Composers Martin Recker and Paul Hauptmeier have been working together as an artist duo in the field of sound and multimedia art since 2009. Together they studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik Frans Liszt Weimar with Robin Minard and Maximilian Marcoll, at the University of California San Diego with Katharina Rosenberger, Natacha Diels and Miller Puckette (Paul Hauptmeier) and at the Sibelius Academy Helsinki with Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski (Martin Recker). In addition to works for theatre and opera, live electronics, radio and electro-acoustic music, their focus is on sound installations in public spaces.
They are co-founders and board members of ZiMMT (Centre for Immersive Media Art, Music and Technology in Leipzig). They conduct research in the field of spatial audio and organise workshops, panels, concerts and exhibitions on the subject. They share a position as artistic staff at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, Germany, where they teach sound art in the time-based arts degree programme.