Regular DJs from Pawnshop will share the sounds of Taiwanese nightlife across six hours of programming on Refuge Worldwide. 

Even while the pandemic raged in 2020, Taiwan was lucky enough to keep Pawnshop open. "The pandemic changed our perspective," Pawnshop told Refuge Worldwide in an email. "People started to dive deeper and harder into music because the old fashioned way of booking international artists was not possible. The local community is now slowly flourishing." 

The space explores underground club culture in every possible form, from art shows and workshops to themed "extravaganzas." According to the organizers, Pawnshop is "all about experiencing demarginalization and absolute liberation for the LGBTQ+ community, as well as all creativity, artistry, otherness, rebellion, pleasure, and euphoria."

Pawnshop’s sound is a self-described mixture of local sounds that blend techno, electro, and groovy cosmic disco. On Tuesday, July 13, Pawnshop's regular DJs Yexiao, Jing, Toumingren, AQpie, Jun, and Gemnital will play hour-long sets from each of these genres in an exhibition of the styles that defined the club over the past year.

Pawnshop Takeover

Refuge Worldwide presents Regenerate - our first festival weekender -
free to attend, online & offline, across 24-26th September, 2021. Taking place at the Refuge Worldwide radio studio and Oona bar on Weserstraße in Berlin Neukölln, we presented DJ sets, workshops, panel discussions, comedy and live performance.

Current systems within which we live are drastically failing us. With gross inequality, environmental destruction, climate change, and systemic racism - we need to step away from the idea of simply sustaining what is currently in place and instead reimagining our ecosystems in a way which is regenerative and restorative. 

Our festival theme is centered around cycles of growth and renewal, developing a deeper understanding and a closer relationship with our social frameworks, ecosystems, and selves.

More info here: https://refugeworldwide.com/news/regenerate-festival

This event is produced in collaboration with Musicboard Berlin and Open Music Lab.

Regenerate Festival 2021

On Tuesday, 2nd November, Kampala-based festival, label and creative platform Nyege Nyege brought electronic sounds from across sub-Saharan Africa directly to Refuge Worldwide.

Founded in 2013 and hosting the Nyege Nyege Festival since 2015, Nyege Nyege illuminates the undercurrents of pan-African contemporary music and promotes a cross-breed of African and European underground dance sensibilities. “Dope underground music, that’s what we’re about. Just dope music,” says Arlen Dilsizian, co-founder of Nyege Nyege Tapes.

Nyege Nyege Takeover

Join Honey Tapes for an extra special Garage Girls takeover on Refuge, inviting some of their fave female DJs to party in the booth for wall to wall bangers.
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The Honey Tapes - Garage Girls Takeover

We invited 20 of our nearest and dearest onto the airwaves for an extended and very special b2b session. One of the most rewarding aspects since opening the studio has been to see new relationships flourish in the DJ booth - giving birth to friendships, music, and creative collaborations. On Friday 15th April, we celebrated that love!

B2B Day 2022

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Between January 1 and June 30th 2021 a share of Patreon revenue raised will be donated to The Queer Black Therapy Fund, an initiative started by Kemoy Jemmott, a host at Refuge Worldwide.

More info: www.refugeworldwide.com

Leesh - Daisychain | 001

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Sa Pa - Absurd Lustre

Customs - Guest Mix March 2021

Philipp Otterbach - Guest Mix March 2021

To mark World Oceans Day 2021, we partnered with Concentric Records, TBA-21-Academy and Ocean Archive for a full day of broadcasts based on and inspired by sounds from the oceans.

 The incredible Ocean Archive is a sound library of the seas and harbours of the world, from Galapagos to the North Atlantic. It includes many types of whale, fish, earthquake, seismic explosions, methane seeps, tectonic plates and deep water drilling.

 The artists invited to make broadcasts based on this archive are Jake Muir, Izabel, Beluga, Carl Michael von Hausswolff / Dark Morph, Baby Vulture, Terrence Dixon, Jana Winderen reporting live from the seas, and finally Refuge Worldwide programmer Richard Akingbehin.

World Oceans Day - Jana Winderen

World Oceans Day - Baby Vulture

Yexiao - Pawnshop Takeover

Toumingren - Pawnshop Takeover

Jun - Pawnshop Takeover

Jing - Pawnshop Takeover

AQpie - Pawnshop Takeover

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Between July 1st and December 31st 2021 half of our Patreon revenue will be donated to Radio Zaatari, an innovative humanitarian relief project empowering war-affected communities in Jordan.

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Regenerate Festival - Castro & Nemo (Sound Metaphors)

Regenerate Festival - Maryisonacid

Regenerate Festival - Wayne Snow (live)

Regenerate Festival - No Plastic & Richard Akingbehin

Regenerate Festival - "Intersectional Environmentalism" hosted by Chloe Lula

Regenerate Festival - Massimiliano Pagliara

Regenerate Festival - BeatPete (Azymuth Special)

On Tuesday, 2nd November, Kampala-based festival, label and creative platform Nyege Nyege brought electronic sounds from across sub-Saharan Africa directly to Refuge Worldwide.

Founded in 2013 and hosting the Nyege Nyege Festival since 2015, Nyege Nyege illuminates the undercurrents of pan-African contemporary music and promotes a cross-breed of African and European underground dance sensibilities. “Dope underground music, that’s what we’re about. Just dope music,” says Arlen Dilsizian, co-founder of Nyege Nyege Tapes.

In the past decade, Uganda has birthed a growing number of homegrown electronic scenes influenced by traditional sounds such as plucked notes of the Ennanga harp and the fervent drumming of courting dances.

Ziúr | Nyege Nyege Takeover

Turkana | Nyege Nyege Takeover

Diaki | Nyege Nyege Takeover

De Schuurman | Nyege Nyege Takeover

Authentically Plastic | Nyege Nyege Takeover

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - Eliza Rose

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - Elissa Suckdog

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - DJ Northern

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - Catelle

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - Becki & Kenza

The Honey Tapes: Garage Girls Takeover - Acidfinky

B2B Day - Chloe Lula & Nordberg

B2B Day - Wayne Snow & Richard Akingbehin

B2B Day - DJ Fire Abend & Riki Ross

B2B Day - Dangermami & O.N.A

B2B Day - Miszo & Max GL

B2B Day - Gramrcy & Daisy Moon

B2B Day - Dhanesh Jayaselan & Katerinha

B2B Day - No Plastic & Bell

B2B Day - Elise & Camilla Rae

B2B Day - DJ Gloria & DJ Ass Struggle

Recorded at Tag Der Clubcultur (Berlin, October 2020).

Refuge is a fundraising platform working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organisations. Refuge Worldwide is our new online home for a diverse range of radio shows, launching later this year. The station will operate remotely from Berlin Neukölln, combining international and local artists, as well as offering a platform to young and marginalised communities.

Refuge Worldwide 

DJ Fart In The Club / Refuge Worldwide - October 2020

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More shows available at https://refugeworldwide.com/

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ĀBNAMĀ & NM DJ - Climax 001

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More shows available at www.refugeworldwide.com

We are an independent, community radio station. So that we can continue building this platform to amplify the people, music and issues that we care about, please consider joining our Patreon as a supporter.

Linda & Norm - Guest Mix February 2021

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We are an independent, community radio station working in solidarity with grassroots and non-profit organisations. So that we can continue building this platform to amplify the people, music and issues that we care about, please consider joining our Patreon as a supporter.

Between January 1 and June 30th 2021 a share of Patreon revenue raised will be donated to The Queer Black Therapy Fund, an initiative started by Kemoy Jemmott, a host at Refuge Worldwide.

More info: www.refugeworldwide.com

Exael Refuge Mix

Exael - Guest Mix February 2021

Love On The Rocks - Paramida, Samuel Gieben, Alex Kassian

Music From Mullets

Music From Mullets 001 - Frinda di Lanco & Donna Leake

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