Smudo
Smudo ( born March 6, 1968 in Offenbach am Main, also SMUDO, microphone Professor Smudo; actually Michael Bernd Schmidt) is songwriter and rapper of the hip hop band The Fantastic Four, and he also works as a voice actor and actor. The artist name Smudo derives from its former nickname sleazy, which was derived from his last name.
Life
Smudo attended high school in Gerlingen and graduated in 1988 with the Abitur. After graduation, he went with Thomas D for three and a half months in the United States. Smudos musical career began in 1986 when he founded the terminal team with Andreas Rieke. At the same time he started on the C64 to program; several of its programs have been published in INPUT 64. 1989 met Michael Beck and Thomas D to the terminal team and we changed his name to The Fantastic Four. The stage name " Smudo " has its origin in the school: Back then he was happy to just before the start of school and then neglected his appearance. Inspired by his last name, he was therefore nicknamed " sleazy ", which has been over the years to " Smudo ".
Inspired by the racing simulation Grand Prix Legends acquired Smudo 1999 at Zakspeed Racing School, the DMSB license category C International and has since been active in racing. Already in 2000 he was invited as part of the Grand Prix of Germany in the opening act of the F1 to participate in the VIP car at Porsche Cup. Later, he took several times at the Nürburgring VLN and at 24-hour race on the famous Nordschleife in part, initially with a VW New Beetle biodiesel with canola oil (or rap oil, as he says ) is refueled. Since the 2007 season Smudo started for the race team Four engine with a Ford Mustang known as bioconcept car. In the 24-hour race in 2008, he also appeared on a Mustang, but dropped out early. Since 2009, Four Motors starts with a Renault Mégane Trophy with a diesel engine which is fueled with biodiesel and 30%, as has been the Mustang, has a body made of natural fiber composite. From 2011 to 2013 he drove for Four engine with a 2l 4cyl VW Scirocco, the so-called "bio- Rocco " Endurance Cup races and 24-hour race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Furthermore Smudo has a pilot's license since 2005 and is in possession of a four-seat Beechcraft Bonanza. In 2006 he acquired the art of flight license on a Zlin 526 The instrument rating ( instrument flight license) he earned in 2009. Since 2012 he is flying instead of the Bonanza a twin-engine Piper Seneca V 220T Bj98.
Smudo has lived in Hamburg since 1996, has been married since 2006 and father of two daughters (* 2007 and * 2010).
Music
In addition to the Fantastic Four to Smudo already involved in several projects, he was involved in the first plates Jazzkantine. As a solo artist he released so far only in the context of Pop 2000 Rudi song that was originally written by Herwig Mitteregger.
Furthermore hosted its annual Smudo in Hamburg Dee- jaying Chez Le Smou from 1998-2008 every time in April in Hamburg Prinzenbar. Since 2008, he sets in selected clubs as Plattenleger. Here, a fusion of 1980er/90er-Rap with 1970er-Soul/RnB and 2000s black music is interspersed with sloping expected Ska / Reggae / Funk. Since 2007 he has been resident DJ at the annual Baltic Soul Weekender.
Discography
Solodiskografie
Video Games
Smudo is an avowed and avid video gamers. In his youth he won with the self-programmed, and related to the science- fiction story The Prize of Peril by Robert Sheckley text - graphic adventure Price of Peril a programming contest of the Heise Verlag.
In published 1997 space combat game Wing Commander: Prophecy, he made an appearance as a fighter pilot in a scene in a bar Also in 1997, he lent voice actor as the villain in Tomb Raider 2 his voice. Under the Arcade Racers Juiced 2 (2007) can take the player against Smudos driver profile and its Bio -Concept - Ford - Mustang, the later can also drive yourself and change the player.
In December 2008 Smudo stepped beside Thomas D as an advertising partner for the online role-playing game World of Warcraft in appearance. Since 2010, the Fantastic Four are with Smudo Nintendo testimonials and created for the 2010 Wii Release Wii Party commercials where they slipped into the role of artists - veterans, the Los Aeros Fantos.
In the published in October 2013 point-and -click adventure Goodbye Deponia, which marks the end of Deponia series, Smudo received a voice.
Film / TV
Since 2003 he has been a permanent member of the team rate the SWR Show Tell the truth.
In addition to several small roles ( an extra in the U.S. video game Wing Commander Prophecy in 1997, including Mark Hamill and Thomas Wilson), the award-winning short film a wish (2001) as Engel3 and a voice in the video game Tomb Raider 2 led to the first 2003 cinema use in monumental art film Poem - I set My Foot Upon the air and It Carried in the Smudo directed by Ralf Schmerberg as the leader of a naked men army against a naked woman army takes to the field. An interpretation of Ode to Joy ( released on DVD 2004).
In addition Smudo starred in the movie The Crocodiles (2009 ) on the side of Maria Schrader, with whom he also stood for Crocodiles 2 (2010 ) in front of the camera. In 2012, he had in the movie eat fries (2012 ) his first starring role. Also in 2012 he was House of Anubis in the movie - to see the path of the 7 sins.
2013, he joined as a music expert, the so-called music agent, in the ten-part Tele 5 - music show playlist - on Sound Of My Life.
Filmography
- 2001: What Is - The Fantastic Four
- 2004: Poem - I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried
- 2009: The Crocodiles
- 2010: The Crocodiles 2
- 2012: House of Anubis - Path of the 7 Sins
- 2012: eat chips
Audio books / radio plays
Besides his work as a speaker at the Film and TV Smudo also worked on audio books and radio plays as speaker. So in 2001 he published with Martin Semmel rye and Günter Amendt the audiobook Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In addition, he participated in the audiobook series Laut gegen Nazis. For Benjamin of Stuckrad - Barre Deutsches Theater (2002) read Smudo The garden Nazis.
2008 Smudo spoke resulted in 7 of the Series Caine from eavesdropping - Fantastic radio plays the role of Dr. Henry Rollins. In the same year he read the official Falco Biography at eavesdropping - Fantastic radio plays for a Radioropa. In the children's spin -off of the Three Investigators, The three? Kids, Smudo lent resulted in 5 - Escape to the Future ( 2009) the time machine inventor John Smith his voice.