To coincide Eileen Simpson and Ben White’s (Open Music Archive) Everything I Have Is Yours, an artists’ film that looks back to the first decade of the UK pop charts (1952 - 62), Salford Museum and Art Gallery is hosting a series of free workshops and events for the public to get involved in.

DJ JAM is an intergenerational workshop offering the chance to turn your hand at DJ-ing, with music and beats inspired by a range of genres. The workshop is delivered jointly by El Statiko (previous winner of the DJ Championships and Unity Radio DJ) and Age Friendly Network's DJ Ged who specialises in sharing music from the 1950-1960s to communities across the North West.

People can come and have a go at using CD-Jays, turntables and techniques such as scratching. Suitable for all ages to come and have a go.

More about the DJs

El Statiko is a turntablist/party DJ from South Manchester who specialises in traditional hip-hop and funk. El Statiko has spent the last 4 years competing in DJ championships such as DMC and IDA (International DJ Association) achieving IDA World Runner Up 2015 and UK Champion 2015/16. El Statiko is working on new material in the form of routine videos and mixes, as well as experimenting with more modern genres of music. Currently, he is one of the DJs for Manchester based hip-hop group The Natural Curriculum (TNC), who had a recent successful vinyl release and have an upcoming instrumental EP.

DJ Ged is part of the Ambition for Ageing scheme in Manchester. His ‘Age Friendly DJ’ initiative is one of the schemes most popular projects, where he performs to hundreds of older residents across Greater Manchester each year. He also presents on North Manchester FM every Monday 2-4pm.

This workshop is part of the current Together We Move engagement programme, supported by Arts Council England project grants, the University of Salford Art Collection and Castlefield Gallery.