This Friday 18 september, Brussels based band Re#encounter present their debut album “Angels & Demons At Play” at the alternative Recyclart venue.
The band consists of members from Morocco, Burkina Faso, Spain, Portugal and Brussels. Spiritual gnawa music with big band jazz vibes and some trance rock.
Afterparty with Rebel Up SebCat & Gajoy in a B2B set 🙂
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 Yé and special guest Bob Le Voyageur.
expect lots of afro vibes and beats for the dancefloor 🙂 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 🙂
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
@ 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
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 Yé.
from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation
Brasserie de la Mule 95 Rue Rubens Schaerbeek FB event
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the High Atlas region of Morocco, we will run a fundraiser relief action at Rebel Up for the next 2 weeks.
All digital purchases of below mentioned releases will be donated to the NGO Karama Solidarity, who are based here in Molenbeek around the block from where we are based. Karama means ‘dignity’ in arabic. The NGO is run by Brussels Moroccan citizens and volunteers and is active in Morocco and in the regions that have been hit the hardest.
Donations will be used to help victims in Morocco meet the most urgent needs immediately detected on the ground by Karama’s teams. Currently, the victims need medical care, food but also resettlement. Hundreds of thousands of Moroccans of all ages no longer have a roof over their heads and have lost all or part of their families. Karama prefers purchases made locally, which require less logistics than imports and are less expensive and which also help the local economy.
The 3 releases where the digital proceeds will be donated to Karama >>>
Cheb Runner – Tagnawit, the electronic gnawa EP by Moroccan producer Cheb Runner from Agadir with the Brussels gnawa maalem masters Driss Filali and Hicham Bilali. Last week, we found 10 last vinyl copies of Tagnawit tucked away in our stock. Better be quick to order as these are really the last vinyls! Also we lowered the price for the digital EP to 3€, but paying more is very much appreciated for this fundraiser action. https://chebrunner.bandcamp.com/album/tagnawit-ep
The Marockin Brass project by Luc Mishalle, with Moroccan, Benin and Brussels musician focusing on gnawa and jazz. We lowered the price of the digital album to 4€, paying more is again very much appreciated. Also we lowered the prices for the vinyl to 8€ and the CD for 6€. https://lucmishallemarockinbrass.bandcamp.com/album/beats-pieces
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!
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.
On Friday we organise our 1st big Giraffes & Penguins party again since +2 years in the VK Vaartkapoen venue in Molenbeek. An Arab Bass night with artists from the Maghreb, Syria and Brussels.
We have a great lineup for you, with live sets by 2 special guests Rizan Said (keyboard player & composer of Omar Souleyman / Syria) and the percussive electronics by NURI (Tunisia / Shouka label). Also dj sets by local spinners Hiskhek Bishek, Tropical DJipsies, Rebel Up SebCat and Le Grand Mechant Loop as well as visuals by VJ Jan Vorst.
It will be a wild night and deep dive into the large pool of electronic arabic worldwide sounds.
Get your ticket in presale and skip the queue: 8€ Otherwise it’s 11€ at the door and possible queues.
Doors 21H Rizan Said live set around 23h, so get in on time!
On Saturday 28th, Rebel Up & Friends for the Brussels Jazz Weekend at the Reservoir bar in the Marolles.
2 levels of DJ’s in the bar & basement, vinyl and digital alike. with special guest DJ Eggs Legs from Brighton (UK), band leader of King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band and who will play a live DJ set w/ percussion. Joined by Freedo Figh & Roza (54K Sound), Didi (Tropical DJipsies), RaQL and SebCat.