Real name: Justin Ludford

Effective period / Period of releases: 2012 - 2023

Formed in 1988 after a discovery of Tangerine Dream and a purchase of a £130 mono Casio keyboard. Based in Thetford, Norfolk, UK.
Justin Ludford is the founding and to this date sole member of Digital Horizons. Born in 1973, with a continued interest in electronic music, a bedroom studio culture progressed to the present day. Then, after a series of home produced cassette recordings, in 1994 a PC allowed the start of digital recording that spawned its first CDr release with 'A Face In The Crowd' (2002). This co-incided with new Yamaha equipment and a change of studios. Then in 2004 the follow up CDr 'Playback' was released. 2006 saw the opening of the Digital Horizons MySpace website. Projects for 2006/07 included the delayed completion of the third album 'Messenger' released in February 2007 and work on remastering old material from the vaults with the first 'DH Archives' release out in July 2007 titled 'Adjust Your Eyes To The Sun'.
The second volume of the 'DH Archives' was released in September 2007. 'Subsonic' proved to be the biggest selling DH title so far. Digital Horizons got airtime on the internet radio station 'TDFZ' and its subsequent Podcast replacement. 2007 rounded off with the release of the first DH EP 'Ions' in December. 2008 began with the release of a compilation album and EP to celebrate 20 years of DH. During 2008 'The Route Cause' CDr was released and a new outlet for DH at www.reverbnation.com.
October 2008 saw the release of the 'Dragonfly' EP. 2009 began with the release of the 'Remembrance' CDr, and an updated Overplay website homepage. DH appeared on iTunes and Amazon MP3 for the first time in February 2009. July 2009 saw the release of the album 'ALT - DH Archives Vol 3' continuing the series of releases remixing and digging into the Digital Horizons vaults. During August 2009 the DH studios got some new equipment, the first evidence of which can be heard on the 'Undertow' EP released in October 2009. 2010 began with the release of 'Over Seas', the first full album release from the updated DH studios. An 'Over Seas' EP followed. Next came the London inspired 'Capital' EP release. Summer 2010 brought the album release 'White Skies'. The August 2010 release 'ana.lies' was the first to be fully available to download from iTunes and Amazon MP3. The internet radio show 'Sunday Synth' hosted by Bruce Gall at www.ARFM.co.uk has been featuring several DH tracks alongside a wide range of known and not so known electronic artists. www.reverbnation.com/digitalhorizons became the main gateway to all things DH. November 2010 saw the release of the 'ConSequence' album which has a planned iTunes release early in 2011. 'ConSequence' is the 20th CD release from DH starting with 'A Face In The Crowd' from 2002. DH now had tracks available at www.soundcloud.com as a forum for listeners to comment on the material. The fourth volume of the DH Archives series 'Lost In The Landscape' followed mid 2011 again with an iTunes release and the first to be available from Reverbnation direct as a physical CD. This gave the release a more professional finish to the packaging. July 2011 saw the release of 'canopies', a four track EP also available from Reverbnation as a download and CD. A fan only download track, 'Back To Shore', became available through Reverbnation around the same time. November 2011 came with the release of 'Track and Field', a 10 track album. Both the DH Facebook page and the DH page at Reverbnation continued to receive a steady increase in visitors. January 2012 saw the download only (at this stage) release of the five track 'neon' EP. This release received airplay on the 'Sunday Synth' radio show.
This programme also featured a Digital Horizons special during February 2012. March 2012 saw the release of 'Foundations'. This is a compilation of tracks from 2009-2011 plus two exclusive 2012 tracks. May 2012 brought the release of 'Time Machine', a five track EP on CDBaby, Amazon and iTunes download sites. This was the first recording made after recording equipment upgrades were installed in the DH studio. 'A Face From The Past' arrived in August 2012 as an eight track album. A charity compilation download featuring a large range of electronic artists was released from the US site www.soundforgood.bandcamp.com featuring the 'Falling Star' track from DH. A twin release of EP's followed during the Autumn of 2012 with 'Rising Star' and 'Falling Star'. Digital Horizons joined Bandcamp in early 2013. 'Escapade - DH Archives Volume 5' was released in early 2013 with some new sounds added to the DH studio. New artwork software was also used for this release onwards. A second charity compilation download from SoundForGood featured a DH track from the mid 2013 EP release 'Reverberate'. July 2013 saw the release of the nine track album 'Echo Catcher' which also includes a track that appeared on a multi artist compilation download. 2014 began with the release of the 'Ways and Means' EP followed by the sixth release in the DH Archives series 'The Last Cube In The Box'. This release included a track with contribution from my girlfriend. Summer 2014 gave up the release of the eleven track album 'The Avian Flew'. Back into higher altitudes for the following 'Racing Rosetta' EP marking the achievements of the mission to land a probe on a comet. 2014 ended with 'Foundations2', a compilation of recent DH tracks plus a couple of exclusives. 2015 began on a sombre note with the death of Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream, a big influence on DH. To mark the moment 'The Last Chord' EP was released as a free download. This was shortly followed by the long gestating 'Calendar' album recorded over the entire span of 2014. 'Winter's Window', released in March 2015, featured the longest DH track to date at over 30 mins.