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 > > > >

Sat 27 Oct; Rebel Up! Soundclash @ OCCII, A’dam w/ Guess What (UK), Sonar Calibrado DJ set (US/ES) & DJ Duckfood

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Rebel Up

Once again Rebel Up! Soundclash returns with a dance night of global tunes, vintage sounds and ethnic bass in Amsterdam. It promises to be an excellent night with a live set and some special DJ sets, here’s the roll;

Guess What (UK)
This duo specializes in obscure metaphysical music and global soundtracks with piano, organ, melodica and electronics that take you through Russia, the Middle East and the 70’s *Giallo* cinema of Italy. Expect a heavy dose of psychedelics that will make your swirl into a higher state.
http://catapulterecords.com/guesswhat

Sonar Calibrado DJ set (US/ES)
we once again welcome our good globetrotting friend who will go back to his roots with a straight up old-skool dj setof global revolution beats, self recorded ethnic sounds and new urban dance styles. Expect a storming underground dance set as ever!
http://www.myspace.com/sonarcalibrado
http://vimeo.com/1963120

DJ Duckfood (R’dam)
our sheepskinned man from Rotterdam will again bring his lively mix of global sounds and special remixes. what to think of Moldavian jump up music, Iraqi choubi beats and other underground party styles.
http://soundcloud.com/duckfood

Rebel Up! DJ/VJ’s
as always your hosts will bring their best tunes and visuals to surprise and amaze the dancefloor. Whether it’s a trip to the tropics, the rural countryside or the urban jungle, they are ready and armed with good global beats and sweet swinging tunes.
http://www.rebelup.org/
http://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/

Profits go to charity; NGO Bhakti Luhur in Eastern Java, which takes care of handicapped children and set up school projects in various villages.

~Come & have your healthy dose of global sounds from the underground!~

doors; 22:30 , 6€ in
@ OCCII,
Amstelveenseweg 134, A’dam
FB event here

Fri 26 Oct; Rebel Up! DJ/VJ set @ Impakt Festival, Utrecht w/ Chief Boima & Non-Western Shoot out

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Rebel Up

This friday night 26th @ Theater Kikker in Utrecht, there´s a super awesome NON WESTERN UNDERGROUND CLUB NIGHT organised by Impakt Festival, where we will play a special contextual Rebel Up! DJ/VJ set.

The concept of this year´s Impakt festival is *No More Westerns*, roughly translated to the western influence outside the west (or ofcourse vice versa!) and this night will be all about the musical and visual side of this. Expect a night that’s action packed with currents of transglobal clubscenes. Here´s the flow > >

Non-Western Shoot out: The Musical > A Mexican stand off with DJ Lonely (Jonas Ohllson), Dubcovsky (Friso Wiersum) and Chief Boima (Boima Tucker): DJ battle with context.

Chief Boima > > solo set by Sierra Leonean-American musician, DJ, cultural activist, and writer currently based in New York who combines a diverse array of global styles from Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Kuduro to Champeta.

We´ll play last from 1:00 til 3:00, expect a musical travel from the 60´s to current times with styles such as psychedelic Indonesian pop, Thai rock, Turkish garage n dubstep, Iranian technopop, Indian filmy songs, Saharan autotune, African electronic styles such as Coupé Décalé, Shangaan electro and much much more..

check here for more info on the night or FB event here.
21:00 – 3:00h
Theater Kikker
Ganzenmarkt, Utrecht

Aw Awe Aw! evening @ La Compilotheque, Bxl w/ Cannibales & Vahinés (FR/NL) + Buantanamo Gay (BE)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Rebel Up

Rebel Up! & Beyt All Tapes present: Aw Awe Aw! concert evening
2 bands > > >

Buantanamo Gay (Gent/Bxl)
torturing the boundaries of strings & tape loops
This first-time sodomised improvisation project of 2 Belgian dudes (of Urpf Lanze & Beyt Al Tapes fame), expect a wild sound
Wolf Eyes with a stringload of folk.

Cannibales & Vahinés (FR/NL)
freejazz-punk out of n.o.w.h.e.r.e.
This franco-dutch band via Toulouse & Amsterdam takes you to a place where freejazz & punk go hand in hand with improv poetry of the freethinking mind, with singer G.W. Sok (ex-The Ex). Listen to their latest album in full here;
http://gwsok.bandcamp.com/album/n-o-w-h-e-r-e

first concert to start 21:00h
@ La Compilotheque
Akenkaai 50 Quai des Péniches, 1000 BXL
5€ in

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