“Aesthetically I’m creating something that’s modern and unique but embraces a retro-futurism and fantasy art style that harks back to 70s airbrush artists and graphic novelists such as Roger Dean and Moebius as well as concept artists like Syd Mead and Ralph McQuarrie from early Star Wars. As a teenager I loved that style along with early 90’s rave flyers and it definitely influenced me to start sketching and drawing more, and eventually to go on to study Visual Arts at University Of Ulster. That retro analogue look from the 70s and 80s always felt like innocent escapism to me, digital in a pre-digital world - simple yet full of promise. Even now the interpretation of the future from back then still feels magical, unconstrained and very inspirational. Looking back I guess I’ve been shaping things since then with my art and musical explorations, to really get to this point. It’s a lifetime project!"

“Technology although robbing us of lots of freedoms has also afforded us the opportunity to do so much creatively and now I’m able to combine my music with this retro style through sound and motion graphics to create an immersive audiovisual world without any limitations. And I think it’s a great time to bring nostalgia back into the modern digital realm. We’re bombarded with so much mediocrity these days - soulless advertising and shallow distractions littering our timelines, I think we all harbour a desire for a form of nostalgic escapism to another world!”

Futurescope is more than just a label: it’s a mantra for a state of mind that he says he’s been lucky enough to feel and see in others and hopes to channel through the label. “Musically the sound will ebb and flow with ambient, electronica and cinematic sunset stuff to more melodic house and techno club tracks. It will be a difficult label to pigeon hole and that’s the idea, I want to keep it accessible and a sanctuary of sound to escape to whatever time of day or night.

An electronic landscape and community, a virtual and physical tribe, a sound and a look that’s impossible to avoid in an ever-expanding digital world that has its roots anchored in a future from a past that inspired so many.