Rendezvous Projects

There was a time when I used to set up little studios so me and my friends could play our music passionately, it was our voice, direct to the community. Put together with whatever equipment I could find. Now I’m setting up little studios for @V &AEast museum, in the manor! TODAY, come and see the original @dejavufm studio, with the actual equipment used back in the 90’s. #DaRoof As part of #UpYaArchives #Rendezvous #Back2Back takeover. Im very happy to be representing true local heritage and culture #Eastlondon - Free Entry, at V&A Storehouse, Waterden Road & V&A East, Carpenters Road Stratford. MusicIsBlack RealHistory

V&A EAST PREVIEW 🔈 Each 1 Teach 1 brings together youth-led sound system collectives developed by @feltsoundsystem ! Young people from East London present and play on systems they’ve built, sharing music and knowledge through a live, collaborative activation rooted in sound system culture. Entrance to Why We Make Gallery, Level UG Drop-in 10:00–21:00 Activation from 16:00

HYPER: The Stevie Hyper D Story is coming to The V&A Museum for back2back: @upyarchives X @rendezvousprojects 🎥 Screened as part of a programme exploring the past, present and future of jungle across V&A East Museum and V&A East Storehouse. Featuring a Q&A with Jamie Ross-Hulme (@beatcultureldn ) and Darrell Austin (@darrell_austin007 ), hosted by Ewen Cook (@mixmag ), alongside live music, film screenings and DJ sets - all connected through the legacy of the Amen break and jungle culture 🌟 FREE ENTRY. NO TICKETS. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

back2back: Up Ya Archives x Rendezvous Projects Using the Amen break as a connective thread, @upyarchives and @rendezvousprojects reimagines the archive as something living, collective and in motion. Taking place across both V&A East Museum and V&A East Storehouse, back2back traces the past, present and future of jungle exploring how music travels across time and geography, and how histories are constructed, circulated and contested. Responding to our opening exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story and the David Bowie Centre, back2back activates V&A East with live music and DJ sets from @archives.nia , @djflight , @feltsoundsystem , @naina_ldn , and @selectacee . All events are free. No tickets required - entry is first-come, first-served. Saturday 16 May. From 10am-4pm at V&A East Storehouse and 4pm-9pm at V&A East Museum Download the full programme from the link in the bio 🔗 Part of The Music is Black Festival from East Bank Talks and workshops from @nazfromnewham , @cassia_clrk , @miss_toppin_ , @thebooksdem , @ravearchive , goldielocs16, @originaldjdlux , @thebizzybscience , @telepathy_jungle_dnb , @marlon_equinox_sciwax and @warlockdj . Film screenings by @mcsteviehyperd , @djron_film , @lewisb_81 , @amenbrotherfilm @djprotoj . Immersive films and installations by @rendezvousprojects and @dejavufm . Installations designed by @iminoizq and @moncano

Amazing launch of The Music is Black: A British Story at @vam_east last night — an incredible addition to the neighbourhood. So many brilliant people and incredible talent in one space 😍 The exhibition spans 125 years of Black music-making in Britain and is absolutely worth a visit. Congratulations to all involved 👏❤️ On 16 May we’ll be adding a hyper-local East London perspective with back2back: Up Ya Archives @archives.nia x Rendezvous Projects - looking at local jungle’s history and how it continues to shape a new generation of junglists.

CES Throwback to Feb2022 we worked with amazing and talented students from @we.are.BCE ’s music production course who visited @vestryhousemuseum to see the Sweet Harmony exhibition. With funding from @lbwfculture @wfcouncil they worked with @originaldjdlux of @creativeengagementservices @rendezvousproject to make several tracks influenced by early rave culture - these were then cut on to dubplate with legendary BlackSlate member aka Chris at Music House in Tottenham- they brought the vinyl to the show today and played it on the decks in the exhibition space 👏👏👏👏 well done to all, it sounded brilliant 🤩 - Special mention to RichiePitch #rip. We are getting ready for another session 2026 #walthamstow #bigcreativeacademy #bigcreativeeducation #wfsweetharmony #raveculture #ravehistory #localhistory #ravescene #musicheritage #musichouse #dubplateculture #dubplate

The Rendezvous Projects sound wave exhibition (60 years of Newham Culture!) CLOSES TONIGHT at the Beckton Globe. Don’t miss the history: Déjà vu FM.com: The original pirate sound. Legendary Venues: Stratford Rex, EQ, formerly Powerhouse, Marshgate Lane, and more! Originals’ Voices: Featuring pioneers like Lady Laura, Sting, and more ! Proud of our Newham heritage. Beckton Globe: 1 Kingsford Way, E6 5JQ #Newham #RendezvousProjects #DejaVuFM #MusicHistory #EastLondon #StratfordRex #Powerhouse #Culture #ClosingTonight

Last chance today (13 DEC) to visit the Sound Waves: Music in Newham exhibition at Beckton Globe library. The exhibition is upstairs in the rotunda space. Made possible with the National Lottery Heritage fund. Thanks to National Lottery players. @heritagefunduk The exhibition is free and all are welcome!

The Princess Alice in Forest Gate — now the site of a @superdrug — was the unlikely birthplace of one of Britain’s most influential grassroots movements: Rock Against Racism (RAR). In 1976, as racist politics and rhetoric were intensifying, the pub’s upstairs room hosted the very first RAR gig. A small DIY night that ignited a national cultural uprising. In this reel, Roger Huddle (@rogerhuddle ), one of RAR’s founders, reflects on how the movement began. We also hear from Carol Grimes (@carolgrimes1597 ), the jazz, blues and rock vocalist who performed at that original gig. Her voice — powerful, political, uncompromising — helped define RAR’s mission to bring punk, reggae and anti-racist activism together on the same stage. From this tiny Forest Gate pub came a movement that went on to fill parks and streets across the UK with tens of thousands of people, using music to challenge the rise of the far right. You can share your memories or contribute to the project at . Sound Waves: Music in Newham 📍 Beckton Library — open until 13 December Made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players. @heritagefunduk #SoundWavesNewham #RockAgainstRacism #PrincessAlice #ForestGateHistory #AntiRacistCulture #PunkAndReggae #LostMusicVenues

Deja Vu FM (@dejavufm ) began in the mid-1990s as a DIY pirate station built by local creatives — including Laura Wicks, who speaks in this reel about how it started. From its first broadcasts in East London tower blocks to later years on the roof of Club EQ in Stratford and at Waterden Road, Deja became one of the UK’s most influential underground music platforms. Known for championing house, garage, R&B, dancehall, jungle, grime and Afrobeats, it quickly became the place where new artists were discovered. Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Ghetts, D Double E, Wiley, Ruff Sqwad, Nasty Crew, More Fire Crew, East Connection, Slew Dem and countless others passed through the station long before they were household names. For many MCs, DJs and producers, Deja Vu was their first real platform — their training ground, their community, their history. Today, Deja Vu is still running, still local and still supporting new talent — one of the rare pirate stations to survive and evolve while staying true to its roots. You can share your memories or contribute to the project at . Sound Waves: Music in Newham 📍 Beckton Library — open until 13 December Made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players. #SoundWavesNewham #DejaVuFM #PirateRadioHistory #NewhamMusic #UKGarageAndGrime #EastLondonCulture

Thank you so much to everyone who came down for our talk about ‘Sound Waves: Music in Newham’ yesterday at Beckton Globe library. You know who you are 😁🤗

Stratford Rex has been many things across its long life — opera house, cinema, bingo hall — but from the late 1990s to the 2010s it became one of East London’s most important cultural spaces. Restored and reopened by promoter Kenny “Sting” King and partners, the Rex brought global touring acts to Stratford at the same time as it became central to London’s reggae, rave, garage, dancehall and grime scenes. Reggae greats like Gregory Isaacs (@officialgregoryisaacs1 ), John Holt, Cocoa Tea, Capleton (@capletonmusic ) and Buju Banton (@bujubanton ) played here, alongside live sets from Foo Fighters (@foofighters ), Queens of the Stone Age (@queensofthestoneage ), Fugazi (@fugazi_livearchive ), Shellac and many more. It was also a key launchpad for emerging grime crews — Roll Deep (@rolldeep.crew ), N.A.S.T.Y Crew (@marcusnasty ), Pay As You Go, and Dizzee Rascal (@dizzeerascal ), whose performance at the Rex is often cited as pivotal to his signing with XL Recordings. In ‘Sound Waves: Music in Newham’, artists and promoters, including @preshus_official , @lordkimo247 , @roachee_material , @debrisstevenson and @djrockyboss , describe the Rex as raw, chaotic, joyful — a place where Stratford’s High Street met global circuits and local creativity. A venue where communities gathered, where scenes took shape, and where unforgettable nights were made. Thanks also to @quintonscott_ and @jpearsonhowes for photos and flyers. And now, the Rex is about to enter a new chapter. Newham Council has announced that the Columbo Group (@the_columbo_group ) — the team behind the world-renowned Jazz Café (@thejazzcafe ) — will transform the former theatre into Jazz Café East, bringing world-class live music back to Stratford High Street. You can share your memories or contribute to the project at . Sound Waves: Music in Newham is open at Beckton Library until 13 December. Made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players. 📍 Beckton Library (until 13 Dec) #SoundWavesNewham #StratfordRex #EastLondonMusic #UKClubHistory #NewhamCulture #GrimeHistory