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Saturday 25 October > Globaal Illegaal @ Brasserie Illegaal

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Hey everyone!
A new season of Globaal Illegaal by Rebel Up. This time we will travel into deeper electronic sounds, via Africa, the Indian Ocean, Palestine, Sudan, Goma, Haïti and also further afield. with audio visual live sets by the duo Ësenaim (linked to their work for Médecins Sans Frontieres) and a modular live set by producer LOYA from La Reunion. DJ sets by locals SebCat, Moon Yé and Bob Le Voyageur. and live visuals by Bxl female VJ collective Gravity.

Ësenaim (live)
LOYA (live)
Bob Le Voyageur
SebCat & Moon Yé
Gravity VJ collective

5€ before 23H (please bring ca$h)
10€ after 23H (please bring ca$h)
We also have presale tickets, buy them here.
doors 22h – 5am

𝐄̈𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐦 (live)
Ësenaim was born from the urge to turn field experiences into something that could be felt, heard, and shared. After years of humanitarian work with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—from cholera outbreaks in Haiti to displacement in Congo and floods in South Sudan—Sarah Guefif and Michael Casera returned home with memories that words alone could not carry. Since 2016, they have collected sounds and written poetry during missions—capturing voices, atmospheres, and landscapes that reflect human resilience and the complexity of life in crisis zones. From this grew Ësenaim.: a project where electronic music, poetry, and visual storytelling meet to create immersive performances rooted in testimony. A live set in sound and moving visuals, a journey to places that many of us have forgotten or don’t know about.

𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚 (live) La Reunion
Loya is the project that mixes traditional music from the Indian Ocean ( Reunion island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros) and electronic music. As an electronic composer and producer, playing live shows with a special modular circuit setup of synthesizers. With his Blakaz projects, Loya continues his musical exploration of the Indian Ocean, a journey that began in Mauritius, Madagascar and the Comores islands, working together with local traditional musicians. The ancestral pulse meeting the electronic textures of Loya’s modular synthesizer, which extends, transforms, and reinvents them. Each album is a dialogue, a bridge between islands, generations, and sound worlds. Each piece is inspired by everyday life, nature, and the symbols of the archipelago. From these encounters emerge hybrid soundscapes that are both organic and electronic, poetic and spiritual. The traveler moves from village chants to the oscillations of machines, from earth to water, from memory to creation

DJ’s Bob Le Voyageur (opening set)
and SebCat & Moon Yé to close the night.
+ live visuals by Lisa & Laure of Gravity VJ collective

Please bring cash for the door or buy in presale!
drinks at the bar you can pay by card
water = free

𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐥
𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐑𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐤𝐱
𝟏𝟏𝟗𝟎 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

Friday 29 nov > Rebel Up @ Beursschouwburg Bxl, Congolese & African beats

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Hey everyone,

This Friday 29 nov, a special concert night & afterparty @ Beursschouwburg!

Headliner of the night is Congolese band Kon’gongolo Kiniata from Kinshasa, masterful upcyclers who produce electro-Congolese rumba rock: a very own funky and punky flavour of experimental afro-pop, using an impressive arsenal of homemade percussion and string instruments from scrap metal. Their lyrics in Lingala pay homage to the working class, rebel against the war in Congo and advocate hope and perseverance for the youth of Kinshasa.

Before them, Brussels african group AKAR Collectif. A musical and visual collaboration between Shama Bongo (singer, producer & manager), Sarah Carlier (singer-songwriter, musician, music producer), Rokia Bamba (DJ, sound designer) and BenRichard (VJ, DJ, sound designer).

The evening is hosted by Rebel Up, SebCat will play warmup tunes & afterparty bangers together with Brussels based Italian-Congolese dj Laryssa Kim.

All info & tickets here.
See you there!

Sat 20 April: Rebel Up @ Globaal Illegaal party, Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

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hey all,

this saturday Rebel Up organises their residence party at Brasserie Illegaal.

It’s time for another Globaal Illegaal party night @ Illegaal, springtime!
On this night we will take you into the Brussels underground, via guitar sounds, african vibes, afrohouse, breaks, bass and much more! Sounds from the global underground as always in the nice nightly home of Illegaal.

A lineup of exciting Brussels DJ’s and also a special guest >>>>

Terence Rion
opening solo set with guitar, voice and lush tones.

Gajoy
she mixes afrobeat, house, hip hop, kuduro and dancehall reggae. She spent time at radio Tarmac doing shows and joined the collectives of Authentik vybz and Carbone 14.

Nika (Radio Vacarme)
she grabs the public’s attention through her impactful music selection, alternating between colourful and somber vibes so as to make the dancefloor jump and sweat.

Mambele (Bolingo)
The soul of Brussels and Bruzz/ Kiosk Radio resident. His DJ sets are pure romances on the dancefloor and can make anyone’s head melt. Nowadays he plays on everywhere in his beloved capital and keeps everyone’s hearts warm on colder days in the Brussels underground. His nightly sets range from African styles such batida, bass, afrohouse, afrotech, rave, Congolese rumba and more.

SPECIAL GUEST: Asna
DJ and producer from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Asna defines herself as a “sound explorer”. Her talents lie not just in DJing and production, but also in visual arts. Her universe is mainly influenced by traditional African rhythms which shape the continent’s current music. She does not hesitate to revisit the jerky rhythms of coupé-décalé, Congolese rumba or even the trance of percussion and traditional songs, all with drum infused bass, raw rhythms and some spicy electro for dancefloor bliss.

SebCat (Rebel Up)
underground contemporary electronic global sounds of past & future styles from everywhere to never there.

Bom Baleno : live liquid light projections!

Info: FB event
10€ entry (cash at door) > payment at bar possible by card (drinks only)
Doors: 21h30 – 05:00

@ Illegaal
Rue Bollinckx 300
1190 Forest

Dancefloor safety & care team on duty (to recognise by their pink fluo vests)
Taxi Collecto stop available: IlIegaal

Saturday 20.01 Globaal Illegaal party @ Brasserie Illegaal + Monday 22.01 Belgian World Music evening @ Ancienne Belgique + afterparty KFK Hope

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Saturday 20.01 @ Brasserie Illegaal
to kick of the new year with a wild global bass party!

Rebel Up teams up with 54Kolaktiv and the 54 Sound for a night of Brussels bass dj’s, special guest Lua Preta and the 54 Soundsystem installed as a wall of heavy sound.

LINEUP / TIMETABLE:
22:00 – 54 Sound DJ’s
00:00 – Rrita Jashari
01:00 – Lua Preta
02:00 – Rebel Up SebCat
03:00 – Phonetics
04:00 – 54 Sound B2B
05:00 – The End…..

Lua Preta (AN/PL)
Lua Preta is vocalist / MC Ms. Gia of Angolan descent and Polish DJ and producer Mentalcut. Together they bring a frenetic mixture of futuristic electronic bass music and African genres such as kuduro, gqom, afrohouse, amapiano, bouyon and beyond.
https://soundcloud.com/luapreta
https://luapreta.bandcamp.com

5€ in (cash!) > you can pay by card inside for your drinks but at the door we take cash only!
Doors 22h – 5am

All info > FB event

Come by bike or public transport / train
also on the spot there is now a Collecto Taxi point: halte/arret Illegaal

On Monday 22.01, there is the Belgian World Music Night at Acienne Belgique.

With showcase concerts by Jawa, Akar Collectif, An Moor and Kosmo Sound.
FREE IN! No ticket needed.

Doors 18h30 – 22h30, 1st concert at 19h.
From 22h30 – 2am afterparty at KFK Hope bar with Rebel Up SebCat, free in too 🙂

All info here >>>
FB event AB
FB event afterparty KFK
On Monday 22.01, there is the Belgian World Music Night at Acienne Belgique.

With showcase concerts by Jawa, Akar Collectif, An Moor and Kosmo Sound.
FREE IN! No ticket needed.

Doors 18h30 – 22h30, 1st concert at 19h.
From 22h30 – 2am afterparty at KFK Hope bar with Rebel Up SebCat, free in too 🙂

All info here >>>
FB event AB
FB event afterparty KFK

See you around!

new Rebel Up Nightshop April show online!

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Nightshop April is online now, with songs by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru who passed away end of march and a zouk tune from Guadeloupe.

We have 12! albums of the month, starting with spritual jazz by Syrian-French artist Naïssam Jalal, followed by Brussels group schroothoop and their special junk jazz sound, French-Malian duo Clement Janinet & Adama Sidibé with spiritual strings, Belgian band Gaïsha with psychedelic rock & grooves sung in Arabic. Entoto Band by musicians from Ethiopia and Eritrea bring Ethio funk classics, David Walters explores afro disco & funk and Belgian band Bernard Orchestar brings electro balkan brass in oriental bass. To end the show, Jamaican producer Gavsborg and his deep post-dancehall, DJ Kapwanthi from Malawi and his hyper beats, Ozferti brings his electronic afro club sound, Brussels producer Le Motel w/ Nigerian rapper Magugu and Swordman Kitala & Tim Karbon bring afro bass fire. Tune in below!

Saturday 26 Nov > Illegaal Feestje by Brasserie Illegaal with Rebel Up & Nyege Nyege @ Buda Brussels club

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hoho, this saturday 26 nov, big party night organised by Brasserie Illegaal in the Buda Brussels club! With Rebel Up, Tropical DJipsies & Nyege Nyege as partners for an afro rave lineup.

Buda Brussels club is a top location in an old warehouse on the northern Brussels canal zone (Haren) with an amazing soundsystem. It has a big room for 800 people and a smaller room for 250 people. This evening & party night promises to be special with live concerts and dj sets in 2 rooms.

Timetable >

LIVE STAGE
21H – LEYA TOUCH
22H – BICKY LOVE
23H – SWEATS
00H – MARU KAY FROM JAPAN
01H – PERNOVITC
03H – LA MONTAGNE LIQUIDE

REBEL DJIPSIES NYEGE STAGE
00H DE SCHUURMAN (NYEGE NYEGE)
01H30 DIDI B2B RAQL (TROPICAL DJIPSIES)
03H DJ TRAVELLA (NYEGE NYEGE)
04H30 REBEL UP SEBCAT B2B FRESH NUNAS

DOORS 20H
10€ > No presale, at door only.
Make sure you come on time as it promises to get real busy!

More info > FB event / Illegaal website

@ Buda club Bxl
Chaussée de Budasesteenweg, 96
1130 Brussels (Haren)

Public transport >
quickest route via bus 58 Gare du Nord – Chausee de Buda (20 min) > last one at 22h!
afterwards only combo of tram/bus that takes longer.
or train to Vilvoorde + taxi



Thu 17.03 > Rebel Up & Friends @ Bonnefooi w/ special guest Spilulu (DRC) & Fresh Nunas (MZ – Bxl)

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Rebel Up collective is back this week at Bonnefooi for a set that’ll get the week started properly ! Don’t miss out Fresh Nunas & Spilulu coming right from the Rebel Up family who are ready to set the stage on fire with live percussion !

Line up:

Spilulu (DRC / Lumumbashi)
Originally from Lubumbashi / Katanga Democratic Republic of Congo, Spilulu is famous for his afrohouse blends and more!
https://soundcloud.com/spilulu

Fresh Nunas (MZ – Bxl)
Mozambican DJ Fresh Nunas is a multimedia artist who started his pro dj cultural career in New York City. Fresh is a veteran DJ of afro sounds, always keeping them grounded in the continent, for club audiences across the globe. He will play his set together with Cuban percussionist Sandy Martin
https://www.mixcloud.com/deadfresh

hosted by Rebel Up SebCat (Bxl)
SebCat is a full time nexus, taking sounds from all corners and styles into his wildcat dj sets, performing at parties & festival on several continents.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa

Full info > FB event
@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres
Doors: 8PM
DJ Set: 10PM
Free entry