wednesday 09.11 Rebel Up Alive session at Bonnefooi with Bxl-Colombian traditional roots group Tambor Caribe. Concert at 21h, dj set by SebCat. Free in!
@ Bonnefooi Rue des Pierres
Thursday 10.11, album release concert my Brussels groove band M.Chuzi at Pianofabriek St Gilles. Their album Papara is releasing this week and what way to celebrate it! Concert at 20h30 sharp. Free in! aren’t we spoiling you? 😉
Afterparty from 22h30 onwards at Le Louvre café on the parvis with Rebel Up SebCat vinyl dj set, followed by vinyl dj set by Matteo and Basile of M.Chuzi / Amzari.
Friday 11.11 Peruvian night at La Poissonerie cultural space! Peru Chicha Art expo + presentation + concert + dj sets
programme >
Chicha Art Expo by Yefferson Huaman (Ruta Mare, Lima / PE) Chicha culture art presentation by Alfredo Villar Concert chicha cumbia & rock by Nikanor (PE/Bxl)
launch of vinyl compilation Chicha Popular: Love & Social Political Songs from Peru 1977 – 1987 on Rebel Up records by SebCat with designs by Yefferson Huaman and liner notes by Alfredo Villar. Records will be available on the night. DJ sets by DJ Sabroso (Lima/PE), Rebel Up SebCat, Andres (VE/Bxl) and Rafael Aragon (Bxl/UY)
Doors 20h30 – 4am, 5€ in CASH ONLY! Presentation at 21h / concert at 21h30 / dj set after
Rebel Up x Global Hybrid x Giraffes & Penguins present: ADVENTURES IN GLOBAL UNDERGROUND NIGHT
Entrance 5€ < 01h00 > 7€ (CASH ONLY) /// Doors 23h00 – 06h00 Next to Bourse / De Brouckere metro FFORMATT is a new club in the underground parking of the old Actiris building, next to Delhaize supermarket.
Special guest: Lukrø (PE / Mexico DF) Peruvian DJ and producer Lukrø is the co-founder of Peruvian bass label Matraca. Originally from Lima, but based in Mexico D.F. where he runs the label, produces his output and runs various bass parties. Hidden behind a mask, he brings the vanguard of the new cumbia, juke, footwork, baile funk, moombahton and global bass alive on the dancefloor. https://youtu.be/lbGD0NZqDbg https://soundcloud.com/lukr0 https://soundcloud.com/matraca-netlabel
HOSTED BY 3 BRUSSELS GLOBAL COLLECTIVES > > >
Rebel Up SebCat In the Brussels global scene, Rebel Up has become a household name through their party nights of contemporary *world* music and electronic ethnic sounds allover the city. SebCat is a fulltime musical nexus: he hosts the Nightshop radio show on Radio Campus Bxl, curator of countless Bxl parties & nights and he runs a DIY vinyl distro with the better global sounds. He has just kickstarted the Rebel Up label (with releases from Portugal, Angola, Ghana, Iraq, Mexico, Brazil, and beyond). Expect a wild set of the freshest clubby global sounds, unshazamable! http://www.rebelup.org/ https://soundcloud.com/rebeluppa https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/
Rafael Aragon (Love Foundation Brussels / Tropikal Masala) Rafael Aragon’s sound is powerful yet delicate, constantly changing and continuously breaking borders. Sweaty dancefloor stompers and soulful anthems with a magic touch inspired by forgotten traditions and ancient folklores from all around the world. Mystic chimes, ritual drums and witchcraft music meet raving kicks, deep basslines and electronic polyrythms to provide a rich, dancy and psychedelic experience. As a versatile and talented producer, remixer, live act and DJ, Rafael Aragon has numerous remixes and electic releases on various labels wordwide, and with uninterrupted gigs in clubs, parties & festivals all around Europe, South America and North Africa. https://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro
Beat Brother (Global Hybrid) Beat Brother is a Brussels music producer and DJ who’s influenced by world percussions & bass music. From global beats to footwork, from psychedelic cumbia to baile funk, from juke to twerk, from tarraxo to ghetto funk. Offering the perfect mix for the moment and making dancers discover rare music sub-families are a big part of his signature sound. One of his tracks has been released on a compilation by the label University of Tropical Sound and also has an EP coming out. https://soundcloud.com/beat-brother
Le Grand Méchant Loop (Giraffes & Penguins) “I prefer to make the little pigs dance rather than eat them!” Le Grand Méchant Loop is global underground DJ and percussionist based in Brussels. He shares his passion for global music through the amazingly wild Giraffes & Penguins events that he has been organizing since 2017 with Rebel Up. As a DJ, he loves to build eclectic and surprising DJ sets and to spice them up with live percussion. https://www.facebook.com/LeGrandMechantLoop/videos/881961011963103/ https://www.mixcloud.com/LeGrandMechantLoop/
Tropical DJipsies (Giraffes & Penguins) They united their feminine forces just before the International Women’s Rights Day. This mysterious female quartet has members from Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal and Argentina and are part of the Brussels global underground attached to local crews like Giraffes & Penguins, Rebel Up and MEDEX. Global dancefloor sounds from all corners of the world, from feminist to activist songs and just pure global beat bangers, attached to their own southern roots and backgrounds as well as sounds from other continents. https://www.mixcloud.com/KioskRadio/rebel-up-with-mente-organica-and-tropical-djipsies-kiosk-radio-07032019/
LOCATION: — FFORMATT — RUE DU MARCHE AUX POULETS 7 1000 BRUSSELS
– Smoking Room Inside – Chill Out space – No noise outside – All tribes welcome Design by Ana Penafiel Marcano