A Love From Outer Space

Casting the power of the eternal hypnotic groove far and wide – and navigating everywhere from the psychedelic excesses of kosmiche to gnarled house, cabinet shaking dub and rain soaked post punk in the process- A Love from Outer Space has, since 2010, been a steadying anchor on the underground, sustaining one of the most dedicated communities with regular dancefloor epiphanies.

Founded by the late Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston – friends, acid house veterans and fearless sonic adventurers - ALFOS was, initially, the result of a shared love of slower paced sounds. Dub - in particular, the skewed glory of the On U Sound Records back catalogue – and seedy slow motion disco were particular obsessions, and the seeds for ALFOS were cultivated on a series of late night car journeys. Travelling the length and breadth of our scissored isle driving to and from gigs, the pair sound-tracked these nocturnal B-road sessions with a plethora of slower sonic wonders. Deciding on taking their idiosyncratic journeyman vibe outside the rain lashed highways and into the backrooms and discos, ALFOS was thus hatched with a broad - but firm – remit: never knowingly exceed 122 bpm. Other than that, it was all gates open; all points west.

By making a conscious pact to lower the pace, Weatherall and Johnston offered respite from the more garish excesses of late 00’s clubland: namely, the culture of instant gratification, the narcissistic posturing, all that was superfluous to the glory of the ritual dance.

The rest is history.  Andrew Weatherall’s death in 2020 left, of course, an irreplaceable gap but as Sean says,

 ‘As far as ALFOS is concerned - whilst he didn't leave a map - he did leave a very strong compass bearing. In a way, the many sets over the course of the decade we DJ'd together seemed like a dialogue between us about what the ALFOS aesthetic should be. He left me well -schooled and oriented to follow the path’

join us at The Ulster Sports Club on Saturday the 19th December 2026.