Futureworld Orchestra

Robert Pot or Futureworld Orchestra is born in Nijverdal, a quiet village in the country of Holland. Since he was 14 he began to develop a great predilection for symphonic oriented rock music. Groups like: Genesis, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and later on Camel, Asia and UK, became his favorites, in addition to which Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson became his greatest inspirers.
Keyboards is a keyword in Roberts musical life. At the age of 16 Robert bought his first keyboard. As a student electronics he soon began to modify the keyboard to develop his own, unique sounds. He realized that synthesizers had a great future and were to create a brand new view on making music. By delivering newspapers and to work as a DJ in local discotheques in his spare time, Robert earned the money he invested in the newest synthesizers and recording equipment. A few years later he had expanded his equipment at a level of a professional recording-studio, where he started to record his first compositions. In 1980 Robert met Gerto Heupink who also worked with synthesizers and recording-equipment and…Future World Orchestra was born. With Future World Orchestra or short FWO, in the period from 1982 to 1985, scored several European hits, like: Desire, I’m not afraid of the Future, Theme from E.T. and Roulette. Also because of the world-wide economic depression in the recording-industry, FWO, unfortunately stopped recording together in 1987, although Robert continued solo with FWO.