"Border Blaster" is a new original world music video series. 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. The show is made possible by collaboration with over 200 independent record labels and musicians worldwide. The videos will be available online, which will also allow users to curate and share their own original playlists of their favorite videos.

 

Vote for your favorite music videos, and each month an episode will be dedicated to user-generated selections based on the popular vote.

Latest Videos

Upcoming Airdates

Voyager

Spanish indie group Band À Part, Chinese rockers Hedgehog, Mexican indie musicians Piyama Party and Señor Amable, Norwegian metal band Motorpsycho, Cambodian-US band Dengue Fever, and Portuguese guitarists Les Enfants Terribles.

  • 2016-09-23T20:00:00-07:00
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People's Choice #4

This week's episode features the most popular "Border Blaster" videos, as voted by our online audience: Chilean pop singer Alex Anwandter, South Korean indie rockers Thornapple, Swedish electronic composers Roll the Dice, German composer Hauschka Minimalist, and composers Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm.

  • 2016-09-30T20:00:00-07:00
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Violeta

Egyptian and Lebanese duo Maii and Zeid, Chinese rockers Hedgehog, Australian synth band Total Giovanni, Argentinian new cumbia artist La Yegros, South African rapper Okmalumkoolkat, and Turkish ambient artist Islandman.

On The One

Finnish and Swedish band Pepe Deluxe, Tropical psych band Chicano Batman, Italian funk group Fitness Forever, Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor, and Puerto Rican Afrofunk group Bando.


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Border Blaster is a new KCET original world music video series. 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. The show is made possible by collaboration with over 200 independent record labels and musicians worldwide.