Ralph Steinbrüchel, born in 1969, studied Communication Design at Central Saint Martins School in London, where he acquired a Masters of Arts and Design with distinction. He now lives and works as a musician and  graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland.  In 2002 his composition «zwischen.raum» (Domizil15, Zurich, 2002) was distinguished with the Max Brand Award for Electronic Music (phonoTAKTIK.02 Festival, New York). In the same year he received a compositional scholarship from “Pro Helvetia”, Arts Council of Switzerland, to work on his release «circa» (Line_012, New York, 2003). In March 2004 the Mini CD-Rom «–00:dedaih», which contains an audio/visual installation by steinbrüchel/brusa, was published on the label synchron (sync03). In the fall of 2004 his second solo cd «skizzen» (Binemusic, Bine 006CD) and the collaboration «ATAK004» with Kim Cascone (USA) and Jason Kahn (CH) were also released.