Stuart McLaren is label head of independent synthwave record label Outland Recordings. Along with Brett Simpson, they founded Outland Synthwave Events in 2017, which has seen the Outland brand host live music productions both in the UK and abroad, with their last synth and retrowave festival taking place in Toronto in the summer of 2019. Having performed in bands from a young age, Stuart’s love of music is now fully realised as both a record label manager, live music events promoter and artist management consultant.