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Rebel Up @ WOMEX, Porto (PT)

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Rebel Up SebCat will be at WOMEX in Porto this week, for the expo, showcase and as part of the Global Club Music Network. An amazing lineup with lots of international global artists in various venues in the Porto city center. See here for tickets to the festival evening & night showcases.

Every year the GCMN hosts a free afterparty for all on the Womex opening night. On wednesday 27.10 pre/afterparty at Ferro Bar (next Sao Bento train station) from 18h to 4am, on 2 DJ levels (rooftop & main room) with this lineup:

Kosta Kostov (DE/BG)
DJ Ali T (DE/MR)
DJ Makala (ES)
Darius Darek (DE/PL)
Oonga (Montreal, CA)
David Chávez aka Sound Culture (Chicago, US)
Rebel Up Sebcat (Brussels, BE)
DJ Chris Tofu (London, UK)
Boris Viande (FR)
& more TBC

On friday 29.10 (16h30-17h30) the GCMN has their annual networking session at the Womex conference, to meet people from our global club scene and make connections. Info here.

Fri 15 / Sat 16 Oct > Rebel Up @ Festival Resistencia Indigena, Casa Nicaragua, Liege + Antidote, Bxl

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Rebel Up action for the weekend!

This friday 15.10 at the closing party of Festival Resistencia Indigena at Casa Nicaragua in Liege! Organised by Indentité Amerique Indienne asbl with a focus on indigenous cultures in Latin America.

From 16h onwards there are workshops and expositions zapatista, dinner at 18h and at 20h concerts by the bands Tropicant and Tambor Caraibe.From 23h the afterparty will kick off with Dj sets by Baylena Selektah, Rebel Up SebCat and Le Grand Mechant Loop.

All info here or here.
@ La Casa Nicaragua
Rue Pierreuse 23 – 4000 Liège

On saturday 16.10 Rebel Up SebCat & Fresh Nunas will play global sounds at Antidote from 22h to 2h30
Before there is a concert next door at Volta by The Oneironauts x Roselien, good combo!
Plus there is food at Antidote, from pasta to pizza.

Rue de la Petite ile 1A
1070 Anderlecht

Sat 21.08 > Rebel Up @ Jam’in Jette ‘carte blanche’ Giraffes & Penguins x Rebel Up @ See U, Bxl

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Who says August, says sunshine and outdoor DJs. and this saturday 24 degrees and sun is forecasted……

Let’s meet at See U for a partnership and a musical carte blanche by the Rebel Up + Giraffes & Penguins collectives. The opportunity for L’asbl Kwa! aka Jam in Jette to leave the commune of Jette, to make culture resonate in other communes of Brussels.

A special musical program with Bxl global DJ’s 🔥 We will dance between giraffes, penguins and camels 💥

Didi (Tropical DJipsies)
Le Grand Méchant Loop (Giraffes & Penguins)
Rebel Up SebCat
Hishek Bishek duo
Fresh Nunas (Mozambique / AM Roots)
Rafael Aragon (Tropikal Masala / Love Foundation Brussels)

Gates 13:00 – 22:00
Free in, gratis, gratuit!
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Rebel Up action in Lisbon this week

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Rebel Up & Friends action in Lisboa this week!

Wedn @ East Side Radio, livestream session by SebCat & Didi with special guest DJ Kolt (Blacksea Nao Maya / Principe) 14-16h Lisboa time, 15-17h Brussels time. Tune in live here.

Thu @ Nucleo A70, terrace dj set by SebCat, Didi, Milton Gulli(Kongoloti records) and Jo Selektor.
from 17h to 23h30, Regueirao dos Anjos 68-70 (metro Anjos / Intendente)

Sat @ Plantasia LX, dj set w/ Mushug (Octa Push), Jo Selektor, Clara Wilde & more
from 18h to midnight, Rua de Arroios 93, (metro Anjos)

Thu 29.07 > Rebel Up @ BRUZZ Rooftop (radio) w/ Pianofabriek Sat 31.07 Rebel Up & Friends @ CHAUD closing party, Pianoabriek

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This thursday BRUZZ invites Rebel Up for their Rooftop summer show, where they invite DJ’s to talk about their upcoming open air gigs as well as a live mix.

Rebel Up SebCat & Renaud Arents from Pianofabriek will talk about CHAUD, the closing weekend on friday & saturday with Tropical DJipsies, docu screening of Les Nouvelles Guerilleres, Rebel Up, Le grand Mechant Loop, Rafael Aragon and concert by Kel Assouf.

Here the event of Tropical DJipsies / docu screening Les Nouvelles Guerilleres on friday > 17:00 – 19:30 music, 19:30 screening
Here the event of Rebel Up & Friends / Kel Assouf on saturday > 15:00 – 19:00 music, 19:30 concert

Listen or watch the show here below >>>

Friday 25.06 > Rebel Up action, vinyl dj set @ Kiosque Bois de la Cambre + Giraffes & Penguins mixtape 48FM radio

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Hello all!

Friday 25.06 we got an evening outdoor event + 2 hour mixtape on the radio.

From 19.00 – 23.00, Rebel Up & Friends vinyl session at Kiosque Bois de la Cambre, with SebCat, Didi of Tropical DJipsies, Drache Musicale and Bongo Hi-Fi.
Expect global, tropical and summer sounds.

Come and have a drink, also dinner is possible!
You can find the kiosk at the Champ du Vert Chasseur side in the middle of the Bois de la Cambre. Find your route here.

And for those staying home or wanting to listen from elsewhere >>>
from 22.00 until midnight a pre-recorded Giraffes & Penguins mixtape will be on air at Liege radio station 48FM, with selections by Rebel Up SebCat, Didi of Tropical DJipsies and Drache Musicale.

You can listen to the FM or streaming, tune in via the web player of 48FM.

new Rebel Up Nightshop #85 June online

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Hello all,

Our latest Nightshop show for June 2021 is online. 3 hours of new global sounds and releases for the worldwide scene. 4 songs of the day from Colombia to Martinique and Colombia-meets-Brazil and a Palestinian song. Our albums of the month first take us to Africa with folk sounds from the Comores islands on Glitterbeat, southern Moroccan Amazigh blues music by Hassan Wargui (Hive Mind), Mdou Moctar’s tamashek rock album (Matador), Les Pythons de la Fournaise and their maloya & sega sounds (Catapulte) and Brussels female duo Mazima and their modern afropop children songs. Some strong jazz, afrobeat & afro cuban funk by Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble (Rebel Up) and a Jamie Branch live album in fiery jazz mood (International Anthem) In a more tropical mood with the roots-dub-cumbia by Krak In Dub (Galletas Calientes) and the compilation Club Coco selected by Coco Maria with lots of new latin artists and EP by Cameroon producer Nkom Bivoué in afrohouse and bass sounds. Tune in via mixcloud, all info & tracklisting can be found there 🙂