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Saturday 10 October, Rebel Up @ Ritmo Infernal party @ Brasserie Illegaal

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RITMO INFERNAL #3 / SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER

From Colombia to Cabo Verde, from cumbia to punk, and from New York to Brussels, Caribbean folklore and electronic music come together for a vibrant night featuring a live concert and a Global Groove DJ set!

TIMETABLE >>>>

19h : Atelier de danse “La Manigua” (Colombia)
Taller “Bailes Cantaos” par Danilua Salgado!
https://www.instagram.com/la_manigua_dance/
Inscription : 25€ (workshop + party entry combined)
Reserve via +33 6 07 70 03 75

20h: Warm-Up terrace: Colombian meal “Sancocho de pescado” by Arnaud Bingoni.
Opening DJ set Rebel Up SebCat B2B El Chente (BE/FR).
Tropical & Caribbean vinyl sounds. @rebelup_ @_elchente_

22h: Los Gaiteros de Bruselas (BE/CO) @los_gaiteros_de_bruselas
Live Gaita y Cumbia and Colombian traditional sounds

00h: Teacher Jekyll (Fr/Cabo Verde)
Live Tropical Electro concert with Cape Verdian singer.

01h30: Nickodemus (New York) Wonderwheel label boss, producer and DJ @nickodemusnyc @wonderwheelrecordings
Tropical Electro Global Groove DJ Set

03h30: Rebel-Up SebCat B2B El Chente (BE/FR)
Closing DJ set of Tropical sounds, Bass and more!

Food available on site between 19h and 05h: “Sancocho” Traditional Caribbean Platter Arnaud Bingoni of Veggiecafeee

Presale tickets: €13.80
Buy here

At the door: €15 (Please bring cash!)
Card possible to pay for food and drinks inside

Artwork & poster design by the wonderful Landry A

More info

Doors 19h – 05:00
300 Rue Bollinckx, 1190 Forest

ILLEGAAL is a place for celebration, sharing, and meeting others, open to everyone. No oppressive, violent, or discriminatory behavior is tolerated. The Love Team, formed by Plan Sacha & Quality Nights, is there for you if you need anything. Venue certified by Quality Nights.

Friday 18 september @ Re#encounter alum release party, Recyclart BXL

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hello all!

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 🙂

doors: 19h30 until 1am.

Info & tickets here.

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

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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

new Radio shows online for March: Nightshop, Kiosk Radio, Bruzz

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hey everyone,

we have some new radio sessions online,

starting with our latest show of Rebel Up Nightshop for Radio Campus Bruxellles.
+3 hours of music and 5 albums from Brussels diverse outernational scene, plus albums from Turkey, Tunisia & Morocco, Kazakhstan, Cabo Verde, Venezuela, La Reunion and further…
Check it here below >>>

and our latest Rebel Up & Friends session at Kiosk Radio, a B2B between SebCat & Gajoy in pure dancehall, shatta, afrohouse, bouyon, soca and bass vibes.

And our latest Rebel Up radio shows at BRUZZ ICE, check it out here >>>>>

Friday 7 Feb: Rebel Up @ Afterparty Chouette Festival, Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

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hey all,
this Friday 7 feb, afterparty for Chouette festival in the mighty wild Illegaal brewery.

The yearly Chouette festival invited Rebel Up to curate their afterparty at Illegaal, to turn it into a global clubbing night with eclectic sounds from allover.

with special guests Pulsar Collective from Berlin, who will play a live set with Turkish psychedelic music, oriental house, melodic house and vocals, with members from Turkey, Germany and Poland. Their 1st ever show in Bxl & Belgium!

and Brussels dj’s Djane D’arc, Rebel Up SebCat and Nika, who spin downtempo, global clubbing and bass sounds for a fiery dancefloor to warm your body….

TIMETABLE:
23:00 DJANE D’ARC
01:00 PULSAR COLLECTIVE (LIVE)
02:30 REBEL UP SEBCAT
03:30 NIKA
05:00 end….

Tickets 8€ presale, buy here
10€ at door
more info: FB event

@ Brasserie Illegaal
300 Rue Bollinckx
1190 Forest

arret Collecto: illegaal

Rebel Up weekender in Bxl > Fri 24.01 + Sat 25.01

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hey all,

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 event here.

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

See you around!

New Rebel Up Nightshop shows online for November & October

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Hey all,

Here are our latest Nighshop radio shows online, for October & November!

Nightshop show #122 for November. Starting with 2 songs of the day via Turkey & Brazil. We have 10 Albums of the month, kicking off with Brussels duo Trance Plantations and their cosmic experimental ambient jazz, a compilation of Congolese musician Franco’s label in the late 1970’s via Planet Ilunga, French duo Bonbon Vodou and their Caribbean folk pop and Discobole Orchestra & Christine Salem from La Reunion and their maloya fusions and a South Asia disco funk compilation via Soundway Records. El Khat brings their noisy Yemenite folk experimental sound to shake up things, Bristol Punjabi producer Indian Man with an album dedicated to his grandmother and with electronic collaborations between India & Africa, UK duo Dar Disku and their Arabian sea electro disco sound, Mexican Brussels duo Memo Pimiento and their electro cumbia synthwave and Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue with strong bass club sounds, and finishing with our monthly gig agenda.


and here our show for October, Nightshop show #121. Starting with 2 songs of the day via Colombia & Brussels. 11 Albums of the month, kicking off with the Ugandan artist Ekuka Morris Sirikiti and his thumb piano folk songs, Italian singer Lavinia Mancusi and her experimental folk sound, Brussels experimental jazz quartet Punk Kong, the Thai band The Paradise Bangkok International Molam band into more dubby & psyche molam sounds, the compilation Ghana Special vol 2 with disco highlife from the diaspora and tamashek desert rock band Etran de l’Aïr from Agadez, Niger. Following with tribal electro rock by Brussels quartet Why The Eye, Polish space jazz electronics for the mycelium age by Błoto, and more electronic vibes by producer Aleksand Saya from La Reunion in maloya meets amapiano, Ugandan drumming group Arsenal Mikebe in heavy electro punches, and Italian producer A-Tweed and his disco punk club sounds. Finishing with our monthly agenda.