hola Bxl
Rebel Up! @ Fiesta Latina festival this friday, playing after our friends of El Felino Macabre y los de la Cava and Los Demonios de la Cumbia and much more!
our set starts at 22h and goes on til midnight. Expect latino classics and cumbia bass Rebel Up! style!
For programme and tickets, see FB event or website.
Hasta pronto!
Ola!
Rebel Up! SebCat in Lisbon again on holidays for a few weeks and playing this friday & saturday, both events free in!
On Friday 19th 》Rebel Up! evening @ Crew Hassan cultural venue in the Intendente area, with Lisbon dj friends to be confirmed! From 20h til midnight due to noise restrictions. Free in! FB event here
On Saturday 20th 》Rebel Up! @ Largo Cafe, in the heart of the Intendente area. From 22h til 2am will be playing sunny sounds to make you move. Expect everything from Congolese rumba to Peruvian chicha, Colombian porro, tropical sounds amd global bass mishmash. Free in! FB event here.
Até já!
We’re happy to announce that we are playing Esperanzah! festival this year!
We’ll be playing on Friday 5 Aug, closing the Scene Découverte, where all the local Belgian artists & DJ’s perform. Lots of good artists this year > our personal favorites this year are Ana Tijoux, A-WA, & Calypso Rose. Other artists like Emir Kusturica, Lee Scratch Perry and Manu Chao will surely not disappoint either.
Catch us from 23:00 @ Scene Découverte
There are still tickets left for Friday 5 Aug, but the 3 day festival passes + Saturday tickets have already sold out 🙁
Info > FB event / site
5/6/7 August
@ Abbaye de Floreffe (Namur)
≈ ATA KAK (GH) | Awesome Tapes From Africa)
Pantropical is super thrilled to introduce the Ghanaian electronic/rap/hiplife–highlife sensation ATA KAK, the man who kick-started the whole Awesome Tapes From Africa phenomenon!
Ata Kak’s cassette “Obaa Sima” was almost completely ignored upon its release in Ghana back in 1994. But when musicologist Brian Shimkovitz stumbled upon the tape at a street stall in Cape Coast, Ghana eight years later, it formed the catalyst for his new venture, the Awesome Tapes from Africa blog. Shimkovitz wrote of Ata Kak’s music in his inaugural post: “This is it. The song is called ‘Moma Yendodo’. You may never hear anything like this elsewhere. No one I know in Ghana listens to this frenetic leftfield rap madness.” The music on the recording – a mix of highlife, Twi-language rap, funk, hip-hop and electronica – traverses a rich and varied (international) pop music landscape, while also reflecting contemporary Ghanaian music of the period. Presented with the sweaty passion of a Prince record and the lo-fi recording charm of early Chicago house music, Obaa Sima’s joyous soul and casual brilliance made the enigmatic Ata Kak an underground internet sensation and a party-starter the world over. After more than a decade of searching Brian finally tracked down the singer.
www.facebook.com/atakak.ghana/
www.awesometapes.com/ata-kak/
Pre&after party will be in the hands of R’dam homeboys:
≈ AFROBOT (nl | Salamanca Label)
Afrobot is an avid collector and versatile selector of all kinds of pantropical craziness. For this one he’ll be slaving away through his crates to dig up some (quote) and other afrodelic tastes.
soundcloud.com/afrobot
≈ REBEL UP! DUCKFOOD (nl | Rebel Up! Soundclash)
@ WORM Rotterdam
Boomgaardsstraat 71, 3012 XA Rotterdam
This Thursday 4 Aug, our Rebel Up! Soundclash night in Bonnefooi,
with 2 special guests from Argentina & Colombia with Barrio Lindo (AR) & Ephniko (CO).
It will be their first time playing in Brussels, for a late night session into afro latino & electro folklore flavours!
Barrio Lindo is the project of Augustine Rivaldo, luthier by trade. In 2012, after a stay of three years in Colombia, Augustine decided to explore the world of digital music influenced by South American folklore. It all begin after he participated in a workshop production of musical guided by fellow Argentinian musician Pedro Canale a.k.a. Chancha via Circuito (Crammed / Wonderwheel). Since then he has released two EP via Bad Panda Records: “Free” (Ep, 2013) “Respiratory System” (EP 2012) and a LP published by the Project label: “Mooncircle” (2014) in double cassette & vinyl format. He has also made two EPs in collaboration with Argentinian producer Barda and English producer El Buho called “History of Color” recently published by ZZK Records. He has performed in venues and festivals in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil and the United States and will now play Brussels for the 1st time
https://soundcloud.com/
Ephniko hails from Barranquilla, Colombia, via Miami, Ephniko is an emcee, songwriter, global funk selector and producer whose music is rooted in the repetitive groove of hiphop and bass while expanding into the unpredictably eclectic. As a selector Ephniko moves crowds by combining African roots music from around the world with the electromechanical vibrations of the first world inner cities where he found his musical voice. He baptized his style of global dance as “Soundcocho.” He has performed in multiple festivals and concerts from Miami, Caracas, New York City and San Francisco to Capetown and Thailand.
https://soundcloud.com/
https://www.mixcloud.com/
Rebel Up! SebCat is originator of the local Rebel Up! crew who bring the underground global flavour to Brussels nightlife in all global dance styles possible. Host of the night and he will surf the soundwaves from everywhere to neverthere. Just 1 night before Rebel Up’s appearance at Esperanzah festival, SebCat is always ready to play Bonnefooi for those who love the throbbing heartbeat of folklore mashed with electronics.
more info > FB event
*FREE IN*
@Bonnefooi
from 22:00 onwards…
This Friday > Rebel Up! SebCat in Mechelen!
Komeet is a temporary culinary outdoor summer bar near to Mechelen central station.
An open place for good music, food, drinks, activities, kids area, sand & beach chairs.
Come hang & chill with us and dance to the best global tunes!
Info > Komeet site and FB page.
■ DJ TETRIS (mx | n.a.a.f.i., guaracha)
DJ Tetris, from the southern state of Oaxaca, has been a key part of the Mexican tribal guarachero scene for quite some time now. The origins of this particular style of dance music are from Monterrey and is characterized by the use of pre-hispanic rhythms, cumbia, and electronic beats, mixed with flute melodies, accordeon and synthesizers. With his signature style (a mix of tribal guarachero, Mexican fanfare, Mariachi en musica norteña Tetris quickly found a home with the N.A.A.F.I. collective (Lao, Siete Catorce, Mexican Jihad, Fausto Bahia). N.A.A.F.I. are famed for their special events and their unconventional ways of celebrating street/subculture. Tetris’ ultra-danceable ‘Costeño’ came out on N.A.A.F.I. in 2014.
www.guaracha.mx
■ DUCKFOOD (nl | rebel up!, pantropical)
Always on the search for new sounds from around the globe, Duckfood’s massive music collection absorbs anything from renaissance to Moroccan trance. His DJ selections are colourful and not hampered by any preoccupation about genre. Duckfood is connected to both Rebel Up! and Pantropical.
■ CHRISTIAN BAAS (nl | meanwhile in manolya, pantropical)
We threw him in the deep end with his maiden Pantropical set at the MDOU MOCTAR / ChupameElDedo double bill (14.07.16), but this young man unequivally impressed with his skilful set, that even ended up as a live jam with Mdou’s 2nd guitarist.
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From 21.00 till 2.00
FB event
LOCATION: Paviljoen aan het Water – Brielselaan 157, R’dam
entrance 5 euro [Subbacultcha members: free]