New release on Rebel Up Records: Nikanor – Bajo El Sol. Album release weekend with shows in Gent & Brussels

Nikanor – Bajo El Sol (RUP015)
releases 15 january
on vinyl, CD & digital
Chicha cumbia, cumbia Amazonica and psychedelic rock from Peru via Brussels.

Nikanor is a Peruvian band based in Brussels, fronted by vocalist Marx Sánchez Sosa and guitarist Angel Loaiza. Together they play Chicha cumbia, a unique genre based on Andean melodies blended with tropical percussion and psychedelic rock.

The first Chicha cumbia bands appeared in Peru during the mid-1960’s and was very popular until the mid-1980’s. In recent years, ‘la Chicha’ is experiencing a renaissance, with bands and audiences from around the world (re)discovering its power and sound. Taking the big names and bands from the Chicha cumbia era as a reference, Nikanor started in 2016 as a cover band, to play the most remarkable and strongest songs to gain recognition in the Belgian scene. Since then the band has evolved into a group that writes their own music and songs.

Nikanor’s songs are a mix of rock, Chicha cumbia, tropical cumbia and Andean folk. Songs like ‘La Bajada del Kuraka’, with its Afro-Peruvian rhythms, or ‘Cóndor Blanco’, with its Quenas (Andean panpipes), make this album a trip in sound into Peru. Listening to the songs you feel like flying through landscapes and rhythms from all around the country. All of this in a rock structured format that invites to dancing and partying in a live setting.

LISTEN / ORDER vinyl/ CD via Bandcamp!

Check their new videoclip here! > > >

Nikanor & Rebel Up Records will present the album with a little tour in Belgium on friday 17 & sunday 19 january, with dj support & afterparty by Rebel Up & friends.

17.01 @ Trefpunt, Gent, 20h30
19.01 @ Labokube, Brussels 19h

Fri 27 Nov > Rebel Up! @ Tropicalia x BeatChronic anniversary party, Bxl > FREE IN!

Salaam aleikum Brussels,

all nice and scared these days? we’re not.
and for that reason Rebel Up! plays at a warehouse party in Molenbeek this Friday 27 nov,
Free in as well! so are you game or chicken?

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Tropicalia Bxl & BeatChronic organise this night as part of BeatChronic’s 4th anniversary. This young collective runs special eclectic nights in Brussels with many broad styles; global, roots, electro, hiphop n funk.
It will be a diverse lineup of live acts & DJ’s. Hear more on their soundcloud & mixcloud to feel their vibe.

So far confirmed >
Dance performance by Maria, Alizarina (live!), Rebel Up! SebCat, BeatChronic DJ’s Kreshik, Ezmk, Dr Kwest, Junior Goodfellaz & BC Alltstarz.


ALIZARINA
from chevalier baptiste on Vimeo.


▷▷▷ TIMETABLE

22h – 22h15: Maria [Dance Performance)
22h15 – 23h00: Alizarina [Techno/Klezmer/Balkan-Beat]
23h00 – 00h00: Rebel Up! Soundclash [Global Afro & Latino]
00h00 – 01h00: Kreshik [AfroHouse/Brazil/Tropical]
01h00 – 02h00: Dr Kwest [Bass/Brazil]
02h00 – 03h00: Ezmk [Tropical Bass/Grime]
03h00 – 04h00: Junior Goodfellaz [Salsa/AfroBeat/Brazil]
04h00 – 05h00: BC Alltstarz [Dope Music]

▷▷▷ BAR:
Beer : 1,50€
Soft : 1,50€
Cocktails [Cuba Libre/Mojito/Gin Tonic]: 4,50€

FB event here.

from 22h til late
@ Space Belgica (warehouse)
Rue Francois Mus, 7
1080 Molenbeek Bxl
(METRO Belgica – Blvd du Jubilé)

 

Fri 16 Oct > Rebel Up SebCat @ Tropicalia Housewarming, Space Belgica Bxl

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This friday a special Tropicalia night at the largely unknown loft space Belgica.

The night is organised by a collective of creative Brazilians from Sao Paulo who welcome everyone to party all night long in their new place. A 600 square meters industrial loft. Friends of friends are also welcome.
Concert by Les Fanfoireux + a variety of DJ sets. Rebel Up! in tropicalia & psychedelic & beats style + many others.

Presence and live painting by Mozart Fernandes and Monica Rodrigues Fernandes. > http://verticescasa.tumblr.com/

FREE IN (with the confirmation list on Facebook)
from 22:00 till ?
Rue François Mus 7, 1080 Molem, Brussels
FB event here

 

Sat 27 June > Rebel Up! @ La Tentation, El Pulpo Collective night w/ Onda Vaga (AR), Riso Patate ‘n Folk (IT) & dj’s SebCat + Pedrolito

onda vaga 27 06 15Hello all,

This saturday a special night at La Tentation Bxl as organised by El Pulpo, a new international Brussels collective with Belgians, Italians, Spanish and Venezuelans. Also Rebel Up! has become part of El Pulpo for these global concert & partynights.

Special band of the night is Onda Vaga from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
One of Buenos Aires finest bands is coming back to Europe. The best thing about it: they will be in Brussels for their only show in Belgium.
Their sound is a heavy flurry of styles, flirting with cumbia, reggae, rumba, mestizo rock and even some tango. Check their Take Away video’s made by Vincent Moon a few years ago >


and this video for a wild crowd of thousands in Colombia!

Also our favorite Italian Brussels band Riso Patate ‘n Folk will kick off the night with a mediterranean gypsy jazz and Italian folk set.

After the wild Onda Vaga show, the party will kick off further deep into night with Groovalizacion Radio dj´s Pedrolito (AR / Paris) & your local Rebel Up! SebCat.

+ Cold buffet of homemade Italian food by Retrogusto, from 20h onwards!
+ artisanal Sicilian handcraft jewelry stand

Timing >
20:00 doors (& buffet)
20:30 Riso Patate ‘n Folk
22:30 Onda Vaga
0:00 Groovalizcion Radio dj`s Pedrolito & Rebel Up! SebCat.

12€ (presale) or 15€ at door.
All info here or FB event