What We Listened To - March 2026

A capacity crowd braved weirdly strong winds to descend on Dreamhouse Records for the very first Really Strange Record Club of 2026. We had some amazing debut appearances, immaculate vibes throughout and of course some incredible musical discoveries. If you have any questions or corrections to the list below, please do email me!

I opened the evening with some selections to mark the arrival of spring, before veering off into early Actress and neon new age.

  • Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox
  • Operating Theatre - Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In Her Mouth
  • Balam Acab - See Birds (Moon)
  • Actress - selections from Hazyville
  • Slapp & Powell - Sex Drive from Valley of The Sun - Field Guide To Inner Harmony

Jen brought us the smooth sounds of 80s Japan courtesy of the amazing compilation - - Tokyo Nights - Female J-Pop Boogie Funk: 1981 To 1988.

  • Junko Ohashi - Sensual Night
  • Aru Takamura - 恋は最高 (I’m In Love)
  • Hitomi Tohyama - Wanna Kiss

Lasse brought some more deep cut Finnish joints - the first two of which were made by friends of his.

  • Cocknutz - Mut, Siis
  • Peu - I Am Me Without You
  • Jaakko – The Maker And Creator Of The Devil

Ollie made a strong RSRC debut with some truly out there Italian library psych, plus an Edan track that samples both of his other choices.

  • The Animated Egg - Sock It To Me
  • The Feed-back
  • Edan - Torture Chamber (Cut Chemist remix)

Matt M played some lovely cosmic beat tracks, before closing with an Italo stunner that he’ll be playing at his upcoming wedding!

  • Medasin - Always In A Hurry / Elevator Music
  • Sam Gellaitry - Escapism II
  • 40winks - It’s The Trip
  • Shemale - I Wanna Discover You

Josh took us on another trip through his 7" collection with a collection of singles featuring musical legends in earlier bands or incarnations.

  • The Wind In The Willows - Moments Spent (Debbie Harry)
  • The Stripes - Ecstacy (Nena)
  • Nipple Erectors - King of the Bop (Shane McGowan)
  • Killjoys - Naive (Kevin Rowland)
  • The Beastie Boys (debut single with Kate from Luscious Jackson)
  • Inside Out - No Spiritual Surrender (Zack de la Rocha)

Will smoothed the vibe with some absolutely delightful funk, soul and rare groove selections.

  • Arnold Blair - Trying To Get Next To You
  • Sharon Révoal – Reaching For Our Star
  • Alice Clarke - Never Did I Stop Loving You
  • Jean & Trevor - Back Together Again

Tom brought us a great deconstructed beat track from his label Health Records - on a test pressing no less!

  • Bambooman & Kashmere - Supergod

Ben closed the night with two krautrock cuts from the brilliant compilation Berlin 61 / 89 - Wall Of Sound as well as a highly uncharacteristic Placebo b-side!

  • Faust - The Sad Skinhead
  • Placebo - Ion (from You Don’t Care About Us CD single)
  • Liaisons Dangereuses - Dupont I

A fantastic way to kick off the year - bring on the next one!

What We Listened To March 2026