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 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, Haรฏti and also further afield. with audio visual live sets by the duo รsenaim (linked to their work for Mรฉdecins Sans Frontieres) and a modular live set by producer LOYA from La Reunion. DJ sets by locals SebCat, Moon Yรฉ and Bob Le Voyageur. and live visuals by Bxl female VJ collective Gravity.
รsenaim (live) LOYA (live) Bob Le Voyageur SebCat & Moon Yรฉ Gravity VJ collective
5โฌ before 23H (please bring ca$h) 10โฌafter 23H (please bring ca$h) We also have presale tickets, buy them here. doors 22h – 5am
๐ฬ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฆ (live) รsenaim was born from the urge to turn field experiences into something that could be felt, heard, and shared. After years of humanitarian work with Mรฉdecins Sans Frontiรจres (MSF)โfrom cholera outbreaks in Haiti to displacement in Congo and floods in South SudanโSarah Guefif and Michael Casera returned home with memories that words alone could not carry. Since 2016, they have collected sounds and written poetry during missionsโcapturing voices, atmospheres, and landscapes that reflect human resilience and the complexity of life in crisis zones. From this grew รsenaim.: 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.
๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ (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
DJโs Bob Le Voyageur (opening set) and SebCat & Moon Yรฉ 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
Hey all, this last week of June plenty of Rebel Up events in Brussels… These are our last ones before a little break of almost 3 weeks. (we will be back on 19 july with a big Globaal Illegaal party!)
Starting with wednesday 25 June at Vaux Hall in Parc Royal, our So Scherp event organised by the city of Brussels , by Rebel Up together with Drache MuMu.
A lineup with 2 live bands and DJ’s from 18h until 23h >>>>
Gaaci Fusion (Mauritania/Bxl) afro funk & blues Zinne Kabar (La Reunion / Bxl) maloya & percussion Rebel Up & Drache MuMu DJ’s DJ Kym Mbembe
Friday 27 June, we have our Rebel Up & Friends evening at Leo Bar, LionCity Molenbeek. with Rebel Up SebCat, Moon Yรฉ and special guest Bob Le Voyageur.
expect lots of afro vibes and beats for the dancefloor ๐ from 19h30 until 1am. Terrace open!
@ Leo bar, LionCity Rue d Osseghem 53 (end of the hallway) Molenbeek More info here and here.
and our final event on Saturday 28 June at Sounds Jazz Club.
A special Colombian night with El Leon Pardo sexteto concert. Electro colombian band with ancestral sounds of the gaita (kiusi) flute, trumpets, percussion and electronics! First ever show in Brussels.
Afterparty by Rebel Up with SebCat & DJ Soleil. Buy your ticket here (more expensive at door)
Doors at 21h until 3am concert at 21h30
@ Sounds Jazz Club Rue de la Tulipe 28 Ixelles / Elsene
Hey everyone, Hope you are doing well in this interlude between spring to summer ๐
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 Yรฉ).
Starting at 23h until 6am, or a bit more ๐
10โฌ in (please bring cash for door!) Inside you can pay by card for your drinks limited capacity, try to come early
@ 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 comitรฉ, 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 Houmaรฏssa 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
10โฌ in (please bring cash) inside you can pay by card for drinks
hey all, spring is here and we organise another Globaal Illegaal night @ Brasserie Illegaal.
On this special ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ spring night at Illegaal, we travel from african beats to lush caribbean vibes, from electro Maloya and strong percussion, to batida afrotech bass from Lisboa & Angola and beyond.
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ Italo-Congolese artist & DJ Laryssa Kim serves up a fiery blend of Afro-diasporic and Caribbean sounds in her high-energy, booty-moving DJ sets. Blending classic Congolese Rumba and Soukous with contemporary Afro Pop, Shatta, Gqom, Singeli, Afro-Portuguese fusion, and Caribbean gems like Bouyon, Reggaeton, Soca and Kompaโher selections are a fast-paced celebration of rhythm, movement, and joy. Expect twerking vibes, sweaty grooves, and an irresistible flow from start to finish. While she’s known for her immersive live-electronic performances and experimental compositions, her DJ sets reveal another facet of her expansive sonic world. Curious ears from the ambient side are warmly invited to explore her solo project on streaming platforms or vinyl, with her latest album โContessaโ. https://soundcloud.com/laryssa-kim
๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ฬ + ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ + ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ฬ (๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฌ, La Reunion / Bxl) Bruxelles, terre de rencontres, accueille Jean Didier Hoarau pour un set mรฉtissรฉ hybride. Aux cรดtรฉs de DJ Moon Yรฉ, du collectif Belzik et de percussionnistes bruxellois, cette rencontre donne naissance ร un voyage oรน le Maloya traditionnel fusionne avec des pulsations รฉlectroniques. Une invitation ร vibrer, danser et se laisser emporter par lโรฉnergie du Maloya. Avec Jidรฉ, Moon Yรฉ, Veronica Campos, Guillaume Codutti, Romain Duyckaerts, Maria Cotsoglou, Chaska Camargo et Camille Naples.
Brussels, a place of encounters, welcomes Jean Didier Hoarau for a mixed hybrid set. Alongside DJ Moon Yรฉ, the Belzik collective, and Brussels percussionists, this special set gives rise to a journey where traditional Maloya merges with electronic beats. An invitation to vibrate, dance, and let yourself be carried away by the energy of Maloya.
๐ซ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ด๐ด (Angola / Lisboa) ADAMM is the latest rising star in the Afro-Lisbon electronic scene. Born and raised in Lisbon, with Angolan roots, music has always been part of his essence, and from an early age, he has dedicated himself to reinterpreting the afrohouse matrix that defines Lisbon’s new musical landscape. ADAMM introduces techno elements to create unique electronic sounds and atmospheres, transforming his sets and productions into immersive and danceable experiences. He released his first EP through the renowned Enchufada label and has collaborations and co-productions with DJ Danifox, NiggaFox, DJ Lycox (Principe) and Vanyfox (Moonshine), among others. He has performed widely, playing at venues such as Lux Fragil and Musicbox, as well as festivals like Iminente, ID No Limits, and Musa. First ever performance in Belgium! https://soundcloud.com/adamproducerbeats
๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ช๐๐ Host and all-round DJ/selector SebCat is the founder of the Rebel Up collective and label and deeply active in the Brussels music 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 +30 releases. His DJ sets take you on a journey into contemporary underground global electronic bass sounds, from everywhere to neverthere. https://www.instagram.com/rebelup_/
Doors 22H – 5AM 10โฌ CASH > Please bring cash for the door. Inside at Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.
big up thanks to you for coming out in loving force last saturday @ Illegaal, what an amazing night it was, full of great sets and vibes!!!! Our next night in Illegaal is already on Friday 7 February, where we curate the afterparty for the yearly Chouette Festival. See eventhere.
This weekend 2 Rebel Up gigs in Brussels >>>>
On Friday 24.01, we do our first party in the new LEO bar in the LionCity project in northern Molenbeek.
Get ready for a vibrant Global Afro Electro Party with the iconic Rebel Up crew! Expect an eclectic mix of beats, rhythms, and vibes that will keep you moving all night, with SebCat, Drache MuMu and Laryssa Kim.
19h – 1am @ Leo Bar Rue Osseghem 53 (metro Osseghem or Beekkant) FB event
and on Saturday 25.01, we do a Rebel Up takeover at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek, with a live concert by Bxl-Colombian group Tropicant, who bring their cumbia and merengue rockero sound! Global afterparty with Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Moon Yรฉ.
from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation
Brasserie de la Mule 95 Rue Rubens Schaerbeek FB event
We have some new radio shows online for you to enjoy,
Our latest Rebel Up Nightshop for December, 3,5 hours of new music by Akram Abdulfattah, Soledad Kalza & Siena Kienou, MOMO, Nicole Mitchell & Ballakรฉ Sissoko, Aboubakar Traore & Balima, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Al-Qasar, Susobrino, Blanc Manioc and Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages. check it out here >>>
We also have new Rebel Up & Friends sessions at Kiosk Radio online, December SebCat B2B Lavalamp and November!
and here our latest shows on Bruzz, interviews with Nathan Daems about the new Trance Plantations album, and with Aziza about her new EP.
