Polypores has been played on NTS shows including Golden Ratio Frequencies w/ AHRKH, with Mass first played on 11 April 2020.

Polypores (aka Stephen James Buckley) paints music with a modular synthesizer, drawing influence from ambient, new age, and experimental electronics. It soars, bubbles, crackles, and soothes, in ever-shifting, immersive cosmic landscapes. Dream environments and sonic sculptures. He has had sold-out releases on labels such as Castles In Space, DiN, Polytechnic Youth, Behind The Sky, Front & Follow, Miracle Pond Records, Frequency Domain, Woodford Halse, Golden Ratio Frequencies, and Concréte Tapes.

Uncut magazine described his 2022 album Hyperincandescent as "intensely absorbing, ever shifting through static squiggles, warm blooms of texture, bioluminescent glimmers, and rattling chimes… like a dance of fireflies in the dark".

A captivating and engaging live performer, Polypores has played at Liverpool's Capstone Theatre (supporting Ian Boddy), and festivals such as Future Yard and Subliminal Impulse. He also performs regularly at local venues like The Ferret, The Continental, and Plau in Preston, as well as events further afield like the Delaware Road festival in Somerset, and once on the roof of the Stretford Mall car park.