Saturday 22nd May Amsterdam – TransGobal Bass – Sonido del Principe // Process Rebel

Saturday 22nd of May @ OCCII – Rebel Up Soundclash meets Sonido del Principe and Process Rebel

Somewhere we have a say that goes “In May do whatever pleases you”

And us in Rebel Up we’re meant to respect that kind of free-minded motto. So we feel like pleasing each other with the crowd and our crew, music-wise mainly. Listen, don’t you hear the distant sound of horns spreading in all directions, beat down by the claves del America del Sur. Cumbia will be one of our centerfolds of the night only to allow us to go in various other destinations. Let’s have the program :

Rebel Up! Crew
– The saga continues with the reunification of our three original soundclashers. After having travelled for so long through the mountains and ending up in Armenia, Rik will distillate some of his crunchy curry material that you might find if you go through the desert. Seb shall boomblast the dancefloor with the stuff that’s not been created yet, he already has it. Looking for music from out there and beyond just ask Seb. The French dude will still pass on his motion-virus to the crowd and we’ll all get unstopable groovy legs. Maarten’s visions will splash on the screen all along the night.
Hot music and vids from our global understanding with beats and bass to your liking.

Sonido del Principe (NL)
– As a co-founder of Generation Bass blog, we owe a huge respect to SDP. He delivered in the past years dancefloor hits como “Cartagena”, under the brightest labels like Bersa Discos and Zizek. Now, the man is back to let us share is world of massive cumbia. Not one to take a nap on the counter but rather here to prove your skills at shaking your hips and shoulders. Here is one tropical base exploding in a firework of infinite possibilities. From Mexico to Buenos Aires you will hear genuine old school sounds mixing up with dubstep, electro and even hardrock.

http://generationbass.com/tag/bersa-discos/
www.myspace.com/sonidodelprincipe
www.generationbass.com/tag/sonido-del-principe/

Process Rebel (US/NL)
– Our friend will this time bring the battle gears to invade the last bits of reality you have left and transform it into a recreation world where strange whales are conversing with bushmen. His new stuff will be so hot that your comprehension of dancehall and dupstep will never be the same after that. He’s been heard in SoundCloud and many other links that you can get through that :
http://soundcloud.com/processrebel

http://www.subinfinity.com
Obviously, we’ll end up clashing our face with the last tune that hurts it’s so good.

We’ll go one last time for the Project Cinema in Jenin fundraising and hope to reach 300 euro from your donations and the simple fact that you’re coming in. See more infos here :

www.cinemajenin.org

Rebel Up!: Global Reggae & Bass Party Saturday May 22 @ Vechtclub, Utrecht

Yes mi brethren,

this evening is a tribute to the giant influence the little island of Jamaica has on the sonic landscape of our planet. From the legendary Skatalites to King Tubby’s dub effects to Sly & Robbie’s massive drum & bass sound,  you cannot underestimate the importance of these pioneers in the global universe of groove.

On this night, the air will be filled with tropical flavours & big basses. Expect reggae-inspired music from all over the globe: Contemporary roots reggae & dancehall from Spain meets  transglobal balkan dub, which together with some fresh african reggae riddims morphes into raggajungle topped with a little dubstep reggaesound. Bob Marley undoubtedly will be around, but the main focus will be on the non-jamaican productions.
So wake the town and tell the people to put on their dancing shoes, cause you do not wanna miss this edition of Rebel Up!

Djs on this special event will include Livewire, MC Count Ozzie, Kako Da Ne soundsystem, John Kayongo, Smartin and Salor Bassclap outta Spain.

Doors @ 22:00, the party will go on till the last bass fades…………

First M.I.A. remix before release, FREE MEXICAN OMELETTE, CON CHILI!

Hey all,

Remember this post at GB?
To the question, what came first, the chicken or the egg? Our man Toy Selectah simply answers; the omelette!

Being stuck in Brussels now after having played at a poorly attented Mexican festival night last Saturday, his flight has been rescheduled till next week by the ash gods. This calls for some heavy cumbia thunderstorms with acid chili rains, hell yeah!

Lo and behold, inspiration already came from M.I.A.’s new video -which is sparking up some heavy flames at the internet forum & twitter menagerie hah!-
Look-y HERE if ya don’t know what the fuss is about or haven’t been infected by the what’s-it-about-hype yet. Toy took it and now owns it before the media spin has even made a complete lift off. Wow, how motivated a quality remixer can you be! It was good fun having the hombre remixing it live in my livingroom. And only 10 minutes late according to his own deadline. Time to get it straight, some scrambled eggs in audio!

Here’s the M.I.A. song:
M.I.A. – BORN FREE

Here’s the original by Suicide
SUICIDE – GHOSTRIDER

Here’s the Zurita remix (from early 2009)
ZURITA – SUICIDE CUMBIA

And finally, here’s Toy Selectah’s freshly cooked Mexican omelette mix. with extra CHILI!
M.I.A. VS SUICIDE VS ZURITA VS TOY SELECTAH – BORNFREEOFGHOSTRIDING (MEXICAN OMELETTE REMIX)

(collage made by our Rebel Up! girl Princess Finness)

I just peeked at the twitter Pitchfork spin; one of M.I.A.’s new songs will be called ‘Tequila’. Watcha gonna do about that one Toy? Wait and see.

And another present from Toy, his freshly uploaded Raverton Worldwide Mixtape! Grab it here;
TOY SELECTAH – RAVERTON MIXTAPE


http://www.redbullbedroomjam.com.mx/backstage/?p=1225

And hey, Toy will be hanging around Belgium and Holland the next few days. If anyone has a spot for him to play on Friday or Saturday night at a good bargain rate, hit him up!

This Thursday night the orange Queensday madness is kicking in Holland. If you are around, just come to Utrecht for the eclectic global 8bit dubtech *1UP* party! Toy Selectah might even join us last-minute. Check here.

Busy times ahead, speak y’all soon -some muslim dub awaiting for next bloggie!-

Rebel Up! Seb

KoninginneNacht Feest Utrecht @ Vechtclub 29 April :: SOLD OUT – no more tickets, sorry

UPDATE: we don’t sell any more tickets. Not at the door either, sorry!

English below!

Rebel Up: ’s koninkrijks kleurrijkste world knallers, EINDBAAS: ’s lands hotste chiptunesparty, en Eat This Media: ’s werelds diepste dubstep DJ’s bundelen hun krachten op Koninginnenacht, omdat onze weilen koningin weer eens verjaart. 1Up voor Juliana! Maar ook voor jou, met chiptunes, dubstep, via exotische World dub en hier en daar een vleugje IDM, electro en wat onze DJ’s nog meer in hun tas hebben gestopt. En met deze 3 live acts zal je 1Up je hele leven bijblijven.

MENEO (ES)
Meneo (spaans voor schudden met de billen) is ongelooflijk! En niet eens zozeer vanwege hun swingende Gameboy muziek; zelfs niet door hun spetterende pixel VJ set. Meneo maakt een swingende mix van 8bit chiptunes en tropische reggaeton waar niemand op stil kan blijven staan. Doe daar nog een wel hele bijzondere performance bij en Meneo zorgt voor een avond die je niet snel meer zal vergeten! Dat hebben hun optredens op o.a. Eurosonic, Dance Valley en Rauweekender wel bewezen.

http://www.myspace.com/meneo

Malorix – Kabaddi Schwalbe // Sound System Culture Clash from IndiVisuals on Vimeo.

MALORIX
Op jonge leeftijd leerde de Nederlander Malorix zichzelf zichzelf drummen door mee te spelen met platen van Elvis, ontdekte Aphex twin, en kocht ooit een didgeridoo in Australie omdat hij tijdens een reis muziek maken miste. Wereld muziek + electro + IDM + dikke grooves = Malorix!

http://www.myspace.com/malorix

ADAMGETSAWESOME (US)
Bleepbleepbleeeeeeep! Helemaal uit New York, jazeker! Geweldige dansbare melodietjes, puur vanuit de Gameboy. Extatische earcandy voor de echte Gameboy puristen.

http://adamgetsawesome.com/

VEEL DJ’s & VJ’s
EINDBAAS DJ’s, Rebel Up DJ’s en Eat This Media DJ’s, ze staan opgewonden te trappelen om het leukste feest van Utrecht te geven. Op 1UP kan je alles verwachten, maar pas op voor laagvliegende crowdsurfers.

http://micromusic.nl/

http://www.eatthismedia.org/front_content.php

http://lentegruis.eatthismedia.org/front_content.php

English:

Rebel Up!: our kingdom’s most  colorful world bangers, Eindbaas: the country’s hottest chip tunes party, and Eat This Media: world’s deepest dubstep DJs are joining forces to Queen’s because our late queen Juliana. 1UP for Juliana (and ofcourse Bea too)! For you we have a world voyage, with chip tunes, dubstep, dub and world music through exotic mixes with a touch of IDM, electro and even more what our DJs have put in their bag. And with these three live acts you will remember 1Up all your life.

MENEO (ES)
Meneo (Spanish for shaking the buttocks) is unbelievable! And not so much because of their GameBoy swinging music, but also because of their rousing pixel VJ set. Meneo makes a swinging mix of 8bit chip tunes and tropical reggaeton on which no one can stand still. Add to that a very special performance and Meneo provides an evening that no one will not soon forget!  Their performances on Eurosonic, Dance Valley and Raw Kender have shown just that.
http://www.myspace.com/meneo

Malorix – Kabaddi Schwalbe / / Sound System Culture Clash from IndiVisuals on Vimeo.

MALORIX(NL)
the Dutchman Malorix: self taught at a young age by playing drums along with records of Elvis, discovered Aphex Twin later on, and once bought a didgeridoo in Australia because he missed it during a music trip. World music electro IDM = Malorix thick grooves!

http://www.myspace.com/malorix

ADAM GETS AWESOME (U.S.)
Bleepbleepbleeeeeeep! All the way from New York, yes! Great danceable melodies, purely from the Game Boy. Ecstatic earcandy Boy for real purists.

http://adamgetsawesome.com/

MANY DJs & VJs
Eindbaas DJ’s, Rebel Up DJ’s and Eat This Media DJs, they’re excited to wait for the best party of Utrecht. At 1UP you can expect anything, but watch out for low-flying crowd surfers.

http://micromusic.nl/

http://www.eatthismedia.org/front_content.php

http://lentegruis.eatthismedia.org/front_content.php

Fri 16th April; Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Bar Recyclart, Brussels


hey all,

From this night on Rebel Up! will be hitting the Brussels global scene almost every 2 months with a Soundclash night at Bar Recyclart, the cafe part of the special Recyclart venue in the centre of Brussels. More parties & special nights to be expected! 🙂

The Rebel Up crew & friends will play their newest, oldest and most kitsch global sounds in a tasty mishmash with all spices and flavours. From the most crunchy cumbia to Carribean powersoca, Brazilian carimba, Greek rembetika, Siamese soul, Arabic dabke, African soukous funk, Balkan disco, dub, roots and whatnot. We’re starting up at 21:00 and taking to 01:00, hopefully we can stretch it a bit longer if a lot of you happy people can’t stop dancing. 😉

entry is FREE, GRATUIT, GRATIS, GRATOS, SENPAGA!
Since this night is for free and non-profit, we would like to raise money & awareness for special charity organisation. This time we have selected the organisation Chakana, a NGO who provides support to Indians in the barren highlands of the Andes. Their main projects are focussed on building greenhouses, teaching ecological agriculture and providing education for children. We will put a donation pot on our playing table and hope you can drop a nice donation, whatever you can spare.

more info about Chakana; www.chakana.org or www.chakana.nl

Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Bar Recyclart
21:00 – 01:00
Ursulinenstraat 25 Rue de Ursulines
1000, Brussels

GonjaSufi – A Sufi & A Killer (Warp 2010)

Once in a a while a record comes along which sums up the stuff you like, and combines it in a way you hadn’t heard before. A Sufi and A Killer is a record like that (and it is produced by the Gaslamp Killer). Gonjasufi spits his distorted lyrics over beats filled with sound from records we love. The Turkish psychrock legend Erkin Koray is heard various times, his tune Yagmur is versioned into Kobwebz and Seni Her Gordugumde (aka I’nan Ki) into I’ve Given. Both Erkin Koray tracks are featured on his 1973 album on Istanbul records. As a great fan of Spanish seventies flamenco-hybrids I was thrilled to hear the voice of Las Grecas in the single Cowboys & Indians, sampling their 1974 tune Bella Kali (from their classic first album Gipsy Rock). L.A.’s Spirit gave their The Other Song (from Son of Spirit, 1976) for Gonja to recycle it to Dust. It seems he’s putting a band together as we speak, can’t wait to experience this in a live setting. Check out this little mix by Anikulapo (CLICK HERE) combining the Sufi songs with the originals.
Obviously, there tons more of samples, if anyone has any more suggestions, I’d love to hear it…….And remember to buy this album!
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