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Frontman for libertine rock renegades Fat White Family and acid house deviants Decius, Lias Saoudi shares the influences that have shaped a life spent pushing the artistic and musical envelope 

Valentina Magaletti is a drummer of rare versatility. Fresh from the release of her fabulously trippy new album with Upsammy, she shares her key inspirations – from coffee and mycology to ping-pong

It’s 45 years since Scouse schoolmates Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon formed China Crisis, and a new album collects their earliest BBC radio recordings. The road to chart success, reveals Gary, was littered with notepads and Uni-ball pens

Saint Etienne man Bob Stanley’s recent compilation ‘Fantastic Voyage’ documents the “echo chamber” effect that David Bowie’s Berlin recordings had on European music. No surprise then that Bowie is one of his key influences…

With her new ‘Live Compendium’ album recently released, modular tinkerer Loula Yorke ponders how voracious reading, free parties and living in squats have shaped who she is