XYNN is the artist name of the German musician, actor and multimedia artist Michael S. Winter (born 1949). During his school days he got involved with the alternative youth movement and was the publisher of the youth magazine "Contrapunkt". After graduation he studied at the "Akademie der Bildenden Künste" in Munich, with a focus on photography and methodical colour arrangement. At the same time he turns towards music. He composed several folk and rock songs with socio-critical contents. Read more on Last.fm