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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Border Blaster
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
Balance
Season 4, Episode 7
Balance features music videos from Brooklyn musician Helado Negro, Belgian duo Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul, L.A. artist Vex Ruffin and hip hop legend Fab 5 Freddy, Dutch/Ukrainian producer Antenna, UK musician Never, and Japanese group Networks.
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2018-05-20T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Macroscopic
Season 4, Episode 8
Macroscopic features music videos from German group Kreidler, Cincinnati violinist Sudan Archives, U.S. artist Nels Cline Singers, Japanese producer Seiho, Brooklyn duo Javelin, Portland-based musician Schaus, and Dancehall record label Duppy Gun.
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2018-05-25T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-05-27T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Intergalactic Visions
Season 5, Episode 9
Intergalactic Visions features music videos from Icelandic treasure Bjork, Canadian singer-songwriter Lou Canon, French musician Colleen, UK producer Bullion, and German/Ghanaian group OY.
Playlist
Bjork - The Gate
Lou Canon - Fever
Colleen - Winter Dawn
Bullion - Blue Pedro
OY - Made of Love
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2018-05-29T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2018-06-05T18:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Perspective
Season 4, Episode 9
Perspective features music videos from Chilean artist Alex Anwandter, L.A. band Bouquet, U.S. producer Mdsign, Japanese artists Asa-Chang and Junray, and German artist Jeff Ozdemir’s Halloumi Express.
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2018-06-01T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-06-03T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Burn, Burn, Burn
Season 4, Episode 10
"Burn, Burn, Burn" features music videos from Congolese band Mbongwana Star, L.A. producer Egyptian Lover, Peruvian band Kanaku Y El Tigre, Canadian indie rock band The Luyas, Danish electronic trio Lust for Youth, and US / Venezuelan musician Devendra Banhart.
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2018-06-08T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-06-10T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Tapestries
Season 5, Episode 10
Tapestries features music videos from Texas band Khruangbin, South African producer Jumping Back Slash, Israeli group Tigris, Mexican artists Shiro Schwarz, Catalan veterans Hidrogenesse, and UK band The Comet is Coming.
Playlist
Khruangbin - A Calf Born in Winter
Jumping Back Slash - The Sirens Call ft. Nonku Phiri
TIGRIS - Chupchic Disco
Shiro Schwarz - Together
Hidrogenesse - Aquí y Ahora
The Comet Is Coming - Space Carnival
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2018-06-12T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Dreams
Season 4, Episode 11
Dreams features music videos from U.S. pop artist Japanese Breakfast, French group Bleu Toucan, L.A. producer Frankie Reyes, U.S. musician Kevin Morby, N.Y. psychedelic cumbia band C.A.M.P.O.S., Russian artist Phillipp Gorbachev, and Spanish shoegaze band Linda Guilala.
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2018-06-15T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-06-17T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Sounds of Earth
Season 5, Episode 11
Sounds of Earth features music videos Kinshasa’s KOKOKO, Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimiento, L.A. band La Chamba, Portuguese producer Populous, Australian musician A.r.t. Wilson, and New Zealand singer Julien Dyne.
Playlist
KOKOKO! - Tokoliana
Lido Pimienta - La Capacidad
La Chamba - Marea de Lumbre
Populous - Azul Oro ft. Ela Minus
A.r.t. Wilson - Janine's Theme (Earth)
Julien Dyne - Hours feat. LADI6
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2018-06-19T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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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