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 of music videos from groundbreaking musicians from around the world. Exploring a variety of genres ranging from experimental electronica, Afrobeat, cosmic jazz and funk to indie, ambient hip-hop and more, "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
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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Border Blaster
The original world music video series "Border Blaster" premieres a new season this September.
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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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Upcoming Airdates
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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2018-08-21T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
Reframing
Season 5, Episode 8
Reframing features music videos from Australian group Liars, French band Aquaserge, New Zealand-by-way-of-Thailand artist Phum Viphurit, Tunisian group Ifriqiyya Electrique, L.A. musician Waju, English poet Kate Tempest, and Japanese polymath Cornelius.
Playlist
Liars - Cred Woes
Aquaserge - Tour du Monde
Phum Viphurit - Long Gone
Ifriqiyya Electrique - Stombali
Waju - If U Wanna ft. Phantom Thrett
Kate Tempest - Tunnel Vision
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2018-08-24T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-26T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-08-28T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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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2018-08-31T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-09-02T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-09-04T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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 - Chupchik Disco
Shiro Schwarz - Together
Hidrogenesse - Aquí y Ahora
The Comet Is Coming - Space Carnival
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2018-09-07T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-09-09T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
No Regreso
Season 6, Episode 1
Music includes NYC's Combo Chimbita, Portugal's Pongo, Guatemala's Rebecca Lane and Lebanon's Yasmine Hamdan.
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2018-09-11T17:00:00-07:00KCET-HD
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2018-09-14T20:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-09-15T14:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
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2018-09-16T21:00:00-07:00KCETLINK
Wild Communion
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2018-09-18T17:00:00-07:00KCET-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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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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