Sat 1 June: Rebel Up warmup @ Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek, Ekko, Utrecht

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Cosmosis presents a series of concerts with the most special pop music from non-Western countries. What can you expect? No traditional world music, but urgent and danceable future music from distant countries.

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek
Two years after the great success of the single “Nem Kaldi”, psych-pop sensation Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek finally released the long-awaited debut album “Kar Yağar” on Bongo Joe Records. And it was well worth the wait! The distinctive sound of the bağlama, the great voice of Derya Yildirim and the band makes the whole more modern, more danceable and more psychedelic. A hymn for the rich history of the Anatolian folk rock, restored and translated into the 21st century. They are coming to Ekko Utrecht just a week after the album comes out. Not to be missed!

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Warmup & cooling down tunes in Turkish, Anatolian and Levantine sounds by Rebel Up SebCat.

tickets > 13,50 €

19h30 > doors & dj
20h30 >showtime Derya Yildirim
22h > end

more info > FB event / website

@ Ekko
Bemuurde Weerd Westzijde 3,
3513 BH Utrecht

Fri 31 May: Rebel Up SebCat @ Archipel19 centre culturel, Maison Stepman, Koekelberg

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This friday, last edition of the evening season at Archipel19 cultural centre. The opportunity to celebrate a year of meetings and discoveries.

Comedian and musician Nicolas Arnould will present a stage of his research work, which will punctuate a week’s residency at Stepman House. He shares a sensitive and funny universe through finely crafted songs.

Followed by party with Rebel Up SebCat, opening of the dance floor at 21:30, to dive into the big musical melting pot of the Rebel Up collective, with the Brussels sound of its eclectic underground.

FB event

doors 20h
20h30 Nicolas Arnould
21h30 Rebel Up sebCat
00h00 end

FREE IN > please reserve via inscription@archipel19.be
@ Maison Stepman
250 Boulevard Léopold II, Koekelberg





Opening of the dance floor from 21:30, to dive into the big musical pot of the collective Rebel Up, with Seb that thrills the nights of Brussels to the sound of its eclectic underground and delicious.




Thu 30 May: Nihiloxica drum & dance workshop @ Collectif Au Quai + afterparty @ Café Midpoint, Bxl

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Ugandan band Nihiloxica (Nyege Tapes) is back in Brussels after their show at Les Nuits Botanique earlier this month and they will show you the essence of what we do and demonstrate how to get down and dance to it Ugandan style. They will be taking you on a cultural journey from Buganda through all the kingdoms from which they draw their rhythms.

the drum & dance workshop includes:
– Learning of traditional rhythms through both drumming and dancing.
– Playing on our Bugandan drum set.
– Learning techniques of playing hand percussion instruments.
– Q&A and traditional performance from the band.

cost: 12 €
start: 19h to 22h

afterwards afterparty at Cafe Midpoint from 22h onwards! with Nihiloxica dj’s, Rebel Up & le Grand Mechant Loop

FB event

19-22h workshop & dance @ Au Quai
Quai du Hainaut 23

Afterparty @ Cafe Midpoint
189 Rue de Flandre

Wed 29 May: Rebel Up @ Luzafrolicious: Fundraiser party for Mozambique, Platform241, Bxl

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This wednesday evening, NGO Amigos de Moçambique invite you all to come and dance to Lusophone African music served by Rebel Up DJ’s Sebcat & LeBlanc and DJ Mukambo with live percussion by Rojah Lao.

There will also be a photo & art exhibition, plenty of drinks and room to talk about what happened in Mozambique. The evening starts at 20h with a drink and the vernissage of the expo.

FB event

entry: 10 €
All revenue will go to an association in Beira (Mozambique) to help rebuild the country after the devastating floods & winds caused by cyclone Idai.
Help the victims of the cyclones in Mozambique. Come with lots of friends.

If you can’t come you can still help financially to: BE53 3101 6265 6053 in the name of asbl/vzw Amigos de Moçambique.
Muito obrigada. Kanimambo. Ko shoukoura!

@ Platform241
Rue Royale 241,
1210 Brussels





Sat 25 May: Rebel Up double day, Camiozinzo (parc Allee du Kaai) in afternoon and DIY Day (BiestebroekBis) at night.

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The CamioZinzo AKA Lucid soundsystem is once more released in the park of Allee du Kaai on Saturday, next to the Zinzinerie.

Rebel Up has been invited together with Le Grand Mechant Loop and Rafael Aragon for the occasion to make you dance on afrobeat, cumbia, ethno techno and other global styles all afternoon!

from 14h til 22h, FREE IN! bar with super democratic prices!
FB event

in the night, Rebel Up will play at the afterparty of DIY Day organised by De Toestand at the BiestebroekBis.

DIY Day is a 2 day festival about DIY culture, brocante, expo, workshops, concerts and so much more. Full programme on both days > FB event

During the afternoon and evening, great concerts by Ensemble Orient-Occident de Muziekpublique, La Clinik de Dr Poembak, Kumbelé, High Jinks Delegation and Azmari, followed by the afterparty with Borokov, Rebel Up, Pim Rose, Phonetics and Selim Dion.

FB event afterparty.

doors: 13:00
afterparty: 23:00
Dapperheidsplein 21, Anderlecht (Academy of Anderlecht, metro Saint Guidon)
Entrance: Free contribution!
-> All profits go to Toestand International and the project in Albania.

–> See you there ! And invite your friends !

new Rebel Up Nightshop episode #61

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Rebel Up Nightshop radio show, episode #61, as broadcasted in May 2019 via Radio Campus Bxl and Groovalizacion Radio. 3 songs of the day; an edit by producer M.Rux, inspired by a Moroccan gnawa folk song, a new tune by Kokoko! and a special song by La Reunion singer Maya Kamaty. 4 albums of the month: ‘Wasalala’ by Madalisto band from Malawi on Bongo Joe records, sweet polyphonic babatone music from southern Africa. Also new a compilation of live recordings made in Amsterdam venue OCCII, with a vibrant mix of African artists as well as free jazz and punk, a collaboration between OCCII, Rebel Up, Red Wig and Makkum records. New EP by Palestinian electronic duo Zenobia on the new Acid Arab label via Crammed Discs, electro dabke sounds and the new album by duo Grupo JeJeJe on Discos Rolas label, where futuristic sonidero cumbia from Mexico clashes with Egyptian, Mesopotamia and Aztec sounds. Closing the show with our monthly Agenda + a few Soundclash tunes. Download here: https://bit.ly/2vYZpVF

and here also our Rebel Up radio show at BRUZZ, with diverse tunes by Diron Animal, Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla, Andi Otto (Umeko Ando remixes), Grupo Je Je Je and more,

16-17-18 May Barcelona: Rebel Up & Memo Pimiento @ Que No Cumbia El Panico Festival, El Clot, Barcelona (CT/ES)

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ahoy cumbieros, cumbieras!

Rebel Up SebCat & Memo Pimiento will be in Barcelona the weekend of 16-18 May to perform at the 4th Que No Cumbia El Panico festival. Great lineup during 3 days with live artists, deejays, workshops, afro latino record fair and much more! Join us 🙂

On friday 17 May we will play in the Casal de Joves del Clot on the Gran Via.

FB event here

The day before on thursday 16th, we will do a B-Sides session at Dublab radio Barcelona!
Tune in live on the livestream.

and saturday 18th, Rebel Up & Memo Pimiento will do dj sets at the El Koletronik party in the freespace El Kole, in an occupied school. Together with dj’s PaloSanto and Thhimao.

FB event

@ El Kole
Carrer Can Figuerola 16
metro Vall D’Hebron