Wedn 30 Oct: Rebel Up @ Combo Chimbita concert, Beursschouwburg, Bxl

This wednesday evening @ Beursschouwburg: Storytelling, psychedelic punk and cumbia-not-cumbia. The future is tropical. Live concert by Colombian band Combo Chimbita.

The mysterious Combo Chimbita combines psychedelica, folk and a strong shot of punk to create what they call ‘tropical futurism’. The four first-generation New Yorkers from Colombia take inspiration from the musical traditions of South America, the Carribean and Africa, invoking the spiritual wisdom of our global ancestors through a melding of past and future. Their performances range from the hypnotically ritualistic to the darkly danceable, with the contralto voice of high priestess/frontwoman Caolina Oliveros supported by the groovy basslines, sharp synths, smouldering guitars and ecstatic drumming of her bandmates.
https://combochimbita.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXEEYLT1NIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM093T8EMGQ

+ Rebel Up Dj’s & SudakahFlow (CO/ Bxl)

As part of the ‘We Love You’, a multidisciplinary programme on love beyond the romantic and the self – sep oct nov dec 2019.

tickets
€9 presale/ €12 at the door > bit.ly/combochimbitabsb
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Rebel Up! promotes > concert Sonido Gallo Negro (Mexico) @ Recyclart, Bxl

Sonido Gallo Negro is a nine-piece combo from Mexico City. With Farfisa organ, theremin and a pack of percussion, they combine cumbia sonidera, huayno, boogaloo and chicha with psychedelics and spaghetti western soundtracks, garagerock and 60’s surf. The collective signed in 2011 as the first latino band at Glitterbeat Records (Bombino, Tamikrest, …) and has two wonderful albums in the meanwhile. Exotic, psychedelic, but not to be missed. The black cock will crow! Spooky & hot!

with support by Mexican-Bruxellois Memo Pimiento and cumbialista Gaetano Dub.

21:00 Doors + DJ Gaetano Dub
21:30 Memo Pimiento (Mex)
22:15 Sonido Gallo Nero (Mex)
23:30 DJ Gaetano Dub

5 € only!
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Recyclart site

Sat 17 Sept > Rebel Up! psychedelic cumbia party @ KickTapass w/ DJ Pinchado (AR) & friends

This Saturday @ KickTapass bar, Bxl >

Rebel Up! psychedelic cumbia party hosted by Rebel Up! SebCat & friends, with special guest DJ Pinchado.

DJ Pinchado ( aka Julio Lozano ), born in La Boca, Buenos Aires in 1969, is an experimental Argentinian musician touring extensively over Europe and Latin America, solo as DJ Pinchado since 2003, and as a member of the duo Constitu Sound since 2010. A precursor of the electro cumbia music genre, he loves to cut and paste cumbia loops in an noisy style. He reuses sounds from traditional cumbia from Peru and Colombia, especially psychedelic chicha and huayno styles. He creates his own mixes, experimentating with these sounds and also with electronica and noise music. Also he has compiled a chicha cumbia compilation that will be released in Belgium in 2017.

https://soundcloud.com/djpinchado
7 inch vinyl releases, on sale at the party! > > >
http://www.discogs.com/Dj-Pinchado-Chorisour/release/6860374
https://www.discogs.com/Dj-Pinchado-Linda-Bomba-Amapolas/release/8835934

Also playing > DJ Kumbia Beats (BO)
From Beni, Bolivia via Antwerp, comes DJ Kumbia Beats who mixes all kind of styles, specially traditional southamerican music and cumbia, combined with Elektro, Moombahton, Global Bass, Bolivian Folk, Rock, and Afro.
http://www.kumbiabeats.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dj-kumbia-beats

Put on your best cumbia shoes!
FREE IN!

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@ Kicktapass
Rue de Laeken 54
BXL

Wed 8 May: Nightshop party w/ Meridian Brothers (CO), Capitol K (UK), Hugo Menzes (Sofrito), Funky Bompa & The Wild, support by Rebel Up! Leblanc

RU Meridian

NIGHTSHOP PARTY !MERIDIAN BROTHERS, straight from Colombia, are ready to bring their mischievous blend of Latin rhythms and psychedelic grooves to Belgium for the first time. Straddling the line between new and old, this quintet is the creation of Eblis Álvarez, one of the key figures of the experimental music scene in Bogota. A true avant-garde guitar player and composer he also plays in Mario Galeano’s band Frente Cumbiero and was involved in the recording of Ondatrópica. In September 2012 Soundway Records released his album ‘Desperanza’ that features ‘Guaracha U.F.O’, recently selected by Gilles Peterson as his #1 track of 2012.

http://www.meridianbrothers.com/CAPITOL K aka Kristian Craig Robinson has traversed a spectrum of electronic aesthetics throughout 13 years and 5 albums with releases on Planet Mu, XL & Faith & Industry. His 6th album Andean Dub from 2012 is an experimental cumbia masterpiece, influenced by a long road trip through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. http://www.capitolk.com/

HUGO MENDEZ‘ dj style is a unique blend of African, Caribbean and Latin rhythms – a percussive explosion that includes heavy Afro grooves, old school mambo, tropical disco, bouncing samba, calypso funk and heavy cumbia, bringing vintage styles up to date with exclusive dubplate edits and a contemporary club slant.
After some digging trips across the Caribbean, he has put together several top albums for leading record labels, like Strut, Jazzman, Soundway and Nascente. Hugo also produces the cult Rhythmagic Orchestra project with Nostalgia 77, runs the Sofrito Specials label and makes the tropical selections for 22Tracks in Paris.

http://www.sofrito.co.uk/FUNKY BOMPA & THE WILD are tropical music heavy weights from Brussels, crate diggers and vinyl collectors of all things funky, groovy and tropical, from Africa, the Carribean and Latin-America. Mostly old, dusty and rare sounds from a variety of styles like boogaloo, cumbia, calypso, afro funk, tipica, merengue etc.

http://www.funkybompa.com/Recyclart resident & Nightshop Party co-programmer DJ LEBLANC (Rebel Up! collective) will throw a special opening set of Mexican cumbia sonidera, so get in early for an immersion in the suburban vibes of Puebla, DF & Monterreyyyyyyy…
http://www.mixcloud.com/tsc/    http://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/

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5 euro before midnight, 8 euro after!
@ Recyclart, Bxl >  http://www.recyclart.be
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