New Cross & Deptford Soundmap
Second of Peckham Soul’s ‘Sound Map ' series we're focusing on the rich musical heritage of New Cross, Deptford and Greenwich.
There’s Underhill studios at Deptford Bridge where Bowie rehearsed Ziggy Stardust LP, as well as hosting sessions from Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. Kate Bush's debut New Cross gig at in the backroom of the Six string, now the Royal Albert. As space, this played in an important role in the story of Angular Records, with Klaxons, Long Blondes and Bloc Party all playing early gigs there
The New Cross venue, originally a plush Art Decor cinema, then the Harp Club - a social club for the London Irish diaspora in South East London, it starting putting on live shows in the heyday of Punk with bands such as The Buzzcocks and ATV playing to what would have been a rather bemused audience. In its heyday of 80’s 90’s this was the Indie daddy of South London, hosting pivotal shows by bands such as Radiohead, Pulp, Suede, P J Harvey, as well as the infamous gig which Nirvana cancelled due to Kurt Cobain’s laryngitis.
Then there’s the legendary Moonshot. Essentially a Youth Club for the West Indian community, this was a space of musical innovation, cultural assertion and quite frankly solace, as the West Indian community continued to sustain racism and institutional harassment in a period depressingly scared by the New Cross Fire and the arson attack on the original Albany. The venue can count Jah Shaka, Saxon Sound System, Tippa Irie, Maxi Priest and Smiley Culture amongst its alumni.
The Albany, a fiercely independent and multicultural space which saw gigs by artist as diverse as The Raincoats, Nico and Elvis Costello, to Misty and Roots, Bo Diddley and The Last Poets.
A truly stellar cast demonstrating how diversity played such a key role in the innovation which characterizes the musical and cultural heritage of South London.
Pinted on thick Reclyed Paper. Zero Carbon Footprint
40cm x 40cm
SOUND MAP COLLECTION
Charting the story of music in both Peckham and South London, Peckham Soul continues to excavate the deep mine of Social and Cultural History which music unearths. It is London’s unique story of migration, diversity and creativity.
Second of Peckham Soul’s ‘Sound Map ' series we're focusing on the rich musical heritage of New Cross, Deptford and Greenwich.
There’s Underhill studios at Deptford Bridge where Bowie rehearsed Ziggy Stardust LP, as well as hosting sessions from Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. Kate Bush's debut New Cross gig at in the backroom of the Six string, now the Royal Albert. As space, this played in an important role in the story of Angular Records, with Klaxons, Long Blondes and Bloc Party all playing early gigs there
The New Cross venue, originally a plush Art Decor cinema, then the Harp Club - a social club for the London Irish diaspora in South East London, it starting putting on live shows in the heyday of Punk with bands such as The Buzzcocks and ATV playing to what would have been a rather bemused audience. In its heyday of 80’s 90’s this was the Indie daddy of South London, hosting pivotal shows by bands such as Radiohead, Pulp, Suede, P J Harvey, as well as the infamous gig which Nirvana cancelled due to Kurt Cobain’s laryngitis.
Then there’s the legendary Moonshot. Essentially a Youth Club for the West Indian community, this was a space of musical innovation, cultural assertion and quite frankly solace, as the West Indian community continued to sustain racism and institutional harassment in a period depressingly scared by the New Cross Fire and the arson attack on the original Albany. The venue can count Jah Shaka, Saxon Sound System, Tippa Irie, Maxi Priest and Smiley Culture amongst its alumni.
The Albany, a fiercely independent and multicultural space which saw gigs by artist as diverse as The Raincoats, Nico and Elvis Costello, to Misty and Roots, Bo Diddley and The Last Poets.
A truly stellar cast demonstrating how diversity played such a key role in the innovation which characterizes the musical and cultural heritage of South London.
Pinted on thick Reclyed Paper. Zero Carbon Footprint
40cm x 40cm
SOUND MAP COLLECTION
Charting the story of music in both Peckham and South London, Peckham Soul continues to excavate the deep mine of Social and Cultural History which music unearths. It is London’s unique story of migration, diversity and creativity.
