Wedn 28 March > Rebel Up Nightshop DJ’s @ BCUC concert, Botanique Bxl

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This wednesday evening, concert of South African activist band BCUC from Soweto at Botanique!

Artistic heirs to Philip “Malombo” Tabane and Batsumi, they seek to give a contemporary voice to the ancestral traditions of indigenous peoples. Like its elders, BCUC aka Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness sees its music as a hedonistic trance, but also as a weapon of political and spiritual liberation.

It all started about twelve years ago in a community centre workshop. The format of the band hasn’t changed much since that time, but its musical language has been greatly refined. Their music has a main focus on strong vocals and heavy percussions. Jazz sounds of 1970s and ‘80s productions have been replaced by hip-hop influences and a punk-rock energy.

Their 1st album “Our Truth” on Nyami Nyami label was a firebomb debut and soon they will release their 2nd album “Emokhosini” on Buda Musique. Expect a very lively and powerful live show! Just see this video below > > >

Opening support by Rebel Up Nightshop DJ’s, between South African sounds & beyond.

19h30 doors
20h00 Rebel Up Nightshop
20h45 BCUC

FB event / Botanique site
presale 14€ Bota carte / 17€ without, 20€ at door

Sat 24 March > Rebel Up @ Se La Fet, Globe Aroma & De Markten, Bxl

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Saturday, there is the Se La Fet party in Globe Aroma!

As always the warm cultural organisation Globe Aroma supports refugee artists and musicians and Se La Fet is the moment to showcase talents and to dance to great global music.

Starting in the afternoon in Globe Aroma venue, with an expo, workshops and a live concert by Mansatta Sora (18h30).

From 20h onwards, concerts & afterparty will be in De Markten venue, just around the corner.

20u: Dianka Songo *live*
21u15: Keita Takei *live*
22u30: DJ Rebel Up SebCat

all info > FB event / website

from 16h – midnight
@ Globe Aroma & De Markten

Fri 23 March > Rebel Up SebCat cumbia set @ Taco Mobil, Crix Cafe + global bday party @ Le75, Bxl

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Tonight, cumbia & latino sounds in St. Gilles in Crix Cafe and afterwards an all night birthday party in Le 75 bar in centre.

Rebel Up SebCat will play in Crix Cafe for the Taco Mobil food truck, which will be parked outside on the street!

Yummy taco’s, tortilla’s and whatnot, with extra molé or chipotle for those who like it special & hot  🙂

From 21h30 onwards, expect Mexican sounds, cumbia, banda, 3bal, and other latino sounds from allover.

Free in!
FB event
from 19h til midnight
Rue Monténégro 44 / corner Rue Crickx
St Gilles

Afterwards, there’s a global beat bday party in Le Seventy-Five bar.

From midnight onwards, a string of good local global DJ’s like Rebel Up SebCat, Rafael Aragon and others will be spinning all night long, till the very early hours

ps > if you want to impress the birthday girl, come dressed in gypsy style.

Free in!
midnight – 6am
@ Le Seventy Five
Rue des Alexiens 75
(close to Bowling)

tonight, wedn 21 March > Danyel Waro @ Muziekpublique< xl with Rebel Up & Drache Musicale afterparty!!

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this wednesday we have the honour of having the great Maloya master & cultural activist Danyèl Waro,  his only show in Belgium.

In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies the island of La Réunion, a French overseas territory where the Maloya music lives. The origins of this strongly percussive dance music goes back to the singing and dancing of slaves, who worked on sugar cane plantations. Blended with Malagasy and Indian music, Maloya arose, the blues of La Réunion. The ambassador of this trance-enlivening music is Danyèl Waro, an extremely enthusiastic and striking musician, poet and rebel, who absorbs it for the oppressed and socially weak. With his powerful, high voice, this descendant of French colonialists in Creole sings about love and death, but also current issues, racism and the dominant French culture.

Until the beginning of the 1980s, Maloya was banned because of ties with the independence movement and the communist party, but thanks to Waro, Maloya is now heard worldwide and is on the UNESCO list of intangible heritage. He was once in prison for conscientious objectors and enjoys hero status on La Réunion.

Afterparty in the foyer with Rebel Up & Drache Musicale!
After a trip through La Reunion, the Drache Musicale duo made 2 mixtapes last year for the NGHE Mediatheque cassette label, based on collected 7 “from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Together with Rebel Up SebCat they will play an afterparty set based on vinyls from La Reunion, Mauritius and the Seychelles and take you to the world of maloya and sega.

Tickets are sadly sold out since a few days, hope you got one on time!

For full info, see FB event or Muziekpublique website.

@ 20h
Muziekpublique, Porte de Namur

Fri 16 March > Rebel Up @ Cafe Maison du Peuple, St Gilles

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This friday night, global sounds all night at Cafe Maison du Peuple, on the parvis of St Gilles.

Rebel Up Sebcat will play together DJ Sudakah (CO/Bxl), selector Colombiano Puro!  From classical to the best of contemporary electronic Cumbia. expect a whirlwind of tropical sounds from Latin America, Africa and beyond.

Free in!

FB event / website

from 22h til 3am
@ cafe Maison du Peuple
Parvis Saint Gilles 39, St-Gilles

8-10 march > Rebel Up @ Euskal Herrialdea, Basque Country

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kaixo! (or *hello*, in Basque)

This weekend, starting on thursday, Rebel Up SebCat will be touring Euskal Herrialdea, Spanish Basque Country!

Invited by DJ Makala of Global Funk Soundsystem collective (who will come & play Bxl on saturday 7 april), who are celebrating their 10 year existence.
SebCat will play 3 dates:

thu 08/03 @ Kremlin club, Bilbao
fri 09/03 @ Nicolette club ee ritmo, Iruna / Pamplona
sat 10/03 @ Le Bukowski, Donostia / San Sebastian

more info

See you there?
Etorri zaitez gurekin!