Manu Mitterhuber, *1981 in Austria, initiator of OTTOsonics. Trained at the Linz Music School and the Guitar Institute London, founded a recording studio in Linz in 2005, has since worked as a musician in the field of improvised and experimental music, as a sound designer and composer for contemporary dance and theater, and as a music producer. He is co-founder of Zach Records and the OTTO Kulturgenossenschaft, is active as a musician through regular tours in Europe, and is artistically involved in numerous publications. He is currently working intensively on acoustics, electrical engineering, and computer science to implement new, immersive sound concepts.