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Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi

The underground music scene fighting against a clampdown in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

Frank McWeeny heads to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, to meet the underground music community leading protests against government clampdown on freedom of expression and civil society groups. How vital is dancing in a country going through the biggest political and social crisis of its generation? We hear from the city most important techno club Bassiani, militant radio station and event space Mutant Radio, and members of the nightlife scene.

Presenter/producer: Frank McWeeny
A Just Radio production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Bassiani club main room. Credit: She Raptor)

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