▁French ▁and ▁Swiss ▁borders . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁native ▁speaker ▁of ▁A lem ann isch ▁and ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁br ass ▁and ▁wood wind ▁player . ▁As ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁had ▁access ▁to ▁old ▁br ass ▁instruments ▁to ▁experiment ▁with . ▁He ▁played ▁br ass ▁instruments ▁himself , ▁but ▁developed ▁an ▁aller gy ▁to ▁metal ▁that ▁affected ▁his ▁lips ▁and ▁made ▁him ▁give ▁up ▁playing . ▁Tr imp in ' s ▁father ▁treated ▁him ▁to ▁spatial ▁musical ▁experiences , ▁playing ▁at ▁some ▁distance ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁woods , ▁and ▁young ▁Tr imp in ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁old ▁rad ios ▁and ▁with ▁cutting ▁apart ▁and ▁recom bin ing ▁elements ▁of ▁musical ▁instruments . ▁He ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Berlin . ▁ ▁One ▁early ▁project ▁in ▁Berlin ▁used ▁a ▁bal ancing ▁c low n ▁figur ine ▁to ▁play ▁a ▁wire ▁recording ▁of ▁speech . ▁The ▁wire ▁was ▁stretch ed ▁across ▁a ▁room ▁and ▁t ilt ed ▁up ▁and ▁down ▁while ▁the ▁figur ine ▁rode ▁the ▁wire ▁and ▁played ▁it , ▁backwards ▁and ▁for wards . ▁The ▁history ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁rec ap itul ates ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁data ▁and ▁sound ▁storage ▁technology . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁M ID I , ▁Tr imp in ▁developed ▁his ▁own ▁protocol ▁for ▁computer ▁storage ▁of ▁music . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁Tr imp in ▁moved ▁to ▁America ▁because ▁he ▁needed ▁access ▁to ▁old , ▁used ▁techn ological ▁components , ▁which ▁were ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁in ▁Europe ; ▁he ▁settled