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.

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. Later he got into DIY and since 2009 he is on the road with his DIY workshop series as LeafAudio.