From 2007 to ‘10, Mr Sam’s ‘Opus’ compilations possibly became part of electronic music’s fabric. In the second decade of the new millennium, he largely set DJing to one side, focusing instead on other passions, music production and graphic design amongst them. The four releases (or ‘Opus’, ‘Secundo’, ‘Tertio’ and ‘Quarto’ as they were known) seemed that they may remain a rampart for those prepared to look beyond the musical horizon of the time.