On wednesday 15 may, Babylon Trio will play at the season ending evening of VK Concerts, before they will close for renovations and move in with Recyclart.
FREE IN! here the programme & timetable!
14:00 – 18:00 PLAY STREET 16:00 – 20:00 LIVE PAINTING | MASSAGES | ZEEFDRUK | ACTION PAINTING | THEESALON | PHOTOBOOTH | VK VERNIET 17:00 – 02:00 CONCERTS | DJ SETS | SLAM POETRY
Let’s shake our bellies on wild arabic & middle-eastern grooves, from traditional reggada and psychedelic bellydance to electro-chaabi, dabke and arab bass!
A massive team of DJ’s is just waiting to take control of your feet: DJ Plead (AU), GAN GAH (MA/BE), Drache Musicale,Rebel Up LeBlanc, Le Grand Méchant Loop and the Tropical DJipsies. And our video mapping penguin Maria Ilia is ready to confuse your eyes 🤩 Nice food cooked with love will be available to give you all energy you’ll need through the night, as well as a shisha corner for a relaxing break 🙂
with special guest: DJ Plead (AU/LB) Melbourne/Naarm based producer who makes unique club music. Drawing on his Lebanese background, he makes tough, functional, and percussive tracks. His unique style references the rhythms, scales and timbres of Lebanese pop and traditional Lebanese wedding music, blending them with contemporary RnB, Club and other dance styles. DJ Plead released his debut EP ‘Get in Circle’ through air max 97’s DECISIONS label in March 2018 and has since toured Europe and China. DJ Plead is also half of drum-workout duo Poison, a member of high-energy trio BV, and founder of the SUMAC label. https://soundcloud.com/1djplead
doors 22h til 6am 5€ (CASH ONLY) /// Doors 10pm /// End 6am Entrance via Grondelstraat 154 Rue des Goujons Anderlecht, Bxl 10min walk from Gare du Midi > https://goo.gl/maps/PmLsDerDubo
This monday evening at OCCII Amsterdam, special concert by Mauritanian duo Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla from Sahel Sounds!
First up, from 16 to 17h we will do a Rebel Up x Sahel Sounds livestream session at Red Light Radio, tune in online and see/hear it all.
In the evening at the OCCII, synth freakout from the Sahara. Mauritanian WZN (literally “instrumental music”) has emerged as pop music, blaring out of taxi cabs and cassette shops throughout the country. Ahmed Lowla is one of the country’s biggest stars. Performing in lavish weddings of Nouakchott with a troupe of percussionists, Ahmed’s signature style is dynamic and ambitious, shredding over the keys with flourishes (like playing with his elbows and head!). Hypnotic and tranced out, Ahmed Lowla transports Mauritanian classical music into technological futures, like a drug-free baroque rave under the open air of the Sahara.
Listen to the the new album ‘Terrouzi’ here – released by Sahel Sounds in time of the tour and some video’s
dj support Rebel Up & Sahel Sounds all info: FB Event / website. doors: 20h30 @ OCCII, Amstelveenseweg 134, Oud Zuid, A’dam
in case you can’t catch them in Amsterdam or live further away > no fear, they play next day on tuesday 7 may @ WORM in Rotterdam.
Pantropical organises this fine night, with support by Rebel Up Duckfood and Chulengo.
doors 20h30 all info > FB event / website @ Worm Boomgaardstraat 71 Rotterdam
from 5 to 13 May, Rebel Up SebCat will be touring along Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla duo from Mauritania and Sahel Sounds label allover Northern Europe and ending in Bucharest.
In Amsterdam (6th), Rotterdam (7th) and Berlin (9th), expect some Rebel Up warmup dj sets, and perhaps more.
Give us a shout if you are in town on one of those nights! 🙂 View the full tour with FB events via the Sahel Sounds page.
Starting at the Studio CityGate > It’s open doors at the CityGate the whole weekend, free in and lots going on, from BBQ to open studios, expo, workshops, live painting to performances, and also live sessions by the Berlin & Israel based freejazz group Spiritczualic Enhancement Center, Daniel Dzidzonu and many deejays. Rebel Up will play a 1,5 hour global dj set from 23h til 0h30.
see the full programme in their FB event. doors from 12h in afternoon @ Studio CityGate, Petite Ile 1, Anderlecht
Afterwards Rebel Up SebCat will go & spin at the Yoppeleyeppe fundraiser party in Collectif Au Quai. Fundraiser for the yearly social camp & festival Borgofuturo in Italy. During the party we will present “Borgofuturo Social Camp #3”, a 3 days gathering made of debates, workshops and live shows where people can meet, share ideas and imagine a more sustainable society.
They guide you into a multicultural psychedelic travel around electronic world music passing by different cultures and continents.
with live concerts by Bob Corn (IT), Lava Lamp (AR) and much more. See all info in FB event.
5€ doors 19h – 4am @ Collectif Au Quai Quai du Hainaut 23 1080 Molenbeek
this friday evening, Babylon Trio will play in Gent at the Ghost evening in Citadelpark, in collaboration with Monterey, De Vooruit and Amplo.
The Ghost concept is quite something, combining art expo’s with concerts > all artists play super concentrated set of 15 minutes each. Babylon Trio will be on stage from 20h50, so don’t miss them 😉
We hope you enjoyed the hot weather last weekend, big up thanks for coming to our wild global sounds evening at Listen Festival in VK Concerts, what a blast!
This weekend however, fresher times again, but also a good moment to get cosy inside and share the love for music, food and more.
First up, saturday afternoon til the late evening (or beyond) > De Toestand organises the Lenteluypaard #2 market, spring sale of vinyls & clothes + afterparty in the Luypaard building (next to Zinzinerie). Rebel Up label & distro will be there with 2 crates of good tunes, come and check it out!
Then in the evening, over to Schaarbeek in La Petite Maison close the Schaarbeek train station, the Dancing Babylon evening, part of the MEDEX Tour du Monde en 183 Assietes. A special Iraqi evening with food, concerts, dj’s, short movies, poetry, stories, expo, afterparty and more.
with concert by Iraqi musicians SaifAl-Qaissy (percussions) and Hussein Rassim (oud).
Prix libre Where? La Petite Maison, from 18h til 1am. Rue Jan Blockx 22-24 1030 Schaarbeek
and on sunday afternoon, the Rebel Up disto will be at the Brussels Spring Record Fair in Kanal.
New & 2nd hand vinyl, mainly focused around Black Music (Soul, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Afro, Latino, Hip Hop, House) with some detours trough Pop and Rock by some sellers. Also there will be a bike market. Free in!
