To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Music4Life took residency at the Notting Hill Arts Club in London on Sunday 3 April, with guest appearances from Rob Da Bank and Portishead’s Andy Smith. True to style, it turned out to be a birthday to remember.

As soon as the doors opened at 4 pm for the second-hand record fair, the bargain vultures descended. There were boxes and boxes of quality vinyl, hand-picked from across London’s Oxfam shops, with some real gems inside. And it showed: by the time the punters had finished browsing, Oxfam were £300 better off.

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At 7 pm the party got started, with Max Sedgley warming up the crowds with his inimitable mix of funk and hip-hop. As the venue began to fill with Sunday clubbers determined to end their weekend in style, Scandinavian electro-pop outfit Kompis stepped up for their first UK gig. Anyone expecting evidence of first-gig nerves was soon proved wrong, as they played a great chill-out set – a perfect accompaniment to the copious bar cocktails.

Headliner Rob Da Bank then took up the headphones, starting out with some Queen bootlegs, party classics and mash-ups that only a top-quality Radio 1 DJ can get away with. Clearly a crowd favourite, he took the night up a notch, before the Superimposers got people grooving to their acoustic folk sounds. Finally, Andy Smith (of Portishead fame) rounded off a great night with some cracking tunes and scratching antics.

Punters also got the chance to sign up to the Control Arms campaign calling for an international arms trade treaty. The Million Faces petition requires people to draw their self-portraits, and the Music4Lifers busied themselves with their own creations.