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Charity Shop DJ kicks off the new Derby Record Holders Project with the region's first intergenerational sound system. Read more here

New on this Site!  Read about the groundbreaking Talking About Old Records  project exclusively on this site here!

Would YOU like to take part in the Derby Record Holders project? Click here for details

Charity Shop DJ is touring Derby - celebrating the people of Derby and the music that makes us

As part of the grand tour through UK charity shops, libraries, schools, hospitals, music festivals, the Houses of Parliament, and international hot spots, Charity Shop DJ is proud to be in Derby.

Between January and May 2009 Charity Shop DJ will be in the city to find out what music is shaping our lives.

Derby Record Holders Launched at Derby Quad September 2008.

Check out our brand new Derby Records Holders logo created by the fantastic folk at Chesterfield College. Thanks, you've been great!

Read more about Derby Record Holders

A Partnership Between Charity Shop DJ and Nottingham Trent University

photo credit: sarah gadd

Charity Shop DJ has teamed up with Dr Matt Connell of Nottingham Trent University to help bridge the generation gap through a shared love of music.

Talking About Old Records is an intergenerational music project bringing teenagers and pensioners together through a range of intergenerational DJ workshops, intergenerational music workshops, and performances. Read more

Read about Talking About Old Records

Read about Talking about Old Records in The Guardian here

Talking About Old Records at One8 Festival, Nottingham Castle

One 8 saw the launch of the Cultural Olympiad in Nottingham where the newest members of the Easy Action Sound System joined Charity Shop DJ and Dr Matt of Nottingham Trent University for an intergenerational mash-up

Over the course of September, Charity Shop DJ and Dr Matt have been working with kids from the Bemrose school in Derby, and with older people from community groups in the city, to find out how music can be a tool of communication between the generations.

On 27^th September 2008, these newest members of the Easy Action Sound System made the journey to Nottingham to play together for the first time at One8.

They played records, re-enacted album covers, and generally mixed it up. Find out what happened here

Click here to see Talking About Old Records on BBC East Midlands Today

Charity Shop DJ plays at Opening of Derby Quad

Celebrating a brand new arts venue for Derby

The Cultural Olympiad in Derby

So much to celebrate. The opening of QUAD, a new arts venue 'to rival any in Europe' (The Guardian), the launch of the cultural Olympiad, and the launch of the new Charity Shop DJ Derby Record Holders project. All in one.

Charity shops across the city brought their vinyl into QUAD as we celebrated a slice of Derby’s past in the newest building in town. The night of mash-ups and get downs featured Charity Shop DJ, Subism, and Addictive TV. 

Charity Shop DJ is teaming up with the marvellous folk at All Our Hearts Content to celebrate our love for charity shops and second hand treasures. A fantastic time was had at the Age Concern shop in Pudsey on 12 July where unsuspecting shoppers were treated to a feast of forgotten vinyl and free cake. It was all part of the I Love West Leeds festival.

Charity Shop DJ at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford "Inspired by Bollywood" Shire Hall Gallery, Market Square, Stafford  19 July - 7 September 2008

As part of the gallery's Inspired by Bollywood exhibition, which kicks off on July 19 2008,Charity Shop DJ will be meeting up with members of the Asian community in and around Stafford to find out what Indian film and film music means to them

The exhibition, encompassing all things 'inspired by Bollywood', will also feature iconic images from the National Media Museum, Bradford and an exhibition of giant hand-painted Bollywood film hoardings.

A big shout out to Art Vinyl. Thank you!

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Celebrate the last day of Lift Festival 2008 with Charity Shop DJ. Catch him at Plenty in the Park for an afternoon of recycled family entertainment. And again at the Trashcatchers Ball evening extravaganza which brings the 10-day festival to a spectacular close with a celebration of recycling.

Lift Festival 2008, Stratford Park, London  June 21 2008

Charity Shop DJ at Turner Contemporary Turner Contemporary Project Space 53-57 High Street Margate Charity Shop DJ will be reclaiming the musical heritage found in Margate's charity shops on 17-18 May 2008. Revive your vinyl! Charity Shop DJ at Turner Contemporary

Charity Shop DJ Gets High

12,000 km, 15,000 feet above sea level, the greatest Indian film soundtrack ever recorded, the highest motorable road in the world. For the full story Click Here

   Read what happened in The Times of India    To view article as PDF file Click Here          

The Parliamentary Sessions

At CharityShop DJ we’re celebrating the sounds that have shaped us. Here we can see which music moves our MPs. It’s their chance to communicate something about themselves with each other -  and with us.    Enter here.

Charity Shop DJ: communication through music

Charity Shop DJ promotes the re-use of old vinyl records to rediscover our collective and discarded musical pasts. Recycled sounds, remixed, at a venue near you

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