Since Seamus rarely goes by the book, he finds some sort of comfort in the fact that he’s not using rack after rack of music equipment when doing his massive, cinematic sonic explorations – he just needs a laptop and some decent music software. “Over time, it’s been cool to see people shake off these rudimentary ideas about what counts as a legitimate lineup,” he says. In previous live shows, Seamus entered the stage with his laptop in tow and performed with the bare minimum. Nowadays he prefers the theatre. “There wasn’t much of a jam element in the older shows, and it feels disingenuous to pretend there was,” he says. “Gradually it has become more about scenography and the theater that happens outside of the music.”

In true Iglooghost fashion, Seamus now brings his live performances to life. Take his latest outing at London’s fabricfor example, where he entered the stage with a metal detector, surrounded by giant circular LED screens depicting oceanic rock pools and fantasy creatures, glowing eggs and hanging shells lining the stage. “I have a bunch of things to climb on and a creature to feed on the screen,” he says. “It’s a much more fertile space to play with, rather than me just doing something on my laptop.

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Seamus hopes that at some point in the future he may be able to connect all the dots between the different fantasy worlds of each of his projects so far. “Maybe when I’m like 100 years old, I’d love to come up with a cool way to retroactively connect all the lore,” he says. “I have an idea in my head about how it could work, but at the moment they are all like separate little islands”.

Not only in his world-building, but also in our interview, little contrivances seem to come quite naturally to Seamus. Who knows which of his words are fact or fiction – and does it matter if the story is good? When challenged with questions about past interviews, his face contorts into a cheeky smile as he laughs: “That was a stupid lie I told”. Seamus maintains the enigma of a truly unpredictable artist with bundles of childlike wonder, refusing to take himself too seriously. He has created a world where the line between fantasy and reality is thoughtful, but often confusing, blurred – but that’s the beauty of it all.

‘Tidal Memory Exo’ lands on physical formats on November 22nd. Get a copy here

Gemma Ross is Mixmag’s Assistant Editor, follow her on Chirp