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How would you imagine most youth music projects get started? Meetings with committees? Protests to bigwigs? Not the British Urban Collective.

“It came from a discussion on the roof of my building in Holloway with a producer mate of mine,” explains Harry. "It was during the summer holidays and we were just having a beer on the roof, looking down at the estates and commenting on how there didn’t seem to be much in terms of skate parks and football pitches.

Imagine any open mic night you’ve ever been too. Then take the best of each event you’ve been too and imagine what it would sound like if they were all on one album…this is what it would sound like. A thoroughly enjoyable collection of original content. 4/5

British Urban Collective – The Digital EP
Released March 8th 2010 (Freeport Records / Universal Digital)
www.britishurbancollective.com

“It’s not often a well meaning community project produces generally compelling results, but Urban Collective is a noble exception” –IDJ Magazine.

British Urban Collective is a national youth-music project that turns inner city kids into rising stars of the British music industry. The project launched in 2004 as London Urban Collec... more

Sometimes when set with the task of sitting and reviewing music, you sit down and simply gasp “how the hell am I meant to do this?” This is one such occasion.

British Urban Collective is a project founded by Freeport Records that set up a collective of young musicians in five cities (Belfast, Glasgow, Hull, London and Manchester). This was followed with the building of a start-up recording studio in a community centre in each of the cities which the artists could then utilise. The r... more

British Urban Collective youth-music project strikes a chord in Manchester

British Urban Collective is a national youth-music project that turns inner city kids into rising stars of the British music industry. The project launched in 2004 as London Urban Collective and has now expanded into Manchester, Hull, Belfast and Glasgow, with funding through the Execution Charitable Trust.

The Manchester artists featured on the British Urban Collective album, to be independently relea... more

British Urban Collective is a national youth-music project that gives inner city kids the chance to make an impact in the British music industry. The project launched in 2004 as London Urban Collective and has now expanded into Hull, Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow with funding through the Execution Charitable Trust.

The British Urban Collective album features artists from these cities and will be independently released on Freeport Records / Universal Digital in 2010. The Hull artis... more

The acclaimed national youth music project British Urban Collective has been nominated
for Best Social Enterprise Serving a Community in the Upstarts Awards 2009 (www.upstarts.org/awards).

http://www.upstarts.org.uk/2009/entry/200908180008

Sharleen Spiteri (http://www.sharleenspiteri.co.uk) will vist the Glasgow Urban Collective on December 5th and be entertained to an exclusive live showcase from some of the Collective’s rising stars.

Ross Ferguson, Tonic Tuesdays and Andrew Norquay are just a few of the Urban Collective who will play live for the Texas superstar, now touring her debut solo album Melody.

Tonic Tuesdays’ front man Conner McGlave said "we’re very excited about meeting Shar... more

After eight months on the road around the UK, the British Urban Collective youth music project moves into post-production phase in preparation for the project’s national CD/DVD release in spring 2009.

The national youth music project that turns inner city kids into rising stars of the music industry auditioned over 900 people nationwide, and more than 150 aspiring young artists and producers completed the project in Hull, Manchester, Belfast, Glasgow ... more

The Cliques, Jody McKenna, Keith Hagger and Someone and The Somethings performed live infront of 5000 people last weekend at the Love Music Hate Racism gig in Queens Gardens featuring Sway and Wiley.

The sun shone, the crowds came and the HUC put on the show of their lives…

Find out more about the gig and Love Music Hate Racism on:

http://www.lovemusichateracism.com/events/2008/08/30/love-hull-love-freedom-free-love-music-hate-racism-fes... more

Music Studio Destined for the Village

Greater Village Regeneration Trust went into partnership this week with the British Urban Collective to build a state-of-the-art music recording studio in its new Richview Regeneration Centre on the Donegall Road.

British Urban Collective is a youth music project working in different areas of the United Kingdom: Manchester, Glasgow, Hull, London and Belfast to support 20-30 aspiring artists and producers in each City through funding from ... more

Tiscali music have offered British Urban Collective news profiling and a national platform for forthcoming downloads, videos and live sessions as the project unfolds. Read all about it on: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/news/buc-auditions.html

Winner of Best Portal award at the ISPA’s 2006 and 2007, Tiscali has been at the forefront of the online music experience for some time now, continually innovating its content as well as supporting live music more than any other more

British Urban Collective – Acclaimed youth music project launches nationwide for 2008/09

“Its not often that well meaning community projects produce genuinely compelling results, but Urban Collective is a noble exception” IDJ Magazine

The acclaimed Urban Collective youth music project, that turns inner city kids into rising stars of
the British music industry, has secured funding, through Execution Charitable Trust, to launch nationwide ... more