Photo by Elodie Kwan (@elodiekwan)

Join our resident DJ YiuYiu 瑶瑶 for an intimate living room listening through the Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 archive. YiuYiu 瑶瑶 will share some of Chinatown's favorite records from the 20+ collections inherited from her family and neighbors. We'll listen together to songs that have long filled Chinatown living rooms, and dive into the history and memories behind them.

Rooted in the belief that anyone can be a DJ, we invite you to bring a favorite record of your own to share and soundtrack our T!C living room with us. Who knows – you may be the next up and coming Chinatown DJ!

Sign up here to share a snippet of a favorite record in our T!C living room. Limited spots available by advanced signups and walk-ins. 

YiuYiu 瑶瑶 (aka Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan) is a cultural organizer, oral history educator, and DJ based on Lenape land in NYC's Manhattan Chinatown. She takes on her childhood name YiuYiu 瑶瑶 as an artist and DJ for Chinatown Records, a community effort to celebrate the richness of music and history that comes with inherited family record collections. Alongside her family and neighbors, YiuYiu 瑶瑶 produces Chinatown block parties, sonic family histories, and listening sessions to foster intergenerational dancefloors and memories as powerful acts of resistance and resilience.

@rochellehkwan | rochellehkwan.com

Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 is a homegrown community effort to celebrate the richness of music, memory, and history that comes with inherited family collections. From Chinatown block parties to sonic family histories to endless listening and research, Chinatown Records is an ever-growing record of the people we love who bring all this music back to life with us.

@chinatownrecordsproject