Samba Django (SN), Bxl

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rebel Up

this thursday evening another KK World edition in KultuurKaffee with a concert of Senegalese musician Samba Django.

Samba Django is an autodidactic guitarist with musical influences from African blues and Afrobeat. He comes from a musical family, his uncle Baba Maal even belongs to one of the most famous artists from Senegal. Since 2002 Samba lives in Brussels and lets himself be inspired by every day events and composes songs about themes such as racism and violence against women. He has worked together with Belgian artists for different projects, like the compilation ‘Art in Exile’ in 2006, ‘Le Monde est un village’, Didier Melon and the RTBF in 2009 and ‘Radio Transit’ with the Brussels group Jaune Toujours.

the Rebel Up! dj’s will start and close the evening with swinging African rythms & more.

@ KultuurKaffee, VUB Campus
doors: 20:00, concert at 21:00
5€
FB event

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

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Rebel Up

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.

thu 20 dec > Rebel Up! dj’s @ fundraiser benefit night in Bonnefooi, Bxl

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Rebel Up

hello folks,

Rebel Up! time again in Brussels this thursday night 20 december, just before the holiday season kicks off.
Christmas time brings out one’s most charitable side and so Bonnefooi will organise a fundraiser for a project in Brussels to host homeless people.The project called “Leeggoed” creates an alternative for people with housing problems in a city where the housing crises strikes ruthlessly. The money of the fundraiser will be used to create a space where a diverse group of homeless people can be sheltered temporarily, a space from where they can create a more stable and certain future. Here’s the roll > > >

20pm – Presentation of Project Leeggoed (www.wooncrisis.be)
21pm – Rojah Lao & Trinity Band (live West African Afro Reggae) www.myspace.com/rojahlao
23pm til very late – Rebel Up! Dj’s (vintage & modern Afro sounds from Africa to Latin America via the Caribbean isles, from old funk orchestra’s and swinging bands to the newest hybrid styles from electronic producers.)

@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres, 1000 BXL
facebook event

fri 23 nov Rebel Up! dj’s @ Recyclart, Brussels with uKanDanZ (ET/FR) + Zea (NL)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Rebel Up

Time for another Rebel Up! session at Recyclart!
We are co-hosting this special African/Ethiopian night with the good Recyclart folks as part of a concert night with Ukandanz and Zea for whom we are playing support with eastern African and other modern African tunes.

Zea (Arnold de Boer, The Ex) will kick off the night with some of his eclectic African inspired punkrock songs with electronic effects and samples between Delta blues, Ghanese riffs, Ethiopian electrofolk and gabba beats.

uKanDanZ is a French-Ethiopian outfit that plays some serious electrified folky punkjazz with Asnake Guebreyes on vocals (from the late Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed band). Pure energy spiritualised with emotional drives to make the crowd go wild and shiver in Ethiopian dance stylee. Listen to their new album on Deezer and check out the video >

As always with Rebel Up! hosted nights, a part of the proceedings will go to a NGO project, in this case the Ethiopia-project of The Ex/Zea in the capital Addis Abeba where they support a music school for blind and handicapped children and other programmes. You can also make a donation at the bar if you like.

Keep in mind; it’s a concert night and not a late dance night, so do come early enough. doors 21:00, just 5€ in, full info on Recyclart site.

wed 14 nov: Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan @ KultuurKaffee + support Rebel Up! djs

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rebel Up

this wednesday at KultuurKaffee on the VUB campus another KK World night, with a concert of the Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan. This group consists of 4 brothers from a musical caste family that has been playing Rajasthani folk music for generations back to the times of the maharaja’s. Expect a mix of traditional Rajasthani folk and semi-classical Northern Indian compositions on tabla, harmonium, dholak drum and castanets, aided by a female dancer who will perform stunning traditional dance moves from Rajasthan.

Rebel Up! Sebcat will play support with Rajasthani & Indian sounds before & afterwards, with cassettes from his personal collection and other folklore, sprirituals, folkpop and filmy dance sounds from allover India and Pakistan, collected from 2 different travels in that region. + with added colourful visuals from travels in Rajasthan & India in 2007!

for more info, see KultuurKaffee site or the FB event here
doors open 20:00, concert starts at 21:00
5€ in
hope to see you there!

wed 7 Nov; The Ex (NL) + Hoquets (Bxl) @ Ateliers Claus, support by Rebel Up! dj

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rebel Up

this wednesday evening @ les Ateliers Claus a nice duo concert of dutch punk band The Ex, celebrating their 33 1/3 years existence and our favorite Brussels trio Hoquets who will play their last last concert for now. support by Rebel Up! dj Sebcat with all kinda global, punk, improv sounds between & after the shows. Time to taste some midweek rocking!

doors open 20:00, first show around 20:30, 10€ in. facebook event here.

wed 31 Oct. Rebel Up! dj Sebcat @ afro party chez Gina (café L’Astral) > free in

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rebel Up

this wednesday no ordinary Halloween party, but a straight up global afro dance party for y’all, right in the centre of Brussels.
all info here, easy goes > > > >

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