Saturday 25 October > Globaal Illegaal @ Brasserie Illegaal

Hey everyone!
A new season of Globaal Illegaal by Rebel Up. This time we will travel into deeper electronic sounds, via Africa, the Indian Ocean, Palestine, Sudan, Goma, Haïti and also further afield. with audio visual live sets by the duo Ësenaim (linked to their work for Médecins Sans Frontieres) and a modular live set by producer LOYA from La Reunion. DJ sets by locals SebCat, Moon Yé and Bob Le Voyageur. and live visuals by Bxl female VJ collective Gravity.

Ësenaim (live)
LOYA (live)
Bob Le Voyageur
SebCat & Moon Yé
Gravity VJ collective

5€ before 23H (please bring ca$h)
10€ after 23H (please bring ca$h)
We also have presale tickets, buy them here.
doors 22h – 5am

𝐄̈𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐦 (live)
Ësenaim was born from the urge to turn field experiences into something that could be felt, heard, and shared. After years of humanitarian work with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—from cholera outbreaks in Haiti to displacement in Congo and floods in South Sudan—Sarah Guefif and Michael Casera returned home with memories that words alone could not carry. Since 2016, they have collected sounds and written poetry during missions—capturing voices, atmospheres, and landscapes that reflect human resilience and the complexity of life in crisis zones. From this grew Ësenaim.: a project where electronic music, poetry, and visual storytelling meet to create immersive performances rooted in testimony. A live set in sound and moving visuals, a journey to places that many of us have forgotten or don’t know about.

𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚 (live) La Reunion
Loya is the project that mixes traditional music from the Indian Ocean ( Reunion island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros) and electronic music. As an electronic composer and producer, playing live shows with a special modular circuit setup of synthesizers. With his Blakaz projects, Loya continues his musical exploration of the Indian Ocean, a journey that began in Mauritius, Madagascar and the Comores islands, working together with local traditional musicians. The ancestral pulse meeting the electronic textures of Loya’s modular synthesizer, which extends, transforms, and reinvents them. Each album is a dialogue, a bridge between islands, generations, and sound worlds. Each piece is inspired by everyday life, nature, and the symbols of the archipelago. From these encounters emerge hybrid soundscapes that are both organic and electronic, poetic and spiritual. The traveler moves from village chants to the oscillations of machines, from earth to water, from memory to creation

DJ’s Bob Le Voyageur (opening set)
and SebCat & Moon Yé to close the night.
+ live visuals by Lisa & Laure of Gravity VJ collective

Please bring cash for the door or buy in presale!
drinks at the bar you can pay by card
water = free

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐥
𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐑𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐱
𝟏𝟏𝟗𝟎 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

Rebel Up events 14.06 + 18.06 > Bongo Joe x Rebel Up Maghreb global bass afterparty + Sahel evening with African concerts!

Hey everyone,
Hope you are doing well in this interlude between spring to summer 🙂

Here 2 special events that we organise coming week >>>>>

On Saturday 14 June, we organise together with the amazing crew of Bongo Joe a global afterparty, to celebrate the 10 years of their label. On Friday + Saturday evening they host a Bongo Joe concert programme at the Ancienne Belgique club room (with The Space Lady, Lalalar, Cyril Cyril and more!)
Our afterparty follows after the AB on Satutday night at the mysterious Chez Jacques Music Club, a little know cave club on the canal side of Molenbeek.

A great global clubbing & bass lineup with Tunisian-Swiss producer Pekodjinn, Brussels Moroccon producer Cheb Runner, the Bongo Joe dj crew (1000balles & Injuste) and the Rebel Up crew (SebCat, Drache MuMu & Moon Yé).

Starting at 23h until 6am, or a bit more 😉

10€ in (please bring cash for door!)
Inside you can pay by card for your drinks
limited capacity, try to come early

See all info at FB event or on Instagram.

@ Chez Jacques Music Club
Haubrechtsstraat 8 Rue Haubrechts
1080 Molem

and our 2nd event is Wednesday 18 June, at Brasserie Illegaal. a Sahel musical evening organised by Rebel Up, 11 11 11 comité, Curieus and Bolingo Art.

With 2 concerts of special and deep moving music from the Sahel region by Kaito Winse (Burkina Faso / Brussels) and the desert blues/rock band TisDass from Niger.

Both artists are part of our Rebel Up label and they will have vinyls, cd’s and merchandise for sale during the evening. TisDass new album Houmaïssa will be released that same week as a limited edition vinyl on our Rebel Up label in collaboration with Bolingo Art.

DJ support by Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Drache MuMu

Doors: 18h
Food available from 18h onwards (african dishes, veggie or chicken)

First concert at 20h30

10€ in (please bring cash)
inside you can pay by card for drinks

Info >> FB event / Illegaal website / Instagram

@ Brasserie Illegaal
300 Rue Bollinckx
1190 Forest


We hope yo see you there!!
Check our agenda for our other upcoming dates in June and July

Saturday 18.01: 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐥 special edition “𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” > Rebel Up x Indian Summer Fest

For this special edition, the collectives 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐩 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 join forces for an epic night to warm our hearts in the middle of the winter.

an opening B2B vinyl set between His Dudeness & SebCat, followed by a live performance by Spanish-Iranian duo Floèmee who bring ambiental, IDM electronica & breaks with vocals of Persian ghazal poetry. Rrita Jashari will bring global, oriental & bass sounds, followed by &RY (Echte Ra) and his deep house & afrohouse sound. His Dudeness & SebCat will close the night with eclectic global club sounds…

+ Performances
+ Soup
+ Safe Care team

Doors 22h – 5AM
price: 10€ (Cash only please!)
inside Illegaal you can pay by card for drinks

More info >>>
FB event
Illegaal website

Simple rules for a good time at our party:
Bring good vibes & love.
No = no, respect this, we are watching you!
No harassment, no violence, no sexism & no racism.

@ Brasserie ILLEGAAL
Rue Bollinckx, 300
1190 Forest, Brussels

Arret Taxi Collecto stop: Illegaal

Rebel Up busy week allover Belgium! 20 – 22 – 23 + 24 June + new Nightshop show

Hey all,

This sunny june week a nice and busy week in Brussels & Belgium with Rebel Up dj sets and even a stage!

First up, here is our latet Nightshop radio show for june, filled with new albums of jazz, brazilian soul funk, afrobeat, organica, cumbia, african electronic and arabic bass and more. Tune in here!

and now for the busy week of gigs!

On Tuesday 20 june, Rebel Up SebCat will play dj support together with Deejay Backstabber at the concert of the band Studio Shap Shap (all the way from Niger) at Cafee Cabron in Antwerpen.

Come and have a taste of contemporary music from Niger via Studio Shap Shap, between traditional griot sounds up to electronics. Check some of their sounds here.

FB event

10€ in
@ Cafee Cabron
Kaasrui 1
2000 Antwerpen

on Thursday 22 june for Fete de La Musique in Brasserie de la Mule brewpub in Schaarbeek, Rebel Up SebCat plays a warmup dj set for the concert of KermesZ a l’Est.

KermesZ a l’Est are a wild bunch of anarchic musicians formed as a rough fanfare. They play punkrock and jazz mixed with uptempo balkan tones. Fire! Afterparty by DJ Calima.

FB event

@ Brasserie de la Mule
95 Rue Rubens
1030 Schaarbeek

On the same evening, Rebel Up SebCat will play afterparty set for Phoenician Drive EP launch at Brasserie Illegaal in Forest. Organised by their label Exag Records and also with support by Swiss groups Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (Bongo Joe records) and Typhon.

Expect a blend of oriental sounds, flamenco guitar, arabic scales, postrock, drones, free jazz and more!

FB event

@ Brasserie Illegaal
Rue Bollinckx 300
Forest

Friday 23 June, a big action packed evening with an amazing lineup at BRASS for Fete de la Musique in Forest > an evening by the Bongo Joe label!

Concerts by Cyril Cyril, Blanco Teta and AMAMI, and local Bxl Forest warmup band Turkish Kebap.

Outdoor garden dj sets by Rebel Up SebCat, Bongo Joe crew and Memo Pimiento.

18:00 – 02:00
Free in! 🙂
FB event / website.


and on Saturday 24 june our big juicy cherry on your cake > La Nature festival!
Since a few editions Rebel Up curates & programmes La Dome stage at this amazing and cosy alternative festival on the slopes of Baraque de Fraiture.

“La Nature” is an intimate festival, nestled in the heart of nature, exploiting a magnificent forest of the Belgian Ardenne and presenting a unique and multidisciplinary programme of arts, projects, body & soul workshops and a musical line-up, with a special place for live performances.

Such an amazing programme with many (inter)national artists & DJ’s.

Here’s our programme at La Dome stage for saturday, where we mostly booked live artists this edition >>>

14:00 DJ Rebel Up B2B Bongo Joe
15:30 schroothoop -LIVE
17:00 Cyril Cyril -LIVE

18:00 soundcheck break
19:00 Mohammed Reza Mortazavi – LIVE
20:00 DJ &RY B2B Holy Coco

22:00 AMAMI -LIVE
00:00 Alix Pilot -LIVE
01:00 La Dame -LIVE
02:30 DJ Rebel Up SebCat
04:00 Curfew

Check it all info & tickets on the website, there still might be some day tickets left.
FB event

See you around this week? These are our last gigs before the holiday season, as we will return after mid august.

This week Rebel Up action Brussels: 30 May, 1 June, 2 June + 3 June

This week, 4 Rebel Up gigs in Bxl

Starting on Tuesday 30 May at Botanique (Rotonde room), playing warmup dj set as Rebel Up Nightshop DJ’s or the AV live show of Ammar808. Expect some heavy electronic stambeli bass vibes!

FB event / website

On Thursday 1st of June, Rebel Up SebCat does his monthly residency at Kiosk Radio at 15h. Tune into livestream via www.kioskradio.com or come to the park.

On Thursday evening from 18h until 23h, Rebel Up outdoor dj set at ABY buvette at Abbaye de Forest. Free in and possibly with suprise guest Rust duo from Beirut, Libanon, and their electronic arabic sound at 20h30! Expect global grooves and electro global vibes.
FB event

on Friday 2 June, La Tumbia release party of Moli Del Tro label at La Vallée, with live set by Memo Pimiento and dj set by Rebel Up SebCat & Moli Del Tro. Electro cumbia experimental vibes!
5€ in, doors 18H30 – 1am
FB event

On Saturday 3 June, our last Giraffes & Penguins party @ the iconic Collectif Au Quai, as they will close down end of July 🙁
We will have a local Bxl lineup of G&P all stars and all their global sounds.

5€ in, limited space. First come first served.

FB event

See you around this sunny week!

Sat 15 April > Rebel Up x Goulash Disko : Globaal Illegaal party night @ Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

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Rebel Up invites 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥
The legendary Goulash Disko festival is turning 10y this year, and Brussels is on the map of celebrations with a few events coming up in the next months! Goulash Disko is a human-sized, community-driven festival taking place on the shores of the Adriatic sea, on the remote island of Vis, Croatia. It’s a big family of beautiful souls, sharing the same love for global, underground music, and the celebration of diversity.

On 15 april, a night of live music, international DJ’s, food, visuals and more!

Lineup >

𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐩 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐂𝐚𝐭
Busy bee SebCat runs the Rebel Up collective and record label, part of Festa Afro Tuga and Giraffes & Penguins crews and promoter/curator of countless parties in Brussels and beyond. He hosts eclectic radio shows & sessions on Radio Campus Bruxelles, BRUZZ and Kiosk Radio. Expect a exploration of contemporary electronic global sounds, grooves, bass and mysterious balkan vibes.
https://www.rebelup.org
https://www.instagram.com/rebelup_

𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧
Rafael Aragon’s music is trance-inducing, powerful yet delicate, constantly changing and continuously breaking borders. Sweaty dancefloor stompers and soulful anthems with a magic touch inspired by forgotten traditions and ancient folklores from all around the world. Mystic chimes, ritual drums and witchcraft music meet raving kicks, deep basslines and electronic polyrythms to provide a rich, dancy and psychedelic experience! Goulash Disko veteran and ambassador, Rafael will bring some Komiza fire to Brasserie Illegaal, freshly landed after his first ever Japan tour.
https://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro
https://www.instagram.com/rafaelaragondj/

𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄
Brass band balkan-anachronique, le Bernard Orchestar fait des pompes tous les matins. Sportifs et hors compétition, les champions de l’équipe à Bernard ont traversé l’Europe de l’Est en courant, jusqu’aux portes de l’Orient. Les joggeurs de demain reviennent maintenant avec un répertoire festif et athlétique, dopé(s) à l’électro. Ce que ces spartiates en survêt’ préfèrent, c’est suer sur scène. Ils branchent les synthés, lustrent les cuivres… C’est parti pour la boum du futur, nostalgique mais visionnaire, musclée mais sensible. Il faut s’échauffer avant d’y aller, mais surtout ne pas les rater!
https://bernardorchestar.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-JgHgmqGKsJGVMsHTyqyQ

𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 (𝐂𝐋)
Based in Berlin, born in Chile and raised all-around western Europe, DJ, producer, journalist and activist Alma Linda is a dancefloor magician, with an open heart and a sharing soul. Her music breaks down borders and is inspired by rhythms from diverse cultural backgrounds, and united through the pulse of electronic beats. She blends these worlds, melodies and musical memories into her most personal stories, delivered right from her bare soul, preaching emancipation and self-love as a political act.
https://soundcloud.com/alma_linda
https://www.instagram.com/alma_linda_music/

𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 (𝐂𝐎)
Luis Felipe Hernandez aka Bleepolar is a DJ / producer hailing from Colombia, bridging the gap between organic and electronic music. He learned music as a drummer, then took his knowledge into the world of music producing and later DJ’ing. Since his debuts as a techno and house producer, he started integrating the rich folkloric tradition of his homeland, with cumbia or champeta. As he develloped as an artist, he kept widening his inspirations to afro-latin music in general, and lately dived into the new sounds of urban Africa, focusing on genres like Afrohouse and Amapiano, while keeping the deep, minimal and elegant electronic aesthetic that became his signature sound.
https://www.bleepolar.com/
https://bleepolar.bandcamp.com/

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦ï 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐳 (𝐌𝐔)
Logeshen Moorgan aka Fourmï Rouz, is a groundbreaking DJ/broadcaster/curator from the multiethnic subtropical island of Mauritius. Now pacing international stages sowing the seeds of musical multiculturalism with panache, Berlin/Zagreb-based jack-of-all-trades Logeshen Moorgan alias Fourmï Rouz has established a name synonymous with panchromatic groove science and genre-unbound open-mindedness, laying the foundation to a body of work marked by an inextinguishable thirst for music in all its forms and manifestations.

Liquid visuals by 𝐖𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐗 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
psychedelic colours moving through water…..

Food: Goulash stew! (végé) by 𝐀𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 collective, a resourceful kitchen (with the means at hand), anti-waste (recycling) and festive (long live the good mood!).
They defend the principles of sharing and solidarity and with social ties!
Reserve your plate before saturday noon via: pauline.delogne@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/AtomiKitchenBXL
(served between 20-23h)

𝑮𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒂 (20-23h)
Biodégradable paillettes / glitter

FB event here

Doors 20:00 – 5:00am
Entrance: 10€
(no presale)
𝑪𝑨𝑺𝑯 𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 @ DOOR
(CARD POSSIBLE AT BAR INSIDE)

𝑷𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒆/𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆:
𝑭𝒆̂𝒕𝒆𝒛 𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆̀𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆
𝑷𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒆 / 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒆 / 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒂
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑵𝒐 = 𝑵𝒐

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Brasserie ILLEGAAL
rue Bollinckx, 300.
1190, Forest

🚲 Parking vélo at venue
🚂 Gare de Forest Midi / Station Vorst Zuid à 2min te voet – SUPER FACILE !
🚌 Bus 73 – Arrêt/halte INTERNATIONAL
🚌 Bus 78 – Arrêt/halte BOLLINCKX
🚊 Tram 82 – Arrêt/halte MAX WALLER
🚊 Tram 97 – Arrêt/halte MAX WALLER

This weekend Rebel Up & Deli Teli > Friday @ Antwerp, Saturday @ Forest Sounds festival

This Friday & Saturday will be Deli Teli’s first time playing in Belgium!

Friday in Antwerpen at Costa (CC Sint Andries), warmup support by Rebel Up Sebcat & greek vinyl afterparty with Fred Kramer of Souma Records.

FB event here.
Doors 20h, concert 21h, 5€ in

@ Costa CC Sint Andries
Sint Andriesplaats 24
Antwerpen

On Saturday, it’s Forest Sounds festival again in the cosy green Abbaye de Forest.

An amazing lineup with Crolles, Meril Wubslin, Black Flower, Songo, Lou K, Amami, Meridian Brothers and more on the Antitapas and Brass stages. Also a DJ stage by Kiosk Radio via ABY buvette with DJ’s Monstera Occulta, Fred Kramer, Prins Zonder Carnaval, DJ Backstabber, Sylvia, Rebel Up Records B2B Bongo Joe Records and XOGN.

See timetable below!

It’s free in but you need to reserve here.

all info at website or FB event

From 14h until midnight,
@ Abbaye de Forest
tram 82 or train Forest Est