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Rebel Up! SebCat in Lisboa (PT) this weekend 26 + 28 Feb

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starting on thursday 26th, Rebel Up! SebCat will play an eclectic tropical set at Lounge club near Cais do Sodre station, helped by our Lisboa friends of Celeste Mariposa.
Free in, starting at 23:30. More info, see the Lounge site

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Then on saturday 28th, an eclectic global bass set at Clube Ferroviario together with dj 2old4school.
From midnight til 4am, near Santa Apolonia station. See the Ferroviario site here.

and possibly followed by a very late night / early morning set at the Bass Phusions party in The Warehouse in the Zona Industrial of the Alcantara barrio. Yup, rootsy rave time.
See the FB event here.

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monday 23 Feb > Konono No1 @ OCCII, A’dam!!!! Rebel Up! support + djs Andy Moor + De Boer (The Ex)

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This monday 23 Feb in OCCII, Amsterdammie!!!!!!!!!!

Konono N°1’s “Congotronics” album introduced the world to the strange and spectacular electro-traditional mixtures which are being concocted in the suburbs of Kinshasa, Congo. World music, electronica and avant-rock aficionados have all been equally amazed by this otherworldly music, which has driven the international press to come up with some surprising comparisons (from Can and Krautrock to Jimi Hendrix, Lee Perry and proto-techno!…).
The band was founded back in the 1960s by Mingiedi, a virtuoso of the likembé (a traditional instrument sometimes called “sanza” or “thumb piano”, consisting of metal rods attached to a resonator). The band’s line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There’s also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring these famous megaphones.

here a link to a 50 year old Konono no1 recording!!!! (uploaded by producer Vincent Kenis)

support by Rebel Up dj’s + dj Andy Moor & De Boer (The Ex)

OCCII THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED. 50 PLACES WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR ON THE EVENING OF THE CONCERT.
SO BE EARLY IF YOU STILL WANT TO GET IN. PEACE

more info on OCCII site
FB Event here

Fri 20 Feb > Nightshop party @ Recyclart Bxl w/ Gato Preto, dj Khalab etc

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This friday 20 Feb, another wild Nightshop party at Recyclart!

with special live guests Gato Preto, a Mozambican – Ghanaian/German duo of producer Lee Bass & Gata Misterioso who bring kuduro beats with live female MC-ing. Both artist having roots in Africa,their raw yet complex bass is influenced by a broad palette of African musical styles. Wild!

also DJ Khalab will do a special dj set – Afro future beat shake. An ongoing round trip journey between tribes and psyche, desert and spaceships, jungle and skyscrapers. and Flore, tropical bass with complex rhythms and bewitching basslines.

and ofcourse your local rebelious Rebel Up! dj’s will warm up the crowd for the first bit….

timings
23.00-0.30 Rebel Up dj’s! (Bxl)
0.30-01.30 DJ Khalab (It)
01.30-03.00 Gato Preto (Moz/Ghana/Ger/Por) live
03.00-05.00 Flore (F)

only 5€ in
23:00 > 05:00
@ Recyclart
Rue d Ursulines 25
FB event here

Fri 13 Feb > Pantropical @ WORM Rotterdam w/ DJ Pinchado (AR), Rebel Up! LeBlanc & DØG (BR)

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Ok, call it winter denial, but we won’t be shivering in our badly insulated homes. Dance with us n this friday the 13th to feverish cumbia, funk carioca, juke, afrotronics & other hot tropical global bass at this Pantropical party!

 

▨ DJ PINCHADO (argentina)
One of our favorite DJ’s from below the equator! Pinchado is a specialist excavator of the finest cumbia and other tropical gems from the vaults of half-molten record jungles across Latin America. He edits these into fun lo-fi mixes, either slowed down (rebajadas) or lovingly left intact to be spinned in clubs around the globe. Pinchado is closely tied to Holland’s own Dick El Demasiado, who released on Pinchado’s own Silbando Discos (next to the flamboyant Peruvian singer and hairdresser La Tigresa del Oriente).
https://soundcloud.com/djpinchado
http://www.silbandodiscos.com.ar/

▨ DJ LEBLANC (bruxelles | Rebel Up!, nightshop)
This man from is beyond a shadow of doubt one of the most pleasantly obsessed and knowledgeable purveyors of Non-western, tropical music for the Benelux. Together with Sebcat he’s the co-curator for many great tropical events in Bruxelles (Salle Rogier, Bonnefooi, Recyclart, etc.), and co-hosts the Nightshop radioshow for Radio Campus. Despite the sheer dizzying number of subgenre styles Leblanc uses for his unique DJ mixes, they’re always super focused, tight and highly dancable. Leblanc’s set will include digital cumbia, global bass & afrotronics.
http://www.mixcloud.com/TSC/

▨ DØG (brazil)
DØG exists in multiple spaces simultaneously, raised in global suburbs, based in digital realms, sometimes visual other times musical. DØG divides his time between geeking out with A/V installations (as ‘ehCaetano’), and über-dancable DJ sessions as one of DØG’s multiple incarnations. This night he’ll serve up a high-octane mix of funk carioca, ghetto house, afro, and juke, with a pinch of tecnomelody and lambada. Heavy beats from the west suburbs of the planet.
http://dogdogdogdogdog.org/

▨ VJ: THEREISAMAJORPROBLEMINAUSTRALIA (gr)

+++ F. Thomaz & BB’s ccktails

 

5 € in
@ WORM, Rotterdam
see FB event here

Sun 8 Feb > Rajasthani sufi songs with Irshad Ali Qawwali Party @ Art Base, Bxl

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This sunday evening a special trancedental Rajasthani sufi concert in Brussels by our friends Irshad Ali Qawwali Party at Art Base venue in city centre (close to Central Station)

 

A Royal Family Tradition of Rajasthan

Irshad Ali Kawa- Lead Voice Nishad Ali Kawa- Tabla

Imran Khan- Harmonium and Voice

The Abdul Gafoor Kawa family is a very ancient family of classical musicians in Rajasthan. Irshad Kawa was born in 1987 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He started singing Indian classical music ” Khayal ” with his grandfather Ustad Abdul Gafoor Kawa Sahab & with his father Ishak Ali Kawa & his uncle Amanat Ali Kawa. After this he started to sing qawwali music with his brothers Nishad Ali Kawa and Harmoniyam- Imran Khan Foga ). Irshad Kawa gave his 1st performance with “ Irshad Ali Qawwali Party ” in front of the President of india Dr. ApJ Abdul Kalam, the biggest scientist of India.Nishad Ali Kawa started playing Tabla when he was 3 years old. Imran khan plays harmonium with Nishad and Irshad since they were children.


For all info, see Art Base site

@ 19:00
Art Base (across musee du BD)
Zandstraat 29 Rue des Sables, 1000

Sun 8 Feb > Konono No1 & Rebel Up! SebCat @ Neue Heimat, Fhain Berlin

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Great concert of Konono No1, organised by our friends of Planet Rock and we are honoured to have one of our Rebel Up! dj’s doing the warming up & afterparty.

The members of Konono n°1 come from an area which sits right across the border between Congo and Angola. Founded over 40 years ago in Kinshasa, their repertoire draws largely on Bazombo trance music, to which they’ve had to incorporate the originally-unwanted distortions of their sound system: an impressive array of home made (and home modified) instruments. Their music is as unique as their tools – the mighty noises and distortions produced by their unique setup has taken their take on traditional Bazombo trance music to outer space.

DJ of the night will be DJ SebCat (Rebel Up! Soundclash) from Brussels with a special Congolese selection!

FB event here

@ Neue Heimat
Doors: 20h
VVK: 15 Euro
AK: 18 Euro

Sat 7 Feb > Rebel Up! LeBlanc @ Kiss My Paradise, Tropical Boobs party, Collectif Au Quai (1080), Bxl

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Time for another super awesome special Tropical Boobs party with our favorite Bxl girlpower collective! this yime at the alternative venue Collective Au Quai.
Expect South African house, cumbia, funk, electro, dance, mendo house and much more….

with dj’s / acts >

Charlotte Pépé
Boobsy Collins
Super Pancho ((DJ LEBLANC/REBEL UP!)
Prad Beat (CPU$$Y)
Dj LovePills

see FB event here.

from 22:00, 4€ in
@ Collectif Au Quai
23 Quai du Hainaut1080, BXL