Russell Haswell (b.1970 Coventry, UK) and Florian Hecker (b.1975 Kissing, Germany) first met in the suburbs of Vienna in 1996. Their first collaboration was in performance together in Frankfurt supporting Autechre in 2001. Since then they have performed together numerous times and have also conducted remix projects for such historical and pioneering music groups as Voice Crack and Popol Vuh (DE).

In 2003 they began a research project together centering around the use of Iannis Xenakis 'UPIC 'graphic input' computer music composing system during a residency at CCMIX Paris, the results from which are currently being presented to the public as live multi- channel electro acoustic diffusion concerts.