If you do anything in the next couple of days you should pop into Peckham Space and see their current exhibition The South London Black Music Archive before it finishes this weekend.

South-Londoner Barby Asante’s show aims to celebrate south London black music history whilst simultaneously preserving our thoughts and experiences of the area. The exhibition features objects and memorabilia such as old tape players, vinyls, radios, magazines and concert tickets, some of which Asante has put together and some which have been donated by the public for the duration of the exhibition. After navigating busy Peckham High Street, stepping into Peckham Space is an edifying experience and the exhibition just smacks of south London. With smart design from collective Åbäke there is something for everyone here, but what specifically caught my eye was a map of South London music venues adorned with people’s memories of the places. Memories of thinking ‘I’m cool’ at my first gig at the Amersham Arms came flooding back. If I’d wanted I could have texted them to a live printer and they would have been printed out and added to the map… but I don’t think I want that memory geographically locatable on the map; I still haven’t quite gotten over that night…

One of the founding objects of the South London Black Music Archive is a limited edition vinyl which was especially produced by Asante where young people from Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) mentoring programme were asked to suggest ‘inheritance tracks’; essentially songs which inspire them. I caught up with Asante and managed to ask her about the exhibition and what her ‘inheritance track’ would be.