Mixtapes

Experimental electronics, traditional Macedonian vocal polyphony, psychedelic cumbia, glitched out hip hop, jazz-infused Afropop and much more.

OneBeat Ghana Mixtape

OneBeat Ghana Mixtape

OneBeat Ghana brought together 11 young leading musician entrepreneurs from Ghana, Nigeria, and the United States to build strategies for stronger local artist communities and creative economies in the region. Led in collaboration with Black Girls Glow Founder Poetra Asantewa, the OneBeat Ghana Mixtape compiles 9 of these genre-bending tracks crafted during the residency, from hip hop to hiplife, afropop, techno, folk and beyond.

OneBeat Borneo Mixtape

OneBeat Borneo Mixtape

OneBeat Borneo brought together 12 adventurous artists from Indonesia, Malaysia and the U.S. for a creative residency in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. Produced by engineer Chris Botta, The OneBeat Borneo Mixtape features live performances and in-studio creations recorded during the 14-day retreat fusing elements of Balinese Gamelan, Aceh hip hop, Chinese traditional music, Papuan vocals, experimental electronics and much more.

OneBeat Mixtape #12: Buried Knowledge

OneBeat Mixtape #12: Buried Knowledge

OneBeat 12–Buried Knowledge examined the connections between place and memory and invited fellows to use music as a tool to unearth, revive and celebrate hidden or suppressed histories, traditions, and cultures. Fellows worked with Indian producer and bassist Krishna Jhaveri, along with renowned musicians, and cultural leaders including Xenia Rubinos and Carlton Turner.

OneBeat Mixtape #11: Buried Knowledge

OneBeat Mixtape #11: Buried Knowledge

OneBeat 11–Buried Knowledge examined the connections between place and memory and invited fellows to use music as a tool to unearth, revive and celebrate hidden or suppressed histories, traditions, and cultures. Fellows worked with renowned musicians, and cultural leaders including Lonnie Holley, Carlton Turner, and Matthew Evan Taylor.

OneBeat Virtual #4 Mixtape

OneBeat Virtual #4 Mixtape

Our 4th Edition of the OneBeat Virtual Residency invited 25 artists from around the world to explore the relationship between assembling and assembly. How do we meaningfully unite people in both virtual and physical spaces? What are the challenges and opportunities inherent in each? How can we embrace the ancient, in-person assembly while utilizing new ways of connecting through virtual means?

Best of OneBeat 2012 – 2022

Best of OneBeat 2012 – 2022

In celebration of a decade of the global music diplomacy initiative OneBeat, the “Best Of OneBeat 2012 – 2022 Mixtape” features tracks from 18 OneBeat programs. Since 2012, OneBeat has catalyzed personal transformations and revealed universal experiences through collaborative musical works.

OneBeat Virtual #3 Mixtape

OneBeat Virtual #3 Mixtape

OneBeat Virtual #3 embraced a stream of questions based on online participation, trust, virtual communication, and shared values to explore the boundaries of what an online community of artists can be. The gap of glitches, the unheard muted echoes, and the feedback loops locked up in lines of 1’s and 0’s inspired us to reimagine virtual soundscapes, social interaction and the mystical language of machines.

OneBeat 9 Mixtape

OneBeat 9 Mixtape

Nestled in the quietude of the beautiful grounds and buildings of this artist residency, Fellows were free to explore 2019’s theme – Sonic Imaginaries. The pioneering musician and researcher Pauline Oliveros describes our preference for visual articulations of our imagination as the priority of the visual over aural, which rules much of contemporary culture.

OneBeat Sahara Mixtape

OneBeat Sahara Mixtape

Blending hip hop, gnawa, Maghreb electronica, soul, desert rock and more over eight tracks, the OneBeat Sahara Mixtape was written and recorded during the three week North African residency and tour program this past spring based Taghit and Algiers.

OneBeat Virtual #2 Mixtape

OneBeat Virtual #2 Mixtape

In the second edition of Scores for Uncertain Times, 35 musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds and musical traditions came together to take score of their experiences over the initial year of the pandemic. Through meeting, working and collaborating online, they created new modes of healing, collective care and community in unusual times.

OneBeat Virtual #1 Mixtape

OneBeat Virtual #1 Mixtape

In an unprecedented moment for all, OneBeat Virtual #1: Scores for Uncertain Times proposes music as a curative practice, as an improvised path of intentional care. Can we use our unique practices to examine listening as a practice of care? What could we leave behind in a post-pandemic world? What has this moment of global “pause” given us that we could take into the future? Can we reimagine the reciprocity of touch through the making, traveling, and receiving of sound?

OneBeat Lebanon Mixtape

OneBeat Lebanon Mixtape

Last summer, we brought together 12 musicians from Lebanon, Syrian, Palestine and the U.S. as part of OneBeat Lebanon, our 5th international Abroad program. It was our first in-person program after a year and a half of pandemic semi-isolation, and came amidst Lebanon’s economic crisis and lingering anniversary of Beirut’s tragic port explosion.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 8

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 8

The OneBeat Mixtape Vol 8 is centered around the idea of Human Ecologies – using a musical lens to examine the ways groups of humans can interact in the spirit of collaboration and compassion. The OneBeat ecosystem is perhaps one-of-a-kind on the planet, made up of an incredibly diverse collection of individuals with radically different musical approaches, and yet a common spirit of unity and admiration binds this sonic collection of original works from our 2019 program.

Golden Record B Sides

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    Tsanta Randriamihajasoa - Marovany ft. Shahzad Ismaily
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    Tsanta Randriamihajasoa - Sorabe ft. Pavithra Chari
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    Zsolt Bartek - Nostalgic Time ft. Andrés Rigau
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    The Acoustics - Longa Nivahend ft. Samah Boulmona, Oliver Nastovski
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    Tsanta Randriamihajasoa & Akinyemi - Manyakory
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    Dumama, Akinyemi, & Dylan Greene - Tumble Down
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    Luciane Dom & Elena Moon Park - Deixe-me Livre ft. Margaryta Kulichov, Grammy Luss & Akinyemi
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    José Gavilondo & Pavithra Chari - Pepe 5
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    Pavithra Chari - What is This Rain ft. Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
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    Dumama, Akinyemi & Dylan Greene - Ndivuma Kamnandi ft. Tsanta Randriamihajasoa
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    Bruna Lucceshi & Akinyemi - 5 Minutes
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    Ali Santana & Dumama - The Edge ft. Boombayé
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    Dumama & Grammy Luss - 9 Times Out of 10 ft. Zsolt Bartek
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    Younes Kati - AfroGnawa
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    Nappy Nina - High Socks ft. Umlilo
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    Akinyemi & Dumama - Adi Raps ft. MALFNKTION
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    Grammy Luss, Umlilo, & Tsanta Randriamihajasoa - LLLB ft. Nina Fernando
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    MALFNKTION & Lucianne Dom - 4 AM
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    Private video
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    Akinyemi & Kike Milmarias - Whose To Say
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    Esther Afum & MALFNKTION - Esther's Interview
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    Kike Milmarias & Margaryta Kulichova - Long Way Home
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    Nursalim Yadi Anugerah & Bruna Lucchesi - Aguenta Aí
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    Jigjiddorj Nanzaddorj & Nursalim Yadi Anugerah - Somewhere in Tibet
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    Nina Fernando - The Sea ft. Bruna Lucchesi & Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
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    Jigjiddorj Nanzaddorj - Jigge's Dream ft Bruna Lucchesi,Oliver Nastovski,Becky Hill,Gideon Crevoshay
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    Akinyemi & Pavithra Chari - Outer Space ft. Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
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    Nursalim Yadi Anugerah & UMLILO - Duo Drone ft. Bruna Lucchesi, Tsanta Randriamihajasoa, Jigjiddorj
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    Reading Books ft. Shodekeh Talifero
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    Toy Jam ft. José Gavilondo, Yen Lin Goh, Bruna Lucchesi, Nursalim Yadi Anugerah, Dylan Greene, and

Golden Record B Sides

The OneBeat 2018 mixtape, divided into six chapters, takes inspiration from Carl Sagan’s famous 1971 Golden Record, sent into outer space aboard two Voyager spacecrafts, setting a human record for the farthest flung human LPs. The first chapter, the green-blue Earth, focuses on acoustic and organic sounds created by the 2018 OneBeat Fellows, hailing from 17 different human countries.

OneBeat Colombia Mixtape

OneBeat Colombia Mixtape

The OneBeat Colombia 2019 mixtape presents the sonic results of this historic gathering of socially engaged musicians from Colombia, Venezuela, and the U.S. The first-ever OneBeat program on the South American continent, OneBeat Colombia took place in El Valle de Cauca, Bogotá, and Boyacá regions of Colombia in May-June of 2019.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 7

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 7

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 7 features musicians hailing from 5 continents recorded in the breathtaking landscape of Central Oregon’s burnt forests and volcanic lakes at Caldera Arts Center during our 2017 program. The results span Eastern Bloc electronica, the deep meditative grooves of the North African Guembri, infectious African raga, and the silky melodies of Sao Paolo’s underground scene.

OneBeat Balkans Mixtape

OneBeat Balkans Mixtape

The OneBeat Balkans Mixtape brings together musicians from Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia and the United States with sonic syncretism that blends such seemingly disparate streams as Roma Brass tunes, hip hop, modern jazz, experimental electronics, and traditional Macedonian vocal polyphony.

OneBeat Russia Mixtape

OneBeat Russia Mixtape

Recorded at various locations in Moscow, including PowerHouse Moscow and Ground Khodynka, the OneBeat Russia mixtape captures original  compositions created and arranged by our incredible OneBeat Russia Fellows, Alumni and staff.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 5

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    Marina Sobyanina - Zora (Taal Piece) ft. Mukta Raste
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    Ama Diaka & Benjamin Jephta - Ellen Pakkies ft. Jennifer Ellis
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    Kirby Chipembere - Zvinorema ft. Luisa Puterman & Felipe Jose
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    Amel Zen - Queen of the Desert ft. Iskander Dridi, Felipe Jose, & Amy Garapic
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    Grace Love - Gemini ft. Felipe Jose & Ezgi Elkirmis
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    Diego Bahamon & Martin Masakowski - Entreverao
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    Rosie Tucker - City You Dreamed
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    Pavel Lukoyanov & Jennifer Ellis - La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (Debussy)
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    Tritha Sinha - L'Amour ft. Amy Garapic
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    Iskander Dridi & Pavel Lukoyan - Tahel el Yasmina
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    Rosie Tucker & Ama Diaka - Bodies ft. Benjamin Jephta
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    Diego Bahamon & Mukta Raste - Moebiüs
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    Grace Love & Denis Kudryavcev - Friendship Ring (live)
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    Private video
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    Private video

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 5

A swirl of brooding yet vivid beats, lamentations, and ruminations, OneBeat presents our fifth Mixtape from 2016, sprinkled with the joyful sounds of duets by surprising instrumental pairings – tabla and Colombian tiple, Tunisian ney and the Russian gusli.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 4

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    Kate Shilonosova - Bells Burp
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    ETYEN - Sawa
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    Jay Afrisando - Gendhing Trans-Border ft Ng Chor Guan
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    ETYEN - Wait for Me
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    Fabian Sanchez - El Cumbanchero
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    Denis Peniugin - Balalaika
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    6zm & Ami Kim - Dragons in Gardens
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    Saideh Eftekhari - Ay Yar ft. Elena Moon Park & Tsai Hui Ya
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    Samer Chami & Saideh Eftekhari - If We Could Only See
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    Vieux Cissokho - Dieuffe ft. Pat Swoboda & Anna Gelyuk
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    Bajram Kafu Kinolli - As a 'Roma' Means Human
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    Abdallah Abozekry - Nour (Light)
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    Dragana Tomić - Yellow House ft. Ng Chor Guan, Jay Afrisando, IBK Spaceshipboi & Abdallah Abozekry
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    Fabian Sanchez - El Mochelo
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    TIGA trio - Islandwood ft. Jay Afrisando, Ng Chor Guan, and Daniel de Mendoza

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 4

With 16 recordings drawn from late-night hotel room sessions and makeshift mobile studios throughout Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, the OneBeat Mixtape Vol 4 from 2015 captures an energy and immediacy that can only come from artists laying down tracks together for the first time.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 3

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    Anna Roberts Gevalt & Peni Candra Rini - Butterfly Song ft. Sara Lucas
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    MITYA & Hope Masike - Kudini 2000 ft. Blessing Chimanga & Haydée López Peña
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    Askat Jetigen Uulu & Shereen Abdo - Barnes House
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    Askat Jetigen Uulu & Shereen Abdo - Barnes House
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    Sandunes, Sara Lucas, & Dahlak Brathwaite - Roses ft. Alex Asher
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    Abdellah Hassak, & Fidel Kilic - Xalid Axa ft. Askat Jetigen Uulu
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    Mafer Bandola, Sara Lucas & Daniela Serna - Confesión
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    Sandunes & Half Waif - Todos Los Dias
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    Kyla Rose Smith & Bongeziwe Mabandla - The Bees
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    Anna Roberts Gevalt, Neil Chua & Mafer Bandola - Drunken Madness
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    Peni Candra Rini - Song or Sri Joko ft. Kyla-Rose Smith & Sandunes
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    Anton Maskeliade - Shirunov ft. Barry Likumahuwa
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    Sandunes & Kyla Rose Smith - Day Of The Dead

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 3

Our OneBeat Mixtape Vol 3 showcases a range of artists on the rise and eclectic sounds from around the world, featuring musicians from our 2014 program.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 2

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    Kemba - Love ft. Malabika Brahma, Ahmed Rock, & Jiha Park
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    Young Yom - Apsara ft. Ruth Danon
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    Blinky Bill & MITYA - Raindrop ft. Malabika Brahma
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    Ruth Danon - Habayit Sheli ft. Elena Moon Park, Jeremy Thal, & Yang Fan
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    Manuel Rangel - Merengue ft. Jiha Park & Greg Chudzik
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    Darbuka Siva - Counting Song ft. Blinky Bill, Aurora Nealand, & Biodun Kuti
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    Half Waif - Bad Form ft. Elyse Tabet
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    Charleston Street Studio - Piazolla
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    Yang Fan - Y.E.R
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    Anton Maskeliade - Tap Dance
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    Lucie Páchová - Vojak ft. Mpumi Mcata & Greg Chudzik
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    Young Yorn & Toussa - Dugu ft. Ruth Danon & Yang Fan

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 2

The OneBeat Mixtape Vol 2 showcases the incredible diversity of OneBeat 2013 artists from across the globe.

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 1

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    Amar ElSaffar - Maqam Rashdi: Talaa Min Beet Abuha ft. Chance McCoy, Aditi Bhagwat & Kyungso Park
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    Chance McCoy & Sidse Holte - Dreamer
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    Alesh, PPS, Wael Jegham & Johnbern Thomas - Gumbri
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    Kato Change, Kayode Kuti & Parfum Zola - Iba
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    Song Hee Kwon & Piotr Kurek - In These Hills ft. Aditi Bhagawat
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    Vera Jonas - This Time ft. Edward Ramirez & Sidse Holte
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    Wael Jegham & Aquil Charlton - Gone Gone
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    PPS & Alesh - Hey!
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    Chance McCoy, Adita Bhagwat - My Hometown Spring ft. Amir ElSaffar & Kyungso Park
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    Ceasar K - A Town With No Sound ft. Nina Ogot & John K Lawson
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    Piotr Kurek, Youmna Saba & Sri Joko Raharjo - Pillar of Cloud
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    Sidse Holte & Chance McCoy - Grandfather Mountain
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    Anton Sergeey & Usman Riaz - Slow Descent
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    Eva Salina Primack - Jano, Janke
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    Anton Maskeliade - Come On ft. Chance McCoy & Domenica Fossati
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    Wei Wei & Piotr Kurek - Alone When It Happened
  • 17
    Jessica Srin & Devin Greenwood - Reimagination
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    Sayak Barua - Big Bang
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    Nina Ogot - Silly Bird ft. Chance McCoy and Edward Ramirez
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    Muthoni Drummer Queen - Dollar And A Dream ft. Ricardo Nigaglioni, PPS, and Kato Change
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    Sidse Holte - Life ft. Nina Ogot & Anton Sergeev

OneBeat Mixtape Vol 1

Our inaugural OneBeat Mixtape, showcasing a range of artists on the rise and eclectic sounds from across the globe.