The collectives & labels Rebel Up and BXL Underground come together at Brasserie Illegaal through a shared devotion to bass culture. Blending Rebel Upโs global bass foundations with BXL Undergroundโs UK sound heritage, this night delivers a rich and truly eclectic sonic journey from dub to breaks, jungle, bass, offbeat techno and further!
Visuals provided by Gravity – Live Visuals collective from Brussels
Respect and equality are key. We are doing the utmost to make sure our events take place in a safe environment with room for experimentation and dialogue. A place where everyone can be themselves regardless of physical, ethical and/or theological differences. We are requiring everyone to respect each other’s personal boundaries during our events. Or be swiftly ejected.
Pre-sale: โฌ8 >>> buy here Doors: โฌ13 Please bring cash for the door! Drinks at the bar you can pay by card
hey al! Happy new year everyone! Rebel Up is back home from the tropics after our super fun tour in La Reunion.
This Saturday 24.01, Rebel Up SebCat will be spinning a late set at the historical Cafรฉ Charlatan club in the heart of Gent for the double birthdays of Noรฉmi (Indian Summer festival) and Benn (Mรฉlange Etrange).
Specially for their Birthday Bash, they’re bringing the crรจme de la crรจme of the Brussels and Wallonian scene to Ghent: Assaรฏ, His Dudeness, Rafael Aragon, Rebel Up SebCat and Benn himself will provide the musical journey. Expect surprises, warm grooves, and a vibe that lingers.
From mid December & January, Rebel Up will be touring on the island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean!
With the amazing help of the local crew The Beat Club & Nomaden, who take us under their wings and support us during this special Rebel UP RUN tour ๐
Sebcat & Moon Yรฉ will wave the Rebel Up flag and play global sets allover the island.
Dates confirmed so far, plus some extra:
18.12 @ Le Zinc, Saint-Leu 20.12 @ Pivert Electrique, Rondavelle Chez Pivert, Saint-Leu 23.12 @ Silence Radio, livestream session 25.12 @ Melmac Xmas party, Saint-Gilles-Les-Bains 31.12 @ The Beat Club new year party, secret place 03.01 @ Konekt Radio, Saint-Denis 08.01 @ Plancheโalizรฉ, La-Saline-Les-Bains 09.01 @ Le Passage du Chat Blanc, Saint-Denis 11.01 @ Pivert Electrique, Rondavelle Chez Pivert, Saint-Leu 15.01 @ Plancheโalizรฉ, La-Saline-Les-Bains 17.01 @ Catamaran afternoon sea party Lady La Fรฉe, Saint-Gilles-Les-Bains
hey all, this Friday 7 feb, afterparty for Chouette festival in the mighty wild Illegaal brewery.
The yearly Chouette festival invited Rebel Up to curate their afterparty at Illegaal, to turn it into a global clubbing night with eclectic sounds from allover.
with special guests Pulsar Collective from Berlin, who will play a live set with Turkish psychedelic music, oriental house, melodic house and vocals, with members from Turkey, Germany and Poland. Their 1st ever show in Bxl & Belgium!
and Brussels dj’s Djane D’arc, Rebel Up SebCat and Nika, who spin downtempo, global clubbing and bass sounds for a fiery dancefloor to warm your body….
Another season of ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ kicks off! With a warm night of outernational bass sounds from 3 different continents hosted by Rebel Up, with international guests from Peru, La Reunion and Brussels. Between electro Maloya, Mโbass, Cumbia bass and Latinx club music and beyond….. + live liquid visuals!
๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ด๐ (๐ฉ๐๐) For the intimate and the anonymous, Drache MuMu has been widely splashing planetary grooves since 2012 in Bxl. With in the sprinkler extinguisher: beats africo tropico coco, glorified chรขรขbi, crewole groove, sรฉga, gnawa, digitalized cumbia, serious tropicool, kamba, tumbelรฉ, zouk bass, tsรฉtรฉra tsรฉtรฉra. DJ set at night, radio show during the day on Radio Panik, thereโs no time to dry out. https://www.mixcloud.com/DracheMusicale
๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ฬ (๐ณ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ / ๐ฉ๐๐) DJ, film maker, ex athlete and pure music lover, Moon Yรฉ landed in Bxl a few months ago to make here his new home. His roots are from La Reunion island in the Indian ocean, and this can be heard in his dj sets, where blends of maloya, kabar, sega, malagasy, indian styles, afrohouse and electronic music are played together in a forward organic sound that is deeply linked to his home region. Net to this he runs the Boulevard Sud agency, where he promotes emerging electronic global artists from La Reunion and the Indian ocean. https://www.mixcloud.com/moonye/
๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ (๐ณ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐) Producer Aleksand Saya draws his inspiration from the cultural wealth of his native island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. He experiments and transforms the traditional elements of Maloya by merging them with hip-hop and electro sounds, creating his trademark, which he calls M’Bass. He invites listeners to dive into a singular sound universe, where the vibrations of Maloya blend with deep bass and catchy syncopated beats and a captivating ability to bring souls together, while breaking down boundaries. https://soundcloud.com/aleksandsaya
๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ (๐ท๐๐๐ / ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐) Vitu Valera has carved a distinctive niche in the global music scene as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and adept DJ. His music seamlessly blends traditional south-global rhythms with Latinxclub sounds, showcased through his distinctive performances an sets. Notably, his recent debut album “MIGRX,” (November 2023) on international bass label MATRACA, where he merges the digital with the organic. He has further released EPโs and tracks on labels such as New Latam Beats and Eck Echo. His dj sets of Peruvian bass sounds will take you into ancestral moods where tradition meets the electronic. https://vituvalera.bandcamp.com/
๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ (๐ท๐๐๐ / ๐ณ๐๐๐) Orieta Chrem is a DJ, sound engineer, and music producer from Lima, Peru with over 20 years of experience. She is a key figure in the Peruvian electronic music scene and has created various platforms throughout her career showcasing Peruvian and Latin American talent in various cultural spaces in her hometown. As a promoter and founder of โLA RARAโ radio, she has invited acts from all over Latin America and beyond, focusing on creating spaces for underrepresented artists and fomenting the growth of the electronic music scene in Lima. In 2014 Orieta founded QMULUS SOUND, the first female-run sound studio in Lima. For 10 years, she works on various projects related to sound design, recording, mixing and mastering. She has recorded music for Los Ballumbrosio, one of the most emblematic groups of Afro-Peruvian music and had international visitors such as Dj Spinn, Robert Henke, Mad Professor, Branko, Matias Aguayo, Thomas Von Party, Channel One, Macky Banton among others. Orieta also constructed and is a co-founder of BQESTIA Soundsystem, a professional soundsystem created with other sound system enthusiasts from Lima. Her diverse taste in electronic genres, such as global bass, funk brasileiro, reggaeton, dembow, footwork, kuduro, ambient, latinxclub and techno, is evident in her work as a DJ, music curator and her own productions, which often feature unique uses of vibrations and the human voice. In the last 10 years, she released several tracks and remixes on various Latin American compilations and labels, including TratraTrax, HiedraH, AGVA, Traaampaaa, Tambiรฉn, Eck Echo, In-Correcto, Matraca, Behua Icara, Makinmovs, Devagar, and Terror Negro. https://soundcloud.com/orieta-chrem
๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ช๐๐ (๐ฉ๐๐) Host and all-round DJ/selector SebCat is the founder of the Rebel Up collective and label and deeply active in the Brussels scene, where he promotes new emerging (inter)national artists of global music. He hosts several radio shows and residencies on Radio Campus Brussels (Nightshop), Kiosk Radio and BRUZZ. Since 2018, Rebel Up became a label and platform that releases eclectic global sounds from upclose & far away, with over 30 releases. His DJ sets take you on a journey into contemporary underground global electronic bass sounds, from everywhere to never before. https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/
๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Liquid light visuals by Bom Baleno (IT / Bxl) Psychedelic lights, bubbles and shapes will shine on your eyes and guide your moves https://www.instagram.com/officina_bombaleno/
Doors 22H – 5AM 10โฌ CASH Please bring cash for the door. Inside at Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.
Brasserie ILLEGAAL Rue Bollinckx, 300 1190 Forest, Bxl
