new Rebel Up Nightshop show #74 > July, between Africa and beyond

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This month of July we have a 3,5 hours long Nightshop show, 9 albums of the month and new songs, with a big focus on music from Africa. Starting with songs of the day; COVID-19 kologo music from Ghana (Ayuune Sule), and jazz from International Anthem label (by Anteloper and Angel Bat Dawid). Our albums of the month start with desert songwriting by Ak’Chamel (Akuphone), the early tsapiky cassette years by Damily (Bongo Joe), Bandé-Gamboa project between Guiné-Bissau & Cabo Verdian musicians (Heavenly Sweetness) and new ethiofunk by Mulatu Astakte & Black Jesus Experience (Agogo Records). It gets more percussive and electronic with albums by Malawi ritual drumming group Doctor Kanuska Group (1000Hz), Ugandan heavy electro tribalism by Nihiloxica (Crammed Discs), Portuguese percussive dub band HHY & the Macumbas (Nyege Tapes), deep Congolese futurism by Bantou Mentale (Glitterbeat) and a Dutch-Sierre Leone EP by producer Ramses3000 (Intercept) and Nigerian female rapper Aunty Razor (Blanc Manioc). tune in!

Thu 9.07 > Rebel Up @ See U (F)estival, See U, Bxl

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Tonight, global listening sounds with Rebel Up & Tropical DJipsies. come have a drink & hang with us.

Out Of Office with Rebel Up SebCat & Didi of Tropical Djipsies (17h30 – 22h)
16:00 – 20:00 09/07 Feed U – Bio Market & Guinguette
16:00 – 22:00 Marché Créatif & Durable Hebdomadaire @See U
22:00 – 00:00 Kinopen Air Vol. 1 • Musicals (La La Land + Grease)

All info > FB event

@ See U
Rue Fritz Toussaintstraat 8,
1050 Ixelles / Elsene

Tue 7.07 > Rebel Up @ Bruzz Radio summer schedule

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During this summer, our Rebel Up show will be every tuesday from 21h to 22h.

Tonight with new tunes by Anteloper (Imaginary Anthem), Doctor Kanuska Group (Sacral Grooves 1000hz), HHY & The Macumbas (Nyege Tapes), Aunty Razor (Blanc Manioc), Bantou Mentale (Glitterbeat), Ghetto Kumbé (ZZK Records), Ayuune Sule and more!
Tune in live.

Fri 03.07 > Rebel Up @ Independent Label Market x Bandcamp Friday 24H

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Hello everyone,

Today Friday is Bandcamp Friday again (all revenues going directly to our artists/label).
It’s also the Independent Label Market 24H online edition in collaboration with Bandcamp with dozens of international labels and artists participating and even livestream performances. We are participating too with our label and offer signed records by these 3 Brussels artists: Cheb Runner, Nikanor and Susobrino. (see release pages for offers).

For more infomation on the Independent Label Market & livestreams, see here:
https://linktr.ee/indielabelmkt

All summer Rebel Up @ BRUZZ radio every tuesday from 21h – 22h

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Rebel Up radio will continue this summer on BRUZZ Radio.
Every tuesday from 21h – 22h (instead of our normal weekly hour from 3h – midnight).

Our show on tuesday 30 June will be in honour of DR Congo’s 60 years of independence.

Tune in live via www.bruzz.be/live
Afterwards, the shows are uploaded to our Rebel Up & Bruzz playlist on Mixcloud with full tracklist.

Tonight Sat 20.06, Rebel Up @ World Refugee Day livesteam + Rebel Up Global Sessions livestream *Souh American Female DJ* special

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Today is World Refugee Day!
This afternoon & evening, World Refugee Day livestream via Radio Rood / de Koer / Bij’ De Vieze Gasten from Gent with Osama Abdulrasol, Soundroutes, WHO DAT and a DJ set Rebel Up SebCat around 19h30, tune in live!

All info & livestream > FB event

and also tonight, another evening of Rebel Up Global Sessions livestream, South American Female special with DJ’s House of Pris (BR/Miami) and Pezon (CO/Madrid).

Tune in from 22H CET for 2 hours of female power.
FB event
livestream > https://www.twitch.tv/rebeluppa

New release: ‘Free The System’ single EP by Dandana

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Free The System!’ is the new single EP by the band Dandana, to be released on Friday 19 June on Rebel Up Records. Including an ancestral afrofuturist remix by Afro-Dutch producer Philou Louzolo.

‘Free The System!’ is about the gap between the older generation and the younger generation. The old system can’t easily deal with young or new idea’s. The current global pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement clearly show us that the system needs to be changed, we have to free ourselves from it.

The videoclip premiered on Pan African Music blog (see article)
check here:

and also international UK blog The Ransom Note did an article about the remix by Afro Dutch producer Philou Louzolo and the videoclip. see here >

DANDANA is a collective band of musicians from the Netherlands, Senegal and The Gambia with members Bas Ackermann, Ebou Gaye Mada, Filly Dioma, Jackson Loman, Joop de Graaf and Modou Joof. Together they chose to let go of the past and take a new musical path. Their sound pays tribute to traditional West African rhythm & grooves, with instruments from Senegal and The Gambia such as sabar, xalam and balafon with live drums, electronic drum pads and a range of vintage synthesizers. Inspired by West African psychedelic mandingue pioneers Guelewar, Ifang Bondi & Touré Kunda to the synth-driven vibes of bands like Air & Tame Impala. “Free the System” will take you on a journey through a new universe.

Follow Dandana here:
https://www.facebook.com/dandana.sound
https://www.instagram.com/dandana_sound
https://dandana.bandcamp.com/releases
https://rebeluprecords.bandcamp.com