Sat. 24 Aug: Rebel Up! Soundclash *Congolese Rumba Special* @ OCCII, A’dam w/ Yan Koy & Kolor Rumba (RDC/BE) & Orch. TP Jean Mikili (BE)

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Yes folks!

finally it’s there after several attempts: our Congolese Rumba Special night on Saturday 24 august.
A whole night filled with marvelous vintage rumba & soukous sounds from Congo!

We’ll have 2 bands playing live on stage to fully lose yourself in this addictive rumba rock sound. Here the roll down > > >

Yan Koy & Kolor Rumba (CO/BE) (on poster)
This Congolese band from Brussels will play vintage Congolese rumba soukous songs from the 60’s to 80’s, led by vocalist Yan Koy along with master members such as Petit Poisson, Pappy Muntu, Alonzo Baba and several others who played in famous Congolese bands such as Franco’s OK Jazz, Zaiko Langa Langa and Ndombe. In a 2 hour live set they will play classic rumba songs and take you into the Congolese underbelly of tropical rock with psychedelic guitar solo’s, hypnotising percussion and polyphonic vocals. Not to be missed!

Orch. TP Jean Mikili (BE)
Belgian trio from Brussels that specialises in Congolese rumba with fresh indierock while keeping it real for all to swing and shuffle along to. It’s gonna be *Tout Puissant* for sure as perfect warm-up to Color Rumba!

Vendredi Tresse, avec l’Orchestre TP Jean Mikili de Bruxelles from Frederic Bourgeois on Vimeo.

dj’s Rebel Up! & friends
swinging African & latino sounds before & after the bands.

Profits on the night will go to Women’s Initiative for Gender Justice, a NGO fighting for the change of mentality for governments that consciously leave open sexual crimes unpunished. For more info about this organization, go to www.iccwomen.org or their twitter account @4GenderJustice.

Doors will already open at 22:00.
As we have 2 bands playing live, it´s 5€ in before 23:00h, but 7€ afterwards, so come early!

Save the date!
Facebook event here

sat 24 august
22:00 – 4:00
@ OCCII, Amsterdam
www.occii.org

Saturday 18 May > double Rebel Up! fun in Molenbeek, 1080 BXL *free in*

Hey Brussels,

Saturday afternoon, we’ll be spinning various soft n folky global sounds in Molenbeek as part of the local Wijkfeest/Fete du Quartier in (Parc) Bonneviepark, with lots of animation and activities for children. It runs from 13:00 – 18:00 and it’s free in for young and old.

More info & full programme, see facebook event here.

and for those of you who like to go fun dancing on Saturday night, we’ll be playing cumbia and tropical global tunes at the *Cumbia meets Balkan* party in the new Chez Jacques music club together with our Argentinian friend Chico Parany. It’s also free in, which makes 4 free Brussels events in a row where we play, what are the odds 😉

More info > see facebook event.

soiree cumbia meets balkan

see ya around pibes! 😉

31 dec NYE party Le Bal Glacé @ Belicia ice cream shop, Schaarbeek (Bxl 1030)

hello friends!
hope you had a fine xmas and are ready to celebrate New Years eve in a very special way.
this NYE night Rebel Up! Sebcat & friends will be dj-ing all night n morning long at Glacier Bélicia in Schaarbeek; yep, an ice cream shop!
while all other parties in the city cash in & overcharge people and put you into crammed hot rooms, it’s FREE IN at our party and with kindly priced artisanal Brussels beers (Brasserie de la Senne), yummy ice cream and even fresh waffles!
and all this on the fine warm sounds of soukous rumba, tropical cumbia, indian pop tunes, caribbean carnival, 80’s no wave, indierock, classic chanson, and much much more unexpected party sounds played by DJ’s Brian Hainaut, Jean Mikili, Bongoman, Cool Broccoli, Ji Efuola’m and Sebcat.
surely the most fun n free underground party in Brussel to end 2012 and go fresh into 2013 🙂
where you say? at Bélicia, Place Colignon, 1030 Schaarbeek

> right across Schaarbeek city hall, so you really can’t miss it.

Fri 28 sept; Rebel Up! Sebcat @ café Le Libre’Air, Sint Gillis (Bxl) w/ Les Caricoles

This Friday @ café Le Libre’Air in Sint Gillis area of Brussels (at the Parvis, opposite l’Union),
free concert of Wallonian duo Les Caricoles and their accordeon driven global folk music. Afterwards dj set by Rebel Up! Sebcat, a potpourri of heavy global dance sounds, from vintage swing to modern styles and back.

FREE IN! so come and have a dance 🙂

@ café Le Libre’Air
Parvis De Saint Gilles 26
starts 20:30h til after midnight…
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