About Dash The Henge
Dash The Henge Store is a genre-fluid record and book store in Camberwell, South London. Selling a wide range of new and used records plus books, merch and more.
Located in the same spot as the much loved Rat Records that sadly closed in the summer of 2022, the founders of Dash The Henge record label took it upon themselves to save the space becoming another chicken shop/nail bar/barbers shop (delete as appropriate)
After a whirlwind refit, Dash The Henge Store opened on 12th October 2022 with an instore performance from Warmduscher… Live music is an integral offering of the store with regular Saturday performances known as #LIVEATFIVE with bands including SCUDFM, Misty Miller, The Ringards, Lando Manning and many others have played since opening.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11-7pm for all your record, books and more.
Dash The Henge Store opened on 12th October 2022 after a whirlwind 8 weeks.
Before that, Dash The Henge existed as a record label focused on championing outsider artists, we heard that the legendary Rat Records was closing down in the summer of 22 and decided it was our civic and cultural duty to keep the premises open as a record store. We spoke to the landlord and lo and behold someone had beaten us to it and applied for a change of usage to turn it into a chicken shop, South London famously has more than it’s fair share of chicken shops!
Fortunately, the change of usage was declined by the council and we were next in line. We agreed terms on 12th August, got keys on 12th September and opened with an in-store performance by the mighty Warmducher on 12th October… A proper whirlwind couple of months!
We describe our store as genre-fluid, we stock anything and everything as long as it’s good! We’ve kept the Rat Records legacy going with large selection of secondhand vinyl but as supporters of outsider music and artists we have a larger selection of new and reissue vinyl.
As has been well documented very few artists make anything from streaming so to be able to support artists by selling their physical product is central to our ethos. We also have live music performances every Saturday at 5pm where we champion existing and brand new artists, these are promotional events and tie into releases (whether physical or not) and give 100% of all product and merch sales back to the artist.
Events are integral to the soul of the store and in the short time we’ve been open we’ve hosted label launches, book launches, poetry nights and radio takeovers alongside the live performances. It wasn’t necessarily our intention but we’ve become a cultural hub in the heart of South London.
Our customers are a mix of old school Rat regulars, young people often buying their first vinyl (we’ve begun selling affordable Bluetooth connected turntables for those just starting out) established vinyl fans and everyone in between.
The very first record we sold in the shop was a reissue of The Troggs - Wild On The Radio to a customer called Mick who wandered in before we were even officially open, our first bestseller was Brian Destiny - Brian’s Got Talent EP and rightly so as Brian Destiny is a Dash The Henge label artist!
Everybody involved in the store are huge music/vinyl fans, everyone has a story about their firsts but we’re now unified that we’ve started our own store and collectively push it forward!
No time currently… We’re all too busy focused on making our shop the best it can be!
This will be our very first Record Store Day and have a bunch of stuff planned, and are looking forward to welcoming in our regular customers and hopefully a whole heap of new ones.
Events Coming Up
We’re going all out on the 22nd and getting our mates at The Old Dispensary involved to maximise reach… we give you… South by South East!
Dash The Henge Store and The Old Dispensary presents:
South by South East – Record Store Day 2023
22nd April 2023
To celebrate Record Store Day 2023, Dash The Henge Store and The Old Dispensary have joined forces to present a day of music in Camberwell, South East London.
Kicking off with doors at 9am Dash The Henge Store will have DJs soundtracking the Record Store Day experience featuring a varied bunch of selectors including:
Christafari - Dash Resident
EDNA DJ - Goat Girl/Brixton Radio https://instagram.com/ellieednarosedavies
Leo Zero - Faith London https://instagram.com/leozerostudio
Matt Priory - Rye Wax https://instagram.com/matt_priory
DJ Melodian - Reggae/Lover’s Rock
Mickey Beans - Boogaloo Radio https://instagram.com/beansonboogaloo
Mucho Soul - Totally Wired Radio https://instagram.com/muchosoulshow
RY-GUY - Jumbi Peckham https://instagram.com/ryguy.ryguy
More TBA
From 12-1.30pm Dexter Bentley’s Hello Goodbye show will be broadcasting live on Resonance FM with a live performance from a very special guest.
From 12pm The Old Dispensary will throw open its doors for a day and night of live music with a Record Store Day merch table powered by Dash The Henge Store.
Live proceedings will be compered by Becky Fury, John Swale and Hank Dog with food provided by our Columbian neighbours, Betty’s Bakery with live acts including:
Attawalpa https://instagram.com/attawalpa
Azileli https://instagram.com/azilelimusic
Brian Destiny https://instagram.com/brian.destiny
Grupo Lokito https://instagram.com/grupolokito
Kuntessa https://instagram.com/kuntessa
SCUDFM https://instagram.com/scudfm
More TBA
Patrons of the Henge will receive a wristband providing priority access and discounts. A limited number of wristbands will be available to purchase for non-patrons.
Further artists, merch giveaways, promotions and activities will be announced in the coming weeks.
Who needs Austin when we have Camberwell!
About Dash The Henge Store
Dash The Henge Store is a new record and book shop in Camberwell, South London that opened in October 2022 and regularly hosts live music, poetry and launch events whilst stocking a range of new, reissued and secondhand records plus books, merch and more. This will be their first Record Store Day.
Dash The Henge Store
348 Camberwell New Road
London SE5 0RW
020 7274 0602
https://instagram.com/dashthehengestore
About The Old Dispensary
The Old Dispensary is an independent live music venue and bar located in the heart of Camberwell. With live music on stage at least 4 nights a week, the OD has become an essential platform for new bands to learn their craft and more established artists to try out new projects.
The Old Dispensary
325 Camberwell New Road
London SE5 0TF
https://instagram.com/theolddispensary
Other Participating Shops