What We Listened To - December 2025

As with last year, December’s session had a non-compulsory Christmas theme, which we’d more or less abandoned by the end of the first hour.

I opened things up with some Christmas-adjacent cuts from the Yellow Magic Orchestra extended family, along with an 8-bit IDM take on a festive staple and then a selection from 2025’s best accordion record.

• David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours (from Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence OST)
• Saitone - Sleigh Ride (from Holy 8 Bit Night)
• Yukihiro Takahashi - Open The Door (from We Will You A Merry Christmas)
• Walt McClements - On A Painted Ocean

Nick brought us an outsider Christmas gem and a truly transportive slab of French drone-rock.

• Mozart Estate (aka Lawrence) - Come On Christmas / Vanilla Gorilla
• Forrest Terry - Satellite-Love
• France - Destino Scifosi

Josh treated us to a selection of festive 7"s that probably wouldn’t get a hearing on Magic.

• The Ravers - It’s Gonna Be A Punk Rock Christmas
• The Yobs - Run Run Rudolph
• The Gonads - White Christmas
• Hard Skin - Ding Dong Merrily on High (from Christmas Fisting EP)
• Murder City Devils - 364 Days
• Bomb Squadron - Run Run Rudolph / Police / If I’m Going To Die

Lasse played some more gems from the turn-of-the-century Finnish underground.

• No More Ugly Germans - Educate The Masses
• Katri Helena folk song sampled by…
• Matti P - Save The King
• Thage & Boogie B - A Few of My Favourite Things

Ben took advantage of the Dreamhouse CD player to bring us a selection of industrial from his car.

• The Liars - Always Room on the Broom (track 1)
• Einsturzende Neubauten - Feurio! (track 2)
• Fluid Line - track 1 from Alternative Press cover mount CD