As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean Johnston – its co-founder alongside the much-missed Andrew Weatherall – picks 13 tracks that have soundtracked its journey from a Stoke Newington basement to an international community
Solo and as part of Sun City Girls, Sir Richard Bishop has spent three decades refining a singular style of guitar playing that draws inspiration from across the globe. With several of new releases arriving this year, he speaks to Richie Troughton about filmmaking, Freemasonry and secret manuscripts
After building a home studio the SMD musician and Arctic Monkeys and Depeche Mode producer James Ford picked up no less than 18 instruments – and a microphone – in order to make his beguiling debut LP. Words by Jeremy Allen. All portraits by Pip Bourdillon