The Pollination Project
Summer 2007. The Basement's in temporary premises - six rooms crammed into one -waiting to hear about its new space in the city centre.... This is frustrating as we can't run our 'open access' sessions - where young people from all over the city just turn up and do all kinds of music.

BUT having a crammed space has given us new chances to work closely with a small group of young people - out of this has come a range of staggeringly good young people-led projects... Pollination is one of these projects. 19-year-old music producer and DJ Jagos has been part of the Basement for a couple of years. A young man of vision, imagination and with contacts with young music artists across the city, he applied for a grant from the Youth Opportunity Fund to put together a CD featuring up-and-coming young urban artists. It was a steep learning curve, covering everything from costing out production to commissioning graphic designers, booking launch venues and running press campaigns.

The Basement supported him on this journey - from managing money to proofreading press releases, picking up T shirts and mastering tracks. It's been a pleasure for the Basement and demonstrates what we're all about  - supporting young people to be everything they can be. Big thanks to Jagos - man of the future. Pollination: Homegrown CD is out there now...

Listen to clips of POLLINATION: HOMEGROWN on the jukebox or the individual mp3s below

Mp3s

good times -Loci

just us two - Misha & Alicia

soul -Shadz & Naomi

you were my wifey - R'n'G AKA GI

rhyme & noodles - Rouge

yippie ki ya - Middleman

my way - Dinnall

stage fright - Shadz & Guido

music is my feedom - Ayisha

elephant march - Pike

i dont want you - Aarya

all i want - Arsonist

if it makes any difference - Nicole Jacks

dub chemist - Antman

lullaby - JB Love