4 – 7 Sept > Rebel Up! dj’s @ Goulash Disko Festival, Komiza (Vis island) Croatia

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Rebel Up! @ Goulash Disko festiva on the magical Vis island, here we come!!!
such a big lineup, over 70 acts if not more…..non-profit, crowdfunded and all, the way to go.

We’ll be playing a set on the main beach stage on thursday 4 sept at 14:00
and more sets during the following days on the mobile soundsystem & in Komiza bars with all our global music friends

all info on the Goulash Disko site or FB event
See you there!

Rebel Up! SebCat @ Planet ilunga release party, Pianofabriek, St Gilles Bxl

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Planet Ilunga presents ‘Souvenirs from Esengo’

[En] You are all invited to the release party of the second vinyl release of the music label Planet Ilunga. Come and discover the wonderful
78rpm sound of the Congo and beyond! FREE IN!

♪ GUESTS ♪

* Christian (Belgatone): special 78 rpm set with shellac coming from Africa and other places. Expect rare and rocking sounds from labels such as Opika, Gallotone, Elengi, Ngoma, Cefa and so on… Que des merveilles!
http://7511christian.wix.com/belgatone

* SebCat (Rebel Up! Soundclash): old and new world sounds on vinyl (and cassette)

* l’Afrique Danse (Planet Ilunga): Cha-cha-cha, rumba and merengue from the two Congos
https://planetilunga.wordpress.com/

from 18:00 – midnight, free in
@ De Pianofabriek
Fortstraat 35 Rue du Fort
1060 St Gilles

more info, check >
FB Event
De Pianofabriek

Thu 21 Aug > Café Congé goes Congo @ Elzenhof, Elsene/Ixelles Bxl

 

hey folks,

congo
Elzenhof,  Kuumba & Rebel Up! present:

this thursday a special Congolese afternoon/evening at the garden of the Elzenhof cummunity centre in Elsene/Ixelles, next to Matongé area.
we´ll be playing from the afternoon and just after midnight, also live concert by local Congolese rumba soukous band Color Rumba and other dj friends + other activities and workshops too, FREE IN!

from 15h music in the garden
16h creative workshop for children
15h – 19h00 Rebel Up! DJ´s (chill african tunes)
19h00 – 20h30 DJ Planet Ilunga (Congolese sounds from the 50’s & 60’s)
17h & 19h workshop Congolese dance
20u30 live concert Yan Koy & Color Rumba (rumba & soukous, Kinshasa/Brussels)
22h00 – 23h30 Dj DocDaddy (RDC/BE) (modern african dance tunes)
23h30 – end Rebel Up! DJ’s  ( african & global dance tunes)

+ cocktail bar & Congolese dishes

Just come and join in, FREE IN!!!

Facebook event here, more info on Elzenhof site

@GC Elzenhof
Kroonlaan 14 Avenue Couronne
1050 Elsene/Ixelles

and in the meantime, check out our amazing Acholi Folk Pop mixtape, made by Rebel Up! LeBlanc.
Acholi is the freshest digital dance (and wedding) music from Northern Uganda where traditional styles collide with modern electronic studio production. Nobody knows these sounds yet, so be lucky. Seriously good and refreshing 🙂

Acholi folk pop by Rebel Up! on Mixcloud

 

 

Thu 14 Aug > Rebel Up! Soundclash w/ MC Killo Killo (Serbia) @ Bonnefooi, BXL

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Rebel Up! dj’s + Mc Killo Killo (Serbia)
A night with global beats, balkan mashups, dancehall bass & live opera ragga MC-ing!

Mc Killo Killo is a dj/mc specialized for making amazing parties (balkan, tropical, world-beats) full of drunken dances and genial singing and toasting skills during his dj performance…

DJ/MC KILLO KILLO – Pussies and Potatoes (promo mixtape) by Dj/Mc Killo Killo on Mixcloud

as always ~FREE IN~!
22:00 til very late…
Steenstraat 9 Rue des Pierres, 1000, BXL

FB event here, or check Bonnefooi site

Thu 24 / Fri 25 July > Rebel Up! SebCat in Espana > Valencia & Cartagena (La Mar de Musicas festival)

The next few days, Rebel Up! SebCat will be touring the eastern coast of Spain, yay!
Shoudl you be around there the next days, do come!

desfas tropical

Tomorrow night, Thu 24 July, SebCat will be playing global/tropical beats in Valencia together with Biano (member of Orxata Sound System) @ Desfas Tropical party in Juanita Club. Doors open at 23:00, Facebook event here.

cassette connection

Then on Friday 25 july, Sebcat will be playing at the big La Mar de Musicas festival in Cartagena city centre as part of Cassette Connection, which is the international cassette playing project between Awesome Tapes From Africa, DJ K-Sets & SebCat (aka Maj Tahal). After Belgium/Holland this is only our 2nd tour, so lucky Spain!

We’ll be playing at the old Moorish castle overlooking the city & harbour of Cartagena, after the shows of global bands Les Ambassadeurs, the reunited Malian 70’s band of Salif Keita, Amadou Bogayoko & Cheik Tidiane! And also La Yegros (Argentina), a great honour.  In the deep of night between 2:30 – 4:00 we will be playing a fine selection of cassettes from Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent.  It sounds something like this!

Cassette Connection tape mixtape by Rebel Up! on Mixcloud

Hope to see you around!

Sat 19 July > Rebel Up! SebCat @ Why Not??? African/Global party, Café Midpoint, Bxl

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SUMMER BASH!  GET YOUR VENTILATORS OUT!
AFRICAN TUNES & WORLDBEAT

DJ’s > > > >
TOMMY (Les Ateliers Claus)
SEBCAT (Rebel Up!)
RICO (Café Central + R.I.C.O. INC.)

Welcome….FREE IN. Be there or stay square.
@ Café Midpoint
RUE DE FLANDRE 189, 1000 Bxl

FB Event

Fri 18 July & Sat 19 July > Rebel Up! SebCat @ Valkhof Festival, Nijmegen (NL) & Welcome To The Village festival, Leeuwarden (NL)

Ahoy,

Rebel Up! SebCat will be busy 2 days touring Netherlands festivals with the Congolese Brussels band Yan Koy & Color Rumba and also dj-ing on the side. Fun fun fun!

valkhof

On friday 18 july the fun starts in Nijmegen at the Valkhof festival, when at 21:00h Yan Koy & Color Rumba will play their heavy rumba & soukous sound at De Boog stage. At 22:30 Rebel Up! Sebcat will be playing all kinda vintage, modern & electronic global tunes at De Tuin area untill 1am as closing set of the festival in the park.  The festival is FREE, so just come along!
If you have seen Color Rumba in action at our night in Amsterdam last year or in Rotterdam, you know how wild it can get 🙂

check out this Color Rumba video from their awesome energetic May show in Rotterdam > > > >

here the lineup & timings of De Boog stage >
19:15- 20:00 Villa Zeno
21:00 – 21:50 Yan Koy & Color Rumba
22:45 – 23:30 Fumaca Preta

Tuin stage >
22:30 – 1:00 Rebel Up! Sebcat

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Then Saturday followed by the amazing Welcome To The Village festival in Leeuwarden at Groene Ster nature area, where Color Rumba will warmly shake up all those northern Frysian folks in the afternoon (15:30) at the Blessum stage. SebCat will warm up the crowd with some classic rumba & soukous selections before & after their set. Also good bands like Combinatie XVI and our Ghanaian buddy King Ayisoba and friends of Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamps will be playing there, as well as DJ’s Zea + TP OK!

Timings of Blessum stage >
HERREK 14.10 – 14.50
YAN KOI 15.30 – 16.20
COMBINATIE XVI 17.20 – 18.10
ORCHESTRE TPMD 19.00 – 19.50
KING AYISOBA + ZEA 21.00 – 22.00
DJ ZEA + TPOK 22.00 – 01.00

Sad to say, but the 35€ day tickets for saturday are already sold out…..