Self-confessed ‘sound geek’ [STØY] has developed his passion for fusing seemingly mundane sounds into haunting atmospheric music.

A graduate of Huddersfield University’s music technology degree, [STØY], real name Jason Booth, became such a noise nerd that he now carries a microphone with him everywhere he goes for fear of missing a useful soundbite.

From immense abandoned warehouses of grand acoustic quality to broken light fittings played with a cello bow, nothing escapes his sharp eye and ear, with potential audio-gold found in every object and space.

The 24-year-old, from Paddock, has recently released his debut album comprising full length tracks moulded from his personal stockpile of soundtrack work on independent films and promotions.

He said: “I've wanted to release an album for a long time but haven't had time to write one.

“But then I realised I had a fair library of music already.

“There was all sorts in there, a lot of my signature stuff which is quite noisy and guitar based; and more soundscape stuff which I've used for short films.

“I just pieced it together in a way that I thought flowed nicely and offered it as a digital download as I want to get noticed a bit more for my music.”

While the method may not be for the purists, the result is a captivating, atmospheric piece of work, much in the vein of electronic artists Bonobo or Massive Attack, with a hint of goth synth stars Nine Inch Nails.

Jason explained: “It was a bit of trial and error, mixing and matching the tracks to get the desired effects, but I've got it to where I want it and I'm happy in the end.

“I've been in bands since I was about 14, constantly moving from band to band.

“It was mainly heavy metal bands and then a Frank Zappa covers band.

“But it was doing music technology at uni that really brought my passion out.

“I got into sound design and that got me obsessed with all sorts of noises – I'm a complete sound geek.

“I'm constantly out listening to sounds, I've always got a microphone on me.

“I've always had a different approach to music, generally a bit weird.

“But it was mostly the course that brought out the geek in me and taught me to appreciate sounds in their rawest form and got me to listen out for them everywhere.

“I'm quite into a lot of droney stuff, something that you can zone into that brings about an atmosphere, with a lot of nuances.

“I've usually got a concept and it'll be something that I get a story from, I don't know if other people do but I'd like to think they do, whether or not it's the same story I get. If it is, that's awesome.”

Jason said now the album was out he was keen to follow in the footsteps of other producers and digital artists who were taking their electronic studio projects into the live arena.

He said: “I do my music completely on my own but I've been thinking about getting out to a live audience.

“At the moment it's quite difficult, there's some gear that I need and I don't think I'd be able to perform it by myself – I could do guitar and bass but I'd need at least a drummer – but it's definitely something I'd like to do in the future.

“I wouldn't want to just stand on a stage and press play on a laptop, I'd want to get a live performance in there as well.”

Download the album at stoysound.bandcamp.com