BROADCAST LAB: BOILER ROOM’S ROLLING GRANT SCHEME
Since 2020, we've run a regular grant scheme to enable anyone to pitch us a show and to fund unfundable ideas in every corner of the globe.
ADDIS ABABA: A JOURNEY THROUGH ETHIOPIAN MUSIC
Last October we landed in Addis Ababa for our tenth Broadcast Lab commission, courtesy of Ethiopian Records
SYSTEM BARRANQUILLA: CULTURA PICÓTERA
We touched down in Colombia's Caribbean capital to showcase its picó soundsystem culture with Huracan Turbo Laser & Skorpion Disco.
SYSTEM CDMX: A SONIDERO SPECIAL
We touched down in Mexico City to shine a light on the city's rich soundsystem scene, handing the mic over to the sonideros keeping the culture alive.
FINAL: THE EPICENTER OF TAIPEI’S FUTURIST SCENE
Inside FINAL, Taiwan’s most important club. Watch sets & a short film from the legends & residents that make up its experimental community.
THẾ GIỚI: INSIDE SÀI GÒN’S QUEER REVOLUTION
A broadcast showcase & short film around Gái Nhảy & Bung Lon – two of the most explosive queer collectives accelerating Vietnamese club culture today.
SYSTEM MAURITIUS: OUR DEBUT ON THE ISLAND
Our debut in Mauritius presented the next instalment of SYSTEM – & a showcase of local sounds like sega, fused with shatta, dembow, dancehall & more.
SYSTEM: TECNOBREGA IN BELÉM
We debuted in the Amazonian city of Belém to showcase their native Technobrega scene, & the huge, neon-emblazoned sound systems at their heart.
PALESTINE UNDERGROUND: INSIDE THE WEST BANK’S MUSIC SCENE
In 2018, after a year of connection and research, we documented Ramallah’s music scene through broadcasts, film & an ongoing fundraiser.
SAWT SYRIA: TRACING THE SCENE IN AND OUTSIDE OF SYRIA
It took nearly three years of research to birth this two-part broadcast and 61-minute essay film made in close collaboration with Syrian artists.
KARACHI: THE FIRST EVER BOILER ROOM IN PAKISTAN
With this broadcast, we aimed to tackle Western stereotypes that exist about Pakistan by celebrating its DJ community & rich heritage of live music.
SOUTHALL: PAYING HOMAGE TO LITTLE PUNJAB
Our historic multi-generational celebration of Punjabi culture spanned sound systems, bhangra, bootlegs, modified cars, fashion and community pride.
KEBRA ETHIOPIA SOUNDSYSTEM - LIVE AND DIRECT FROM JO’BURG
An all-day reggae roots session featuring one turntable, towering speaker stacks – and men, women and children dancing under the African sky.
CHEEHOO!: INDIGENOUS MUSIC ACROSS THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Our series across the Pacific celebrates indigenous music cultures, featuring a beach-side broadcast from Rarotonga & an all-Māori lineup in Aotearoa.
SOWETO: THE TOWNSHIP THAT SHAPED SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC HISTORY
We touched down in the historic township of Soweto to showcase the breadth of South African sounds from amapiano and afrotech to jazz and vogue.
FILM: DOCUMENTING UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENES
For a decade now we’ve produced in-depth documentaries that explore themes of performance, identity, youth culture & anti-establishment.
EDGLRD: ART BASEL MIAMI WITH HARMONY KORINE
We pulled up to Art Basel Miami with EDGLRD – the creative studio from cult director Harmony Korine.
SUBLIMATION: THE FIRST EVER BOILER ROOM IN UZBEKISTAN
Tashkent collective Sublimation realised the first ever Boiler Room in Uzbekistan: a rave inside a gigantic ex-Soviet solar furnace.
CARACAS: ARCA’S VENEZUELAN HOMECOMING
We celebrated Arca’s return to Caracas with a showcase of Venezuelan club legends, curated by Arca herself.
TITANES: CUMBIATON IN CDMX
We linked up with Mexico City matriarch Rosa Pistola to showcase the pioneers of the cumbiaton sound: a 21st century synthesis of cumbia & reggaeton.
