Born in 1985, is the creator of Mazetools. The developer and musician studied Multimedia Design in Halle (M.A.) is continuously working on hybrid applications between sound creation and multi-sensual interaction.

Co-founder of Ectoplastic,  a company for experimental audiovisual applications. One focus is the development of interactive audio environments, VR & game audio, visual & sound design as well as av performances. With the beginning of Mazetools development in 2011, the two founders Stephan Kloss and Jakob Gruhl crossed borders to the area of new media art and music technology.

Beyond the release of Mazetools Soniface 1.0 in 2017 many explorations did follow with version 2.0 in April 2019: ranging from multiple projection methods, spatial audio to motion tracking. During the work on Soniface is still in progress, recent projects were taking place in VR context, collaborative environments as well as digital music education and intercultural musical collaborations. We are based in Halle and Leipzig (Germany).