Saturday 27th of November: Rebel Up! Soundclash with Awesome Tapes From Africa & Process Rebel @ OCCII

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Hey all,

As winter slowly approaches our northern hemisphere, Rebel Up! brings you a fresh harvest of all the warmest sounds our sonic biotope has to offer on either side of the equator.

This month’s edition will feature a special DJ set from Brooklyn’s Brian Shimkovitz a.k.a. Awesome Tapes From Africa. After researching the local hip-hop movement in Ghana he’s accumulated hundreds of cassette tapes of rare African music from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia to Senegal. He has been sharing his bounty through his immensely popular blog, and now on the road as a DJ.  Expect a highly explosive and danceable trip to the amazing music cultures of an entire continent!

Also from the US is Process Rebel with his nextstep fusion of bass music that traverses the electronic music diaspora with a lean towards dub, dubstep, post-dancehall and global ghetto tech.

Our nomad Rebel Up! DJs and VJ will follow a varied audiovisual trail, trespassing the borders between musical genres by bringing together elements from the furthest terrestrial realms and digital corners into an ethnopsychedelic potpourri that is as rooted in tribal sensibilities as it is in the labyrinthine urban jungles of the information age.

Since we almost didn’t collect any money for the good cause last time, the charity for this edition will again be Stichting Mopti, an organization active in the poorest parts of rural Mali. With its gardening and horticulture projects for women, Mopti aims to support basic subsistence needs independent of market fluctuations and promote the self-organization of women. More info can be found on their website: http://www.mopti.eu/

doors: 22:30 – 04:00
OCCII, Amsterdam
Amstelveenseweg 134
www.occii.org
from CS, take tram 1 (Overtoomsesluis) or 2 (A’veenseweg)

6 Euro fee. ~Profit goes to charity~!

Saturday 30th of October: Rebel Up! Soundclash with Issa Bagayogo (Mali) & Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (CH) @ OCCII

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Hi all,

After a long summer break we’re finally back with a very special line-up to celebrate the start of a new Rebel Up! season in the renovated OCCII.

We are honoured to welcome Issa Bagayogo from Bamako, Mali. He has been nicknamed ‘Techno-Issa’ in his homeland for the unique way in which he combines his mastery of the kamale n’goni, a traditional string instrument, with an inventive use of electronics. After releasing 4 critically acclaimed albums, this former Bamako bus driver will mesmerize the Rebel Up! dancefloor with his distinctive dusky-toned voice, entrancing n’goni sounds and groovy electronic accompaniments.

Described as an ‘Afrodelic agit-skronk surrealist sextet’ and “The Ex crossed with Fela Kuti”, the Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp from Geneva, Switzerland, mixes the dadaism of their French artist-namegiver with an eclectic range of influences from African music, performed with a postpunk sensibility on trombone, marimba, fiddle, guitar, drums and double-bass.

As always, our resident Rebel Up! DJs will knit the night together with an eclectic patchwork of globetrotting sounds. The red thread of the evening will run through the whole African continent with an assortment of colourful musical fabrics ranging from Saharan desert blues and West African highlife and afrobeat, to electronic folk-pop styles from South Africa to Cabo Verde.

The charity for this edition will be Stichting Mopti, an organization active in the poorest parts of rural Mali. With its gardening and horticulture projects for women, Mopti aims to support basic subsistence needs independent of market fluctuations and promote the self-organization of women. More info can be found on their website: http://www.mopti.eu/

doors: 22:00 – 04:00
OCCII, Amsterdam
Amstelveenseweg 134
www.occii.org
from CS, take tram 1 (Overtoomsesluis) or 2 (A’veenseweg)

6 Euro fee. ~Profit goes to charity~!

Fri. 20 august: Rebel Up! dj SebCat @ Mini Radio Panik party, Brussels

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Up up & up!
Time for some last Rebel Up! action in Brussels this Friday before I will leave Europe autumn behind me for the Nepalese mountains and the tropical coast of Eastern India.

Come and swing ‘n’ shuffle to some global & electronic sounds!

Mini Radio Panik party

lineup:

O’tanZZ AIRBUS Vs Sundays Radio Show (Radio Panik -special dj set)

Seb Bassleer a.k.a SebCat (Rebel up dj’s)

80Mo’logic aka Genoside (Radio Panik)

Dj Zazou

Panik Soundsystem

Buzz yourself in @ Caves Bzz, Rue d’Artois 44, Anneessens metro. door; 1,99€

http://www.radiopanik.org
http://www.la8.be

check out some of our new remixes on Soundcloud:
Rebel Up! Soundcloud

and some of our mixes!
Rebel Up Mixcloud

Rebel Up! will be back in Brussels from december,
keep tuned or sign up to our Facebook group.

Hasta la proxima!
SebCat

Rebel Up! Documentary showing in Brussels :: 8 july @ Recyclart

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MUSIC & FILM:

20:00> 10:00 p.m. REBEL UP DJs

Tirelessly hopping from continent to continent is the driving force behind the Rebel Up DJs  for this evening to stop at the rich musical traditions of India. There is more than just music in India and Bollywood spiritual ragas, so expect a mix of tough street music and alternative strident disco folk from all over India by Rebel Up! DJs.

22:00> 11:00 p.m. Cinemusik (outdoor film projection):

22:00> 10:15 p.m. Documentary about the arganisation Telluris helping the people in Jharkhand.

The Belgian aid organization Telluris helps Munda tribes establish their own ecological projects in the forests of Jharkhand in north India. Because this Rebel Up! evening is free, we hope to raise money for Telluris, so do a donation in the pot at the DJ table! This short documentary was made by Maarten van der Glas, the VJ of Rebel Up!

10:15 p.m.> 23:00 “Rajasthan Live cinema”

Pictures from the street life in India (from the holy city of Pushkar, known for its camel market, fairground, street music and rituals) and taken mixed live by DJ & VJ M SebCat (Rebel Up!).This project will end this year on Sublime Frequencies as a compilation and DVD.

MUSIC & FILM :

20:00 > 22:00 REBEL UP DJ’s

Onvermoeibaar hopt de drijvende kracht achter de Rebel Up dj’s van continent naar continent om voor deze avond halt te houden bij de rijke muzikale tradities van Indië. Er is meer muziek in India dan enkel Bollywood en spirituele raga’s, dus verwacht een alternatieve mix van ruige straatmuziek en schelle disco folk uit alle hoeken van India door de Rebel Up! dj’s.

22:00 > 23:00 Cinemusik (openlucht filmprojectie):

22:00 > 22:15  Documentaire Telluris project in Jharkhand.

De Belgische hulporganisatie Telluris helpt de Mundastammen bij het opzetten van eigen ecologische projecten in de bossen van Jharkhand in Noord India. Omdat deze Rebel Up! avond gratis is, hopen we geld in te zamelen voor Telluris dus doe een donatie in de pot bij de dj tafel! Deze korte documentaire is gemaakt door Maarten van der Glas, de VJ van Rebel Up!

22:15> 23:00  “Rajasthan Live cinema”

Sfeerbeelden uit het straatleven in India (uit de heilige stad Pushkar, ook gekend voor zijn kamelenmarkt, met kermis, straatmuziek en rituelen) genomen en live gemixt door VJ M & DJ SebCat (Rebel Up!). Dit project komt eind dit jaar uit op Sublime Frequencies als compilatie en dvd.

Thursday 8th july, Rebel Up *India* Cinemusik evening @ Recyclart, Brussels

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Hey all,

this Thursday a special Rebel Up! Soundclash evening, presenting *Indian* Cinemusik outside @ Recyclart in Brussels, as part of the summer long Holidays festival

also from 18:00 – 20:00 there is a free workshop for making Indian chapati & naan bread. You can check & sign up here.

Entry is FREE! See below for all info or see Facebook event HERE

20:00 > 22:00 Rebel Up! dj’s
The inexhaustible driving forces behind Rebel Up! hop from continent to continent and this evening they will focus on the rich musical traditions of India. There’s more to Indian music than Bollywood and classical raga’s alone, so expect an alternative mix of rough street music and distorted disco folkpop from allover India by Rebel Up! dj’s SebCat & Riquetik.

CINEMUSIK (open air projection):
22:00 > 22:15 Documentary on the Telluris project in Jharkhand.
Belgian charity organisation Telluris helps the Munda tribes setting up their own ecological projects in the forest state of Jharkhand in Northern India. As this Rebel Up! night is free, we would like to raise funds for Telluris so please come and donate something at our dj booth! This short documentary has been made by Rebel Up! VJ Maarten van der Glas.

22:15 > 23:00 Rajasthan Live Cinema
Atmospheric visuals from Indian street life (in the holy town of Pushkar, known for its camel fair, fun fair attractions, street music and rituals) recorded and mixed live by Rebel Up! By the end of this year, this project will be released by Sublime Frequencies as a compilation cd and dvd.

23:00 > 01:00 Rebel Up! dj’s
more unheard Indian music to dance, wiggle & swirl to…..

Ililta Band

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ILILTA BAND

Chalachew Ashenafi (vocals, masinqo)
Mesele Asmamaw (krar)
Mesale Legesse (kebero)

About as old as Ethiopia itself, are the so called Azmaris, the wondering troubadours. A special chapter in Ethiopian culture. These playfull improvisors give a critical, humerous and poetic edge to the Ethiopian society. But also on all other matters they are the ‘freedom of speech’.

These Azmaris, from Addis Abeba, play the three most important traditional instruments: the masinqo, the one string fiddle and bow; the krar, the 6 string harp; and the kobero, the traditonal drums from big tins and cowskin.

This soulfull music from Ethiopia is unique and stands out from everything, but is at the same time very swinging, dancable and forward, like a good rockband.