Professor Peter Weibel.
He has been working with artists such as Hans Zimmer, Imogen Heap, Air (French Band), and Booka Shade. In 2011 he produced Inception The App together with Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer, which reached number 5 in the United States App Store (iOS) charts. Between 2000 and 2002 he headed the Masters program in Interactive Digital Media at Ravensbourne (college), College of Design and Communication in London.
Last.fm
He co-founded the internet radio site for streaming music Last.fm Limited. in 2002 and managed the company as Chief Executive Officer from 2002 until 2005.
Using a recommend system called Audioscrobbler, Last.fm records user’s different musical taste and makes recommendations. The site also offers different social networking features, allowing users to share their tastes.
In May 2007 Last.fm was acquired by Columbia Broadcasting System Interactive for United States$280 million (United Kingdom£140 million). Lovely Systems
RjDj
In 2008 he founded RjDj (Reality Jockey Limited), a London-based music technology startup.
RjDj produced and distributed a network of mobile applications and sold additional musical content within this network.
Mobile applications created with RjDj:
RjDj App
Trippy Replay
Rj Voyager
Inception The App
Dimensions The Game
Situ
The Dark Knight Rises Z+
42matters
in 2012 he joined the team behind Zurich-based app discover startup 42matters. Hilkat 146
In October 2013 he founded the company Hilkat 146 GmbH which is 100% owned by him firmenabc.net. This company is a front for several brands and projects spearheaded by Michael, among them rawr.at, an online service for opinion-data collection and distribution, similar to Disqus but narrower in spectrum.