Our Team
In early 2016 we
opened our store after doing DIY workshops as LeafAudio for a number of
years. We had the idea to create a cool shop for the EU-wide DIY
community and started out with only ideas, 15 soldering irons and an
electric drill. But here we are now with a team, a new shop system and
own products that are distributed wordwide. But still it's work in
progress and we develop our idea further together with you, our
customers. We hope, you like this place here.
Greetings, Manu & Hagen
Hagen Haacker
CEO, Developer
Hagen is a professional engineer and developer. He thinks in 0 and 1, volts and ampere. He likes building weird stuff since his childhood and relaxation means reading data sheets in the bath tub. Hagen is the technical brain behind Exploding Shed. Hagen is a real pro with computers and stuff and automates everything he can find.
Manuel Richter
CEO, Creative Director
Manuel is a live and studio musician and sound engineer, infected by the synth virus since his childhood during the early 80ties. By the late 90ties he had his first Doepfer Modular complete and went into experimental music. At this time he also came up with the original idea with what would later became the Microphinic Soundbox. Later he got into DIY and the rest is history.
Aleta Welling
Production, Shipping
Aleta is an American who has been living in Leipzig since 2016. While with one foot in the US, she has spent half of her life in Germany. She has been working with us since very early on, mainly building Microphonic Soundboxes and she is also doing most of the shipping for the webstore. On the side, she is a freelance artist, painting abstract and surreal art. Her art has been featured in galleries worldwide, album covers and she occasionally does commission work too. Her work can be seenon her website.
Andi Friedhelm
Developer, Production Manager
Andi walked into our shop as a customer one day. A young Elektro-Meister and passionate DIY enthusiast, we simply asked him if he wanted to work with us. Now, he's a backbone of our company, developing products and quickly rising to the role of production manager. In addition, Andi builds his own modules and products, creates dub-techno and ambient music, and is generally a huge synth and electronics nerd.