What We Listened To - July 2025

I opened proceedings with Hochono House by the legendary Haruomi Hosono - a playful self-cover album in which Hosono revisits his late-70s songs with a minimal electronic palette. I followed with selections from El-Mir’s incredible Malik Adouane compilation, showcasing his hi-energy raï jams in a Eurodance style.

Matt switched gears with three tracks from The Foreign Department by Astrel K.

Tom A took us into an electronic space with The Hour I Want by A Special Occasion, Mind in Camden from Enchante, a classic bit of longform deep house from DJ Sprinkles & Mark Fell and a slab of intricate protest d’n’b, Here comes a fucking startup campus by Mark.

Tom M played three movements from North Sea Radio Orchestra’s Dronne (A1, 2, 3) — a quietly overwhelming bit of pastoral minimalism.

Ben pulled us back into the underground with Scabs by Horrorshow (from the Fast Records compilation) before pivoting into A Split-Second’s Neurobeat, a menacing slice of EBM.

Will move us into the world of eccentric British tape manipulation with some tracks from the Basil Kirchin Is My Friend compilation.

Paul brought some selections from Iran, starting with Saint Abdullah’s Ta Tash followed by Morteza Hannaneh’s classic Persian songs Tchashm-e-Del.

Rahul rounded out the night with three tracks from City & Eastern Songs by Jeffrey & Jack Lewis.