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With the goal of inspiring youth to create urban music and to develop an international career, free workshops and shows will take place on 3 occasions in central Stockholm. The project goes under the name My Urban Music Day and is a warm-up before the EU-Music Days.
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 BorderBlaster Talent Search is the latest initiative to develop the local music scene in Africa. The response for the first competition started out good. In the first round, 108 artists registered to take the chance to win the production of an album, including promotion and international distribution.
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BorderBlaster International has been asked to be a partner for the European project Diversidad.
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Make it Blast! is the first step in a movement to promote cultural exchange and create a platform for European urban music.
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BorderBlaster Newsflash
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China Moses on Alpha Omega |
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 November 19, 2009 American R&B / jazz singer China Moses leaves Paris to join Wayne Beckford in the studio and record a song for the upcoming album Alpha Omega.
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Workshop on Immaterial Rights |
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 November 7, 2009 BorderBlaster artists are invited as workshop leaders for the educational workshop on "Music, Collaborations & Immaterial Rights" in Stockholm, Sweden. The event is organized by EUMCA, Swedish Music Information Centre and the Swedish Music school Fryshuset. More information on >>>
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November 1, 2009 Wayne Beckford goes in to the studio to record his upcoming album Alpha Omega. |
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October 30, 2009 Junior Natural live performance in Berlin. |
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October 29, 2009 Interesting meetings with different actors attending WOMEX in Copenhagen. |
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Wayne Beckford live in Paris |
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September 19, 2009 Wayne Beckford performs live at Palais Maillot in Central Paris. Over 1 200 persons attend and the place is full. |
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August 6-8, 2009 Junior Natural will perform on the largest reggae festival in northern Europe. URF is the festival where Junior Natural performed live for the first time in his life when he was 10 years old. Get your tickets and join!
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Crossfire number 4 in France |
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 July 30, 2009 The compilation M6 Hits 2009 featuring the hit song "Lady" with Swedish group Crossfire goes straight in as number 4 on the sales-list in France.
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June 7, 2009 The pre-release of 5,000 copies of the song Dynamite by Wayne Beckford is sold out in only 5 days through French major company for digital downloads Vivendi.
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Junior Natural and Alborosie |
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 7 June, 2009 Junior Natural opens up for one of the most respected reggae artists Alborosie for the pre-event of upcoming Uppsala Reggae Festival.
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 29 May 2009,The French release party for Wayne Beckford and the new single Dynamite is a true explosion. Palais de Congres in central Paris is packed with people and the place that takes 1500 persons is full to the max. French media from TV, press, radio and internet is there - Le Monde, MTV, Trace TV, RFI, Libération, Inrockuptibles, Rock & Folk and more.
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Nestlé selects Wayne Beckford |
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 27 May Nestlé selects Wayne Beckford to produce and direct the single with the winner of the Nestlé Africa contest. The song will be used for the Nestlé-commercial all over Africa. |
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Speaker on conference by French Institute |
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15 May BorderBlaster speaks at the music conference organized by the French Institute and the French Embassy in Stockholm. Interesting discussions about rock, music and the vitality of new markets with actors from different parts of the music market.
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Supporting African hip hop |
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February Cameroonian rapper Sir Nostra is the winner of BorderBlaster's first competition Talent Search - an initiative to develop the local music scene in Africa and help local artists to build an international carrier.
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Urban conference in Rotterdam |
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9 April, 2009 BorderBlaster is invited to speak at the hip hop conference New Skool Rules in Rotterdam. It's a meeting-place for professionals from all over the world, with shows, workshops, panels and after-parties. More info about this important event on www.newskoolrules.com
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Junior Natural finishing album |
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February, 2009 Junior Natural goes into the studio to finish his upcoming album "Rising Son". The recordings are done with the help of the producers Wayne Beckford and Daddy Natural and executive producer Damon Williams. The album will be released early June.
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January 31, 2008 A TV-team from Trace TV travels from Paris to Stockholm to film a mini-documentary before the pan-European music event European Urban Music Days. They interview artists like Wayne Beckford, Herbie, Lazee, Form One, Junior Natural, Beldina and J-Son at the pre-event My Urban Music Day. They also visit the dance finals at Street Star. The documentary will be broadcasted in over 50 countries.
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January 24, 2009 BorderBlaster is in Cannes for a week to meet with international partners, increase the network with professionals and to introduce the pan-European project EU-Music Days (European Urban Music Days) that has its premiere in Stockholm on July 1-4. www.eumusicdays.com. It's also an occasion to promote the launch of the next-coming release Wayne Beckford.
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