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Still from Pongo's "Tamulya": A woman with a beret, leather jacket, sunglasses and a PA microphone, with men in suits on either side and others in the background

"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 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.

Low Leaf on Studio A

Low Leaf on Studio A

Suggested Show

Artbound Presents Studio A

Full Episodes

Music video still: Rosalía screams or sings with lines drawn around her

Music video still: Rosalía screams or sings with lines drawn around her

Border Blaster

Parties and Parables

L'Impératrice L'Impératrice, Okonkolo, Sevdaliza, Cuco, Tirzah and Rosalía.

Still from Evisbeats video in which a drawn man stretches among other drawn and cut-out figures

Still from Evisbeats video in which a drawn man stretches among other drawn and cut-out figures

Border Blaster

Spectacles

Jupiter & Okwess, Jojo Aboy, Cola Boyy, Tulipa Ruiz, Elvisbeats, Hiba Elgizouli, Hanne Hukkelberg and Christine and the Queens.

Hector Gachan music video still: a VHS tape on a fuschia background. Tape reads "Untitled 91," which is the name of the song.

Hector Gachan music video still: a VHS tape on a fuschia background. Tape reads "Untitled 91," which is the name of the song.

Border Blaster

Inner Anthems

Hurray for the Riff Raff, Dona Onete, Tshegue, Hector Gachan, Young Fathers and Kid Fresino.

Still from Forever Love: A woman stands next to a fire in front of a lake.

Still from Forever Love: A woman stands next to a fire in front of a lake.

Border Blaster

Catharsis

Tobe Nwigwe, Ana Tijoux, Khruangbin, Sibusile Xaba, Kristin Anna, Young Juvenile Youth and Bairoa.

Still from Nadah El Shazly's "Mahmiya"

Still from Nadah El Shazly's "Mahmiya"

Border Blaster

Misfits

Alluri, Boogarins, The fin, Destroyer, Fatima, Ammar 808 and Nadah El-Shazly.

Still from Jirapah's "Crowns"

Still from Jirapah's "Crowns"

Border Blaster

Parade

Vaudou Game, Rozzm, Corina Lawrence, 3rdCultureKid, Jirapah and Sudan Archives.

Still from Bells Atlas' "Be Brave" with two people with masks at a coast

Still from Bells Atlas' "Be Brave" with two people with masks at a coast

Border Blaster

Kaleidoscope

9m88, Balkan Beat Box featuring A-WA, Bells Atlas, Caloncho, El Buho and Tashi Wada with Yoshi Wada and Friends.

Still From Border Blaster 505, "Until Later:" A young woman stands in front of a mirror in a bedroom.

Still From Border Blaster 505, "Until Later:" A young woman stands in front of a mirror in a bedroom.

Border Blaster

Until Later

Songhoy Blues, Nadia Reid, Meridian Brothers, Yasmine Hamda, DJ Lag and Radian

Border Blaster: Illuminate

Border Blaster: Illuminate

Border Blaster

Illuminate

Sinkane, Shugo Tokumaru, Boogarins, Buyepongo, Farao, Shabazz Palaces, Adan and Xavi, and Shaking Godspeed.

Night Moves

Night Moves

Border Blaster

Night Moves

Music videos from DENA,Valentino Khan, Kneebody and Daedelus, Vanishing Twin, Tinariwen, Roosevelt, Eli Fola, and Thore Pfeiffer.