meet us


it all started with dad's record collection

growing to a collective record of our families & living room archives

to record the sonic histories that bring the music to life for us


CHINATOWN RECORDS 華埠錄音

is a homegrown collective, archive, & now radio station based in NYC’s Manhattan Chinatown.

Tuning in since 2018, we are a collective effort kicked off by DJ historian yiuyiu 瑶瑶 & her family to follow the music, memory, & history that comes with over 40 record/CD/tape collections inherited from the neighborhood & beyond.

With each beloved song & memory, Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 evolves as an ever-growing record of the people we love, who bring all this music to life with us.


OUR CREW

steering the ship, alongside an ever-growing team of volunteers caring for the archive & eventually running the radio station with us.

if you’re interested in helping out on our archive &/or radio teams!