thu 21st June > Rebetika improv night with Andy Moor (the Ex) & Yannis Kyriakides (GR) @ Recyclart, Brussels

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Rebel Up

this thursday evening 21st > a very special Rebetika improv night @ Recyclart with Andy Moor (the Ex) & Greek composer Yannis Kyriakides who will play their 2011 ‘Rebetika’ album (out on their own Unsounds label)

Rebel Up! Sebcat made a special Rebetika warm up mix to be played before the concert, filled with old Rebetika blues and contemporary sounds of recent riots, protests and political speeches from the Greek peninsula. you can download & listen to it on the Recyclart mixcloud or our Rebel Up! mixcloud.

Rebetika: rough blues & hard times from the Greek peninsula 1922-2012…. mixtape by Rebel Up! on Mixcloud

doors: 20:00
5€ in
see Recyclart website for more info

Wedn 20 June @ Ateliers Claus, BXL; King Ayisoba (GH), Zea (NL), support by dj´s Grrrt & Rebel Up! Sebcat

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Rebel Up

this concert has been rescheduled to wednesday 20 june after the show of 9 june was cancelled due to visa problems.

special night in Brussels at Ateliers Claus this Saturday with fresh sounds from Ghana!

KING AYISOBA is a number one star in Ghana, with a few big hits and one number one hit over the last five years. His song “I Want to see you my Father” is in the hearts and minds of every Ghanaian. King Ayisoba is part of the new Hip-Life scene and changed the scene with his new approach by using traditional instruments and songs together with the beats, bleeps and bass that make Hip Life so an exciting modern style. King Ayisoba plays the kologo, a two string instrument that originates from the north of Ghana. The sound is melodic and percussive at the same time. It works really well with the jumpy beats and catchy bass lines that come from his sampler. King Ayisoba sings partly in English and partly in his traditional own language, his lyrics are sometimes funny, often actual, very personal and always imaginative. Sometimes the music reminds of Bo Didley with its percussive catchy beat but this is blues of the 21st century and King Ayisoba is driving the cattle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_EBMsxyCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73EmECuV4c&feature=related
http://www.myspace.com/kingayisoba

ZEA / Solo performance from Arnold de Boer (The Ex) deploying guitar and sampler for an almighty bout of crazily high energy songs – urgent lyrics over guitar, roughshod beats and grimy bass lines. Joyfully obstinate, wonderfully bonkers.
http://www.zea.dds.nl
http://www.youtube.com/nowzea
http://www.facebook.com/zeamusic

DJ GRRRT – outernational eclectic selecter dance to a wall of records that come from all over the world and contain those songs you did not hear before and make you ask yourself why, while dancing on its catchy beats and humming the melody. Traveling has never been so easy. here is his blog: http://jongensvandevlakte.blogspot.com/ and label: http://www.redwig.org/

Warming-up & inbetween sounds by REBEL UP! SEBCAT – unheard and eclectic african sounds, from vintage swing to folky riddims, autotune pop and more. Warmblooded music for waiting at the bar and perhaps a slow swing.

doors open: 20:00

Les Ateliers Claus
Brabantstraat 23A (Passage Rogier)
doors: 20h
8€ in

for more info, check the Les Ateliers Claus website.

sat 16 Juni > Rebel Up! dj Palm M @ Mundial afterparty, Paradox – Tilburg > FREE IN!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Rebel Up

Yo folks,

this saturday after the daytime Mundial festival in Tilburg, there will be a free afterparty at Paradox in Tilburg centre with dj´s Merdan Taplak and the Shazalakazooboys from Serbia!
Our nomadic Rebel Up! dj Palm M will be doing the Rebel Up! honours from midnight till 01:00,
expect a heavily spiked soundcocktail of tropical tunes, electro-folk, roots, bass and much more! 🙂

more info here on the paradox site.

Sounds & Visuals section updated

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Rebel Up

our *Sounds & Visuals* section has been updated here on the site, so you can easily check our mixes, remixes, video´s and movies. as well as our charity section has been fully updated with all the causes that we have supported over the last few years.

and oh, here our latest mix, special one for the Cassette Connection tour in May!

Cassette Connection tape mixtape by Rebel Up! on Mixcloud

Sunday 3 june; Jagwa Music (TZ) @ OCCII, A´dam, support Rebel Up! dj´s

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Rebel Up

Sunday 3 June @ OCCII, Rebel Up! will be supporting a special concert night with Jagwa Music from Tanzania, psychedelic tribal synth drumming galore for the wild minded. also support from our buddy dj Bushdoof.

wanna see how crazy the Jagwa sound can get?

Sat. 19 may Rebel Up! dj Sebcat @ Kokopelli festival (BE)

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rebel Up

Kokopelli is a 3 day global open minded music festival near Kortrijk, western flanders. and great line up too!

Rebel Up! Sebcat and buddy LeBlanc (Brussels Up) will play a joint global dance set in the Ting Ling tent stage from 23:00 till 0:30. right at the same time Le Peuple de l’Herbe are playing on the other stage, but you know where to find us if you need a heavy dance session 🙂

Cassette Connection Belgium tour 11-12 may; Antwerp, Brussels & 13 may extra set in A´dam

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Rebel Up

Helloooow,

poster design by Ness Verbeiren

On Friday the 11th o´may, the super special Cassette Connection tour kicks off in Belgium (Antwerp & Brussels) and followed by Amsterdam on Sunday with a limited set by Rebel Up! through the magical Indian tape collection of Sebcat.

Cassette Connection is a pure cassette tour with 3 specialised cassette dj`s playing their collections of colourful lo-fi tapes of (un)popular, vintage and folkloric music from different regions of the world; lo-fi folkpop, ethnic jewels & disco sounds from AFRICA – MIDDLE EAST and the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.

Awesome Tapes from Africa (US)
After a stint in Ghana researching the local hip-hop movement, Brian Shimkovitz, a trained ethnomusicologist, has accumulated hundreds of cassette tapes of rare african music from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia to Senegal. He has been sharing his bounty through his popular blog Awesome Tapes From Africa, which he takes on the road as a DJ. His dj sets bring old and new music styles of the African continent together in one pure sound that will make you swing till you drop. Awesome Tapes From Africa is now also a label; the first release is a classic 1982 recording by Mali’s legendary diva, Nâ Hawa Doumbia
http://www.awesometapes.com/

DJ Cinnamoon (ES)
Since 2005, the DJ Cinnamoon project has been compiling the best popular music from the Middle East. For this special lo-fi meeting we will enjoy a dense audio-retrospective with original cassettes of Googoosh, Erkin Koray, Omar Souleyman, Haifa Wahbe and many other Turkish, Kurdish, Persian & Arabic extraordinary artists still unreleased for western audiences.
http://www.djcinnamoon.com/
downloadable minimix;
http://www.djcinnamoon.com/MATERIA/TEMPORAL/CC_MIDDLE_EAST_SAMPLES.mp3

Sebcat’s Maj Tahal
Brussels dj Sebcat will open up his mysterious Maj Tahal cassette grotto to unveil many musical gems from allover the Indian subcontinent. Expect a fine selection of folkloric and disco pop from different Indian states, cinema songs from beyond Bollywood, sufi synthpop from Pakistan and digital folklore from the Nepali mountains.
www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa

DATES

Fri 11 may @ Scheldapen, Antwerp > Layla Raqsa III night with Basketball (CA) and more
fingerfood, cinema and outerworldly music!
fb event; https://www.facebook.com/events/383986991622295/

Sat 12 may @ Recyclart, Brussels > Cassette Connection night with Velotronix band & dj Bongoman
the Recyclart will be transformed into a lo-fi lounge with sofa’s, outerworldly projections and tv’s with youtube video’s!
fb event; https://www.facebook.com/events/286204771468919/

Sun 13 may @ SOTU fest, OCCII, Amsterdam > supporting US Girls (US) and Hayvanlar Alemi (TR) (without Awesome Tapes From Africa, joint set by Cinnamoon & Sebcat’s Maj Tahal)
fb event; https://www.facebook.com/events/386488968047382/

the Cassette Connection tour has been made possible with the support of Gonzo (circus), Recyclart and Scheldapen.

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