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sat. 16 july; Rebel Up! at Le Grand Cirque du Balkan, Maastricht

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Coming Saturday we’ll be dj-ing some of our obscure, crooning, kitsch and swinging balkan tunes at the Le Grand Cirque du Balkan festival at Landbouwbelang in Maastricht (Zuid-Limburg!)

Expect to hear our paprika peppered sounds in the afternoon between bands and we’ll also play a more full global set at the end of the night.  The festival has no fixed entry price but just runs on voluntary donations from every visitor, so don’t forget to chip in!

There is also a facebook event, surf here;
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171665859563910

sat. 9 july Rebel Up! dj SebCat @ Brussels Up sound system party, Brussels

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Hello all,

coming Saturday it’s time for a great global party in a Brussels warehouse. our Rebel Up dj SebCat is now also part of the Brussels Up crew who focus on global parties in the Brussels area (logical huh?).

We’re throwing a great summer party in the industrial part of town where no one will bother us and people can dance till sunset. Top soundsystem, cheap entry, cheap drinks and food (yeah even an all night BBQ!), it’s all there for a wild night out!

See full info below or check the facebook event;

we are the world!
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coupé décalé * cumbia * chaabi * afrobeat * desert blues * indian folk pop * tecnobrega * calyspo * kwaito * soca * asian underground * hyper dub * bollywood funk * maloya * flamenco * dubstep * baile funk * kuduro * funana * reggaeton * dancehall * turkish psy * dub * dabke * champeta * speed merengue * thai funk * tribal guarachero * shangaan electro * soukous * tropical bass …

hear our mix here;
www.mixcloud.com/BrusselsUp/brussels-up-promomix
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Based on a shared interest in playing local dance music from around the globe, Brussels based dj’s Sebcat (Rebel Up!), Lowdjo, Darcyr & Leblanc (Tupolev Sound Crash) & Quilombo have joined forces as Brussels Up! Supported by guest dj’s Markan vs. Lofi Stories (La8), this global warehouse party will make the world shrink to the size of a dancefloor, with a spicy blend of different tastes, for your legs, heart & soul.

Just a small travel north of town, but a big trip in music, time and space. Black Buddah is a 1900’s warehouse alongside the canal outside of town (Haren, just before the Vilvoorde Viaduct). A top sound system, no neighbours, fair prices, food (yeah!), space, the water side and some industrial gloom…

doors 23:00 til dawn…
price: 3 euro
address: THE BLACK BUDDAH WAREHOUSE – Vaartdijk / Digue Du Canal 98A
1130 Brussels (Haren)

how to reach the warehouse? >
* Bus 58 Vilvoorde (stop Buda Station / Diegemstraat)
* Buda Train Station (til midnight / or from 6h)
* Collecto Taxi ( only 6 euro!!! from 23h > 6h , stop at 7 A. Van Osslaan
Neder-Over-Heembeek next to Buda Bridge)

Q? brusselsup(at)gmail dot com

wed. 29 june; Rebel Up dj at Shangaan electro night @ Worm, Rotterdam (at Heidegger)

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hello boys and girls!

What an amazing sunny Amsterdam roots weekender we had, hope you were there!

This wednesday we’ll continue even deeper into bizarre global territories on this very special Shangaan electro night at the good WORM in Rotterdam (not in Delfshaven anymore, but right in the centre at Heidegger venue, real close to the station!).

The South African Shangaan electro music is not your average african sound; it’s a happy electronic marimba folk style from the north-eastern Limpopo region with beats that can go up to 180 bpm. Not for faintfeeted. Producer Richard Nozinja will provide these infectuous marimba speed beats accompanied by the surreal dance moves of the Tshe Tsha Boys and the polyphonic voices of Tiyiselani and Nkata Mawewe. Sure is gonna be a good one, not be missed; only show in NL!

Before & after, our Rebel Up! dj SebCat will play South African sounds with Brussels friends Darcyr & LeBlanc (Tupolev/Brussels Up) and Max Le Daron. Hear this fresh Shangaan mix by Darcyr & LeBlanc, just uploaded!

and see here some Tshe Tsha Boys moves, get practising yo! 🙂

Sat/Sun. 25 & 26 June Amsterdam Roots weekender; Rebel Up! @ Tropentheater & Oosterpark

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Oh yes me friends, we’re lucky this year and we have the great joy to announce you two forthcoming shows during Amsterdam Roots festival in the last weekend of June. The first event will take place this Sat. 25th in the Tropentheater and next day at the gratis Roots Open Air in the Oosterpark.

Saturday 25th > Amsterdam Roots Festival 2011: Dansen in Marmer (dancing in marble) with Rebel Up! Soundclash

This Rebel Up! Soundclash night was supposed to be in OCCII, but for one time we move to the Marmeren hal of the Tropetheater as a collaboration between OCCII and Tropentheater. We will spill out our rarest and most peculiar selections from 22.30 up till 3.00, right after the naturally great performance of Maître Tambours du Burundi. This antique band is better defined through this quote, “Maître Tambours du Burundi is returning to Tropentheater because of the resounding success of her previous appearance. Twelve Burundi percussionists conjure intoxicating, pulsating rhythms from their barrel-high drums. Somersaults and other acrobatics form part of the spectacular performances by this mother of all percussion groups.” We will for sure be mingling with the crowd to take part of the dance craze that shall be going on for this full visual and soundwise ritual.

Info for the full event: Maître Tambours du Burundi (starts at 20.00).
Tropentheater is doing a special deal of *buy 2 tickets, get 1 free!* which adds up to 13€ per person if you pay it smart. If you only want to come to the afterparty, it`s 7.50 €.
We might have some spots left on our guestlist, so just ask us at info at rebelup dot org.
check here: http://www.tropentheater.nl/smartsite.shtml?ch=THE&id=65583

next day, Sunday 26th > Rebel Up! crew at the Club Stage @ Amsterdam Roots Open Air in Oosterpark (A`dam east)

The free Roots Open Air festival is a multiculti musical delight every year and we`re very proud to be playing here for the first time and especially as we are closing at the Club stage. It`s the perfect setting to deliver our full dancefloor flavour with tropically insane, voodoo-like enchantment and bodily trancendentalism. After a night of genuine African drums, we’ll be surrounded with contemporary world bands mixing traditions and urban fusion. Line up with no less than afrobeat funkers Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (not to be missed!), tropical cumbieros La Makina del Karibe (right before us on the same Club Stage), mestizo funk by Sergent Garcia, the raw gnawa of Oudaden, desert blues of Terakaft, gypsy Parno Graszt and more. We will be fuelled and as usual we’ll try to surprise you with striking mixes of global styles for some sunday dancefloor action. Expect a trip that will take you from African electronics to digital folk styles, trancendentals spheres and beyond.

Info  on the festival: Sunday June 26, – Roots Open Air in Oosterpark, Amsterdam
our set is from 20.30 to 21.30 at the Club Stage > >  and remember, its free in and funded by well spent tax money! 😉
check:  http://www.amsterdamroots.nl/index.php?id=16.
see timetable here:

fri 17 June, Rebel Up! dj’s @ Antitapas *Ciliegione* Night at The Egg, Anderlecht, Bxl

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This friday 17th,  Rebel Up! will be spinning at the big Antitapas *cherry night* party in The Egg (an old empty factory!) in Anderlecht, just behind the South/Midi station.

We’ll be playing in the main hall, which is a giant hangar which can fit *a lot* people and seriously expected to fill up, as the Antitapas parties always draw over 1000 people, crazy stuff! From midnight to 5 am we’ll be playing all sorts *ratatouille* global sounds from every warm and tropical corner of the world with circus acts and an orchestra inbetween.  In the other room there will be a cumbia band and balkan  and cumbia dj’s like our good friend Quilombo to make people jump up.

It surely promises to be a huge ass party! -to talk in donkey spheres-.

See the Antitapas website for more info. Be early for the free food though.  Hope to see you there!

wed 8 june, Kawa Brothers @ Compilotheque, Bxl (+Rebel Up! Rajasthani street music dj set)

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Namaste,

the Kawa brothers

tonight the Rajasthani Kawa Brothers will be playing at Compilotheque!
The Kawa family hail from Jaipur -the pink royal city- where they have been raised with the legacy of traditional Rajasthani folk music and Indian classical compositions on the sarangi, santoor and tabla. Should be a special concert in true desertlike spheres of Rajasthan.  See a video here.

Before and after, Rebel Up! Seb will play his Rajasthani recordings that he recorded on the streets and in people`s homes during a 6 month Indian music trip in 2007-2008. After the summer, a compilation of these Rajasthani recordings will be released on American cult label Sublime Frequencies by the title *Rajasthani Street Music*

be sharp, thik hai!
doors open at 20:00h, just 5€ in, very cheap bhai ya didi!
Compilotheque, Akenkaai 50 Quai des Péniches, 1000, Bxl

~phir milenge~

sat. 4th of June – Rebel Up! dj SebCat @ VSO charity party at L’Amour Fou, Elsene/Ixelles, BXL

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Ahoy. bit of a last minute gig in Brussels this saturday

dj SebCat will play some globally inspired tunes at a VSO charity party @ cafe L’Amour Fou from around 22 or 22:30.

Come along if you like to swing for the good cause. There will also be all kinds of food on offer.

It’s 10€ in, but all money goes to the charity.
(or if you want, mail us for guestlist, though places are limited)

address;
Elsense steenweg 185 Chaussée d’Ixelles, 1050, Bxl
from 21:00 till late