Border Blaster World Music | KCET
"Border Blaster" is an original world music video series curated by renowned internet radio station Dublab. The 30-minute episodes are comprised solely of music videos from groundbreaking musicians from around the world. From Malian roots music to Norwegian electronica, from Mongolian hip-hop to Filipino indie rock, "Border Blaster" traces the transnational flows of music culture across every continent. Hosted by Dublab DJ Liz Warner, "Border Blaster" promises to expose viewers to the cross-fertilization of musical styles and genres defining contemporary music.
Co-produced by KCETLink Media Group and dublab, a non-profit, online radio station dedicated to the growth of music, arts and culture. Broadcasting from Los Angeles since 1999, dublab's mission is to share freeform radio transmissions with an international audience.
Full Episodes
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Border Blaster
Border Blaster
S5 E1: Tableau
Season 5, Episode 1
Cibo Matto, Los Blenders, MADEIRA, Clap! Clap!, Tagore, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa.
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Border Blaster
Border Blaster
S5 E2: Something's Up
Season 5, Episode 2
Perera Elsewhere, Alex Anwandter, Inna de Yard, Ceci Bastida, A-WA, Ennanga Vision and Umoja.
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Border Blaster
Border Blaster
S5 E3: Visions
Season 5, Episode 3
The Parrots, Daymé Arocena, Nite Jewel, Raiza Biza, Sanfuentes and Chihei Hatakeyama.
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Border Blaster
Border Blaster
S5 E4: Synesthetics
Season 5, Episode 4
Mitsume, Lali Puna, Magic Island, el tipo este, Konono No. 1, Juana Molina and Visible Cloaks
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Border Blaster
Border Blaster
S5 E5: Until Later
Season 5, Episode 5
Songhoy Blues, Nadia Reid, Meridian Brothers, Yasmine Hamda, DJ Lag and Radian
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Latest Videos
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Shot in the streets of Los Angeles at twilight, the video for "De Plata" utilizes the distinctive fading sidewalks and hazy neon of the American city.
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An odyssey through the heart and soul of one young man whose past is fraught and whose future is hopeful and perhaps haunted.
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Brazilian group francisco, el hombre haunt a house in Cuba.
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Dutch producer Bokoesam goofs over smooth R&B in "BBB."
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Upcoming Airdates
Night Moves
Season 4, Episode 12
Night Moves features music videos from Bulgarian rapper DENA, L.A. producer Valentino Khan, U.S. artists Kneebody and Daedelus, British band Vanishing Twin, Saharan group Tinariwen, German producer Roosevelt, Nigerian one-man band Eli Fola, and German producer Thore Pfeiffer.
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2018-06-24T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Illuminate
Season 4, Episode 13
Illuminate features music videos from British-Sudanese artist Sinkane, Japanese artist Shugo Tokumaru, Brazilian psychedelic rock band Boogarins, U.S. latin band Buyepongo, Noregian singer Farao, Seattle hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces, Mexican-French duo Adan and Xavi, and Dutch band Shaking Godspeed.
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2018-06-29T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-01T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
City Streets
Season 5, Episode 13
City Streets features music videos from French producer/director duo The Blaze, NY singer Yaeji, South African artist Petite Noir, Japanese polymath Cornelius, US musician Frank Maston, and Spanish singer Rosalía.
Playlist
The Blaze - Territory
Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin On
Petite Noir - Best
Cornelius - In a Dream
Maston - "Tulips" pt. 1: Swans
Rosalía - De Plata
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2018-07-03T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Tableau
Season 5, Episode 1
"Tableau" features music videos from Japanese-born duo Cibo Matto, Mexico City punks Los Blenders, New Zealand artist MADEIRA, Italian producer Clap! Clap!, Brazilian psych band Tagore, Sierra Leonian band Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, and American guitarist Dustin Wong and Japanese musician Takako Minekawa.
Playlist
Cibo Matto - Deja Vu
Los Blenders - Amor Prohibido II
MADEIRA - Come on Thru
Clap! Clap! - Hope Feat. OY
Tagore - Mudo
Jana Nabay & the Bubu Gang - Sabonah
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2018-07-06T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-08T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-10T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Something's Up
Season 5, Episode 2
"Something's Up" features music videos from Berlin-based artist Perera Elsewhere, Chilean singer Alex Anwandter, Jamaican project Inna de Yard, Tijuana-born singer-songwriter Ceci Bastida, Israeli trio A-WA, Ugandan group Ennanga Vision, and South African artist Umoja.
Playlist
Perera Elsewhere - Something's Up
Alex Anwandter - Cordillera
Inna de Yard - Let the Water Run Dry Feat. Ken Boothe
Ceci Bastida - Un Sueño Feat. Aloe Blacc
A-WA - Habib Galbi
Ennanga Vision - Otim's War
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2018-07-13T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-15T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-17T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Visions
Season 5, Episode 3
"Visions" features music videos from Spanish garage rockers The Parrots, Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena, L.A. singer Nite Jewel, New Zealand-based rapper Raiza Biza, Chilean techno artist Sanfuentes, and Japanese artist Chihei Hatakeyama.
Playlist
Daymé Arocena - Eleggua
NIte Jewel - Kiss the Screen
Oumou Sangaré - Yere Faga
Sanfuentes - Visiones
The Parrots - No Me Gustas Te Quiero
Chihei Hatakeyama - Starlight and the Black Echo
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2018-07-20T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Articles
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Border Blaster
"Border Blaster" is now in its fifth season, and we've featured videos from all over the world. Here are five highlights from Mexico, one of our most commonly-featured countries.
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Border Blaster
Listen to Los Angeles-based Buyepongo's special Border Blaster mix, spanning ome of the farthest reaching tendrils of the buyangú sound, from Indonesian gamelan to breathless Honduran punta.
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Border Blaster
For Denitza Todorova, aka DENA, filming at the Turkish Market in Neukölln helped communicate a theme central to her work: the idea of “home" in a fluctuating world, and how access to culture and prestige fluctuates with it.
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Border Blaster
“Psychopomp" directly confronts loss from different points in the grieving process, at the same time meditating on other crises — for instance, the nature of broken relationships, or the lasting psychic damage of one’s hometown.
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Border Blaster
All the songs feel, in one way or another, enamored with life and its possibilities, nodding sometimes toward life’s more somber aspects without becoming somber themselves.
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Border Blaster
Anwandter's two major works released in 2016 are both dedicated to drawing out the intersection with the personal and political, particularly with regard to violence against the LGBT community.
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