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
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
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
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
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
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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2018-07-22T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-24T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Synesthetics
Season 5, Episode 4
"Synesthetics" features music videos from Japanese indie band Mitsume, German group Lali Puna, French artist Magic Island, Cuban rapper el tipo este, Congolese group Konono No. 1, Argentine singer Juana Molina, and US artist Visible Cloaks.
Playlist
Mitsume - Akogare
Lali Puna - The Bucket
Magic Island - Like Water
El Tipo Este - Regla
Konono N°1 - Yambadi Mama
Juana Molina - In the Lassa
Visible Cloaks - Neume
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2018-07-27T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-29T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-07-31T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Until Later
Season 5, Episode 5
"Until Later" features music videos from Mali’s Songhoy Blues, New Zealand artist Nadia Reid, Colombia's Meridian Brothers, Lebanese artist Yasmine Hamda, South Africa's DJ Lag, and Austrian group Radian.
Playlist
Songhoy Blues - Bamako
Nadia Reid - Richard
Meridian Brothers - ¿Dónde Estás María?
Yasmine Hamdan - La Ba'den
DJ Lag - Ice Drop
Radian - Scary Objects
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2018-08-03T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-05T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-07T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Rhythmic Rituals
Season 5, Episode 6
Rhythmic Rituals features music videos from L.A. violinist and vocalist Sudan Archives, Puerto Rico-based artist ÌFÉ, Mexico City sextet La ReDaDa, Swedish band Junip, visionary Brazilian musician Arto Lindsay and U.S.-based soul man Doug Hream Blunt.
Playlist
Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way
ÌFÉ - House of Love (Ogbe Yekun)
La ReDaDa - Abrete Sesamo
Junip - Always
Arto Lindsay - Seu Pai
Doug Hream Blunt - Gentle Persuasion
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2018-08-10T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-12T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-14T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Open Scope
Season 5, Episode 7
Open Scope features music videos from Norwegian/Brazilian singer Charlotte Dos Santos, Australian outsider artist Kirin J Callinan, Peruvian pop singer ANIA, L.A.-based musician Ariel Pink, Russian artist Anton Kubikov, and Japanese producer Sugai Ken.
Playlist
Charlotte Dos Santos - Watching You
Kirin J Callinan - S.A.D.
ANIA - Danza Animal
Ariel Pink - Another Weekend
Anton Kubikov - North
Sugai Ken - Wochikaeri to Uzume
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2018-08-17T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-19T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Articles
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"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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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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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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“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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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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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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