Experimental electronics, traditional Macedonian vocal polyphony, psychedelic cumbia, glitched out hip hop, jazz-infused Afropop and much more.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The OneBeat Mixtape Vol 2 showcases the incredible diversity of OneBeat 2013 artists from across the globe.
Our inaugural OneBeat Mixtape, showcasing a range of artists on the rise and eclectic sounds from across the globe.