Nightshop show online for october + Azmari interview @ Bruzz + SebCat session @ Kiosk Radio

New Nightshop show online for October!

Lots of new releases, from UK to Brussels, Mali, Congo, Algeria, Bolivia, Colombia, Haïti, Lisbon and beyond.
Tune in here >>>


Last week on Rebel Up radio at Bruzz, SebCat had Matteo & Niels of Bxl groove/jazz band Azmari in the studio, to talk about their new album ‘Maelstrom’
Listen here >>>

and in early october, SebCat did the Rebel Up session at Kiosk Radio, eclectic selections as always, tune in here >>>

Summer radio shows & mixtapes online

hey all,
Hope summer has been good to you and your senses. During summer we uploaded some new radio content.

Starting with our latest Nightshop (July & August summer show) on Radio Campus Bxl, with new albums by Arthur Russell, Badiaa Bouhrizi, Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy, Jantra Music, Nana Benz du Togo, Coco Maria via Bongo Joe, Chupame El Dedo, Vudufa and more!
Listen below!


In ealy July, we did our Rebel Up @ Friends session at Kiosk Radio with our Cuban friend Raul aka Chaonda of Cubalanz festival / Camarote Culture asbl. A session with latin sounds between cumbia & salsa.


and during summer break for Bruzz radio on our Rebel Up show, we hosted a string of global mixtapes by DJ Doraemon (Lisbon, PT), Skandal (Bxl), SebCat and Kokonuts (Kortrijk). Check them all below 🙂

Rebel Up action on Friday 19.05 + Sunday 21.05

Hey all,

This weekend Rebel Up and Giraffes & Penguins action in Bxl & Western Flanders.

Friday 19.05 Jam in Jette festival afterparty by Giraffes & Penguins at Excelsior Stam Cool café in Jette > before at festival don’t miss the Nadia McAnuff & the Ligerians and Avalanche Kaito live shows. Free in!
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Saturday > Jam’in Jette festival day with Gaisha, M.CHUZI, Jaune Toujours, Meta and the Cornerstones, Ambolley with Sekondi Band and Guiss Guiss Bou Bess.
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Sunday > SebCat spinning global tunes at Kokopelli World Festival @kokopellifestival in Gullegem, West flanders, Free in, with M.Chuzi, Omar Perry & Asham Band and Merdan Taplak Orkestar and much more.

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See you around! 😋💜

new Rebel Up Nightshop April show online!

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!

Rebel Up & Friends @ Pukkelpop Festival (Food Wood area), Kiewit (BE)

This weekend > Friday – Saturday – Sunday, Rebel Up & Friends will spin tunes at Pukkelpop Festival at the Food Wood area (next to Castello stage) from 12h until 22h.

with SebCat, Didi of Tropical DJipsies, Don Plok, Rafael Aragon, Motacilla, Purple Samba, Mambele and Susobrino

We will play global sunshine sounds while you munch on your breakfast/lunch/dinner from the foodtrucks, and perhaps can even make those dance who are more brave. See you there?

All info about Pukkelpop here.

25 + 26 june > Rebel Up festival weekend: La Nature(Rebel Up stage!) + Couleur Café!

From 23 to 26 june La Nature festival in south of Belgium is on again. The amazing cosy electronic festival in the woods in the province of Luxembourg, at ski station Baraque de Fraiture in Vielsalm.

Like last year, Rebel Up hosts the La Dome stage during all of saturday 25 june, with an amazingly diverse lineup between jazz, global beats and afro bass. See here the timetable >>>

12:00 Mafia Pain Frites
14:00 Mambele
15:30 Rafael Aragon
17:30 Muito Kaballa (live)
19:00 Mopcut (live)
20:00 Drache Musicale
21:00 Didi (Tropical DJipsies)
22:00 Rebel Up SebCat
23:00 RaqL
0:00 Lua Preta (live)
1:00 Menzi
2:30 Fresh Nunas


Stages hosted also by our friends Maloca Records (friday) and Farida Amadou (sunday) with an array of great DJ’s, producers and live artists. See full lineup here.

Want to come & dance with us? There are still tickets for the saturday & sunday.
Get them here.

and on sunday evening Rebel Up & Lua Preta will close the hidden Swag bar at the big Couleur Café festival from 23h to 1h. See you there?

See here for tickets

Saturday 04.09 > Festival time! Rebel Up @ La Nature Festival (Vielsalm, BE) + Rebel Up Records artists @ Forest Sounds festival (Abbaye de Forest, Bxl)

This weekend the La Nature festival takes place from friday to sunday, an amazing electronic alternative festival in the Ardennes forest with 5 stages and a special lineup of Belgian and international artists and curated by several collectives, including Rebel Up.

On saturday we curate the Dome stage with Rebel Up style with DJ’s & live artists in jazz, global sounds, latino electronic, afrogrooves and hypnotic bass. Amazing stuff & vibes.
Our lineup & timetable:

12:00 Tig & Axl
13:30 Drache Musicale
14:30 Beat Brother
15:30 Le Grand Mechant Loop

17:00 KAU trio (live)
18:00 Tropical DJipsies (Didi)
19:00: Pso Man
20:30 ESINAM (live)
21:30 Rebel Up SebCat
23:00 Susobrino (live)
00:00 La Dame B2b Xtanki
01:30 Rafael Aragon


There are still some tickets left for saturday & sunday, see all info & tickets via the website.

For those who stay in Brussels, there is the Forest Sounds festival, this year a smaller version at the cosy setting of Abbaye de Forest! With a great (inter)national lineup, also with a good hint of Rebel Up as 3 artists from our label will be performing; Schroothoop, Susobrino and Kaito Winse. Free in.

See all info here

See you around, wherever you may be 🙂