Car-Free Day @ Schaarbeek Village + 2nd DJ party @ Refugee Camp

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Rebel Up

Hello Brussels rebels,

If you have not yet been to the refugee camp at Parc Maximilien (Gare du Nord), do visit and feel welcome to help out if you have some free time. Volunteers are always needed for many different things, from kitchen to cleaning to construction to animation. Check the Platforme Citoyenne De Soutien Aux Refugies Bruxelles on Facebook.

This saturday evening Rebel Up! is helping with organising a musical evening for & by the musicians of the refugee camp (from Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Eritrea etc), followed by a afterparty with music from the camp inhabitants. See FB event here.

We are still looking for instruments to borrow; especially percussion, keyboards, djarbouka´s or Arab instruments such as Oud lutes etc. Also microphones, stands and cables are in high demand. And on friday or saturday we need some help constructing a small stage as well, so join up if you like. contact us at rebeluppa -at- gmail.

From 18 – 21h concerts / jam
from 21 – 23h DJ afterparty > with dance music selections by the youths of the camp

Please share this in your networks and feel welcome to see the musicians of the camp perform!!!

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On Sunday there is the Car-Free Sunday in all of Brussels and let’s celebrate that with music and bike action.
In Schaarbeek at Avenue Louis Bertrand (next to Parc Josaphat), there will be the *Schaarbeek Village* street party with concerts, theatre, food, repair café, Pro velo, workshops and green infostands. Between all this, dj sets by Rebel Up! SebCat, Jean Mikili & Matamore.

From 10 – 17h
with live sets by Velotronix (2 shows at 13 – 15h)
Human Jukebox (at 12h in front of café le Barboteur and 14h at l’Espérance)
Theatre D’un Jour (at 12 and 16h)
La Boite a Luciole (various shows between 10-17h)
and much more!

More info > Schaarbeek Village or La Carotte asbl.

and straight after at 17:00, another DJ party at the Refugee Camp at Parc Maximilien, again with folk dance selections played by the refugees. Last night was just amazing, such a wild party atmosphere and after this session we just need to do a 2nd session.

From 17:00 til 20:00. Be there if you care.
FB event.

Rebel Up! SebCat @ Space Is The Place (Zen’s bday bash), Potemkin Bar, Bxl

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Rebel Up

Yo folks,

This saturday it’s the bday party of our buddy Zen aka dj DOvecaKE

Rebel Up! SebCat & DOvecaKE will go heavy on the bass, everything from cumbia to dancehall, afrohouse and much more sweaty global electro sounds!

From 22h until very late @ Potemkin bar, St Gilles (Porte de Halle).
FREE IN!

see FB event here.

Fri 31 July > Rebel Up! SebCat @ dj SoFa´s b-day bash, Café Central + Recyclart Holidays night with Ogoya Nengo, Umeme Afrorave & Poté

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Rebel Up

Heya Brussels,

This friday some good stuff coming up.

Our good Brussels dj buddy SoFa is throwing a wild b-day bash at Café Central with lots of dj friends playing. Our Rebel Up! SebCat will play a global ping-pong set from 23:00 til a bit after midnight. See FB event here!

Then afterwards at Recyclart, it´s already the last Holidays festival night awww, but with a seriously good line-up > Bxl improv jazz outfit Going, a set by German duo Sven Kacirek & Schneider, the Kenyan ethnic folk of the 80 year old Ogoya Nengo & Dodo Women group, our friends Umeme Afrorave from Amsterdam with their afro electro sound and London DJ Poté for some heavier african bass til the end. Not to miss!

Timeschedule >

22:00 > 23:00 GOING (outside – free)
23:00 > 00:30 DJ MUKAMBO
24:30 > 01:15 SCHNEIDER/KACIREK
01:15 > 02:00 OGOYA NENGO & THE DODO WOMEN’S GROUP
02:00 > 02:15 SCHNEIDER/KACIREK & OGOYA NENGO & THE DODO WOMEN’S GROUP
02:30 > 03:30 UMEME AFRORAVE
03:30 > 05:00 POTÉ

FB event here, or see Recy site

Fri 17 July > Puxa: Luso-African Dance Night @ Recyclart Bxl w/ Chalo Correia (AN/PT), Tabanka (CV), Celeste Mariposa dj’s (PT) & Rebel Up!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Rebel Up

Yo folks, PUXA!!!

On Friday 17th Rebel Up! helps organising a very special night at Recyclart during the always amazing Holidays festival.
as the title says > Puxa: Luso African Dance Night stands for a night filled with African dance music from the Lusophone countries such as Angola and Cabo Verde with styles like Semba, Funaná and more. Expect some serious tropical sounds impossible not to dance to.

‘Puxa’ means ‘pull’ in Portuguese (and not ‘push’ as would seem logical) and is used as a musical shout to pull your dance partner closer to you. Be ready to hear Puxa! night long!

Live concerts by Chalo Correia and Band from Angola via Lisboa, Tabanka from Cabo Verde via Rotterdam and the Celeste Mariposa dj’s from Lisboa.

Chalo Correia is Gonçalves António Correia, an Angolan musician and singer who grew up with Semba music in his blood. Chalo was born in Luanda, the capital of Angola, in 1968. During his boyhood he was fortunate to encounter musicians from revolutionary semba bands like Os Merengues, and Os Kiezos. He moved to Lisboa, Portugal in the beginning of the 90s and started to learn the classical guitar on autodidact and academic level with a strong will to make it by playing vintage Angolan music. His debut album ‘Kudihohola’ has just been released in June by Celeste/Mariposa Discos and is testimony to the development of his remarkable vision on Angolan music. Chalo Correia as a band retains the explosive, organic sounds of Semba and Rebita, but also remains in touch with the modern urban afro music scene in Lisbon. Semba is the swinging afro style from Angola, it comes from the word Masemba, which means ‘belly bumping’, a reference to some serious tight dancing. It’s the original base for styles like Brazilian Samba, Kizomba, Rebita, Kazukuta and it inspired the birth of urban Kuduro sound. Check his new video below for that sweet Semba sound.

Tabanka is a 7 piece Cabo Verdian band from Rotterdam, playing the fast swinging funaná music, thé dance sound of Cabo Verde. Their delirious funaná is ruled by the diatonic accordeon (gaita) and the ferrinho (metal stick) for some scraping rhythms and changing speeds. The group got its inspiration by generational musicians such as Bulimundo and Américo Brito but with their own modern interpretation and sound. Check it out! >

The Celeste / Mariposa dj duo run the famous Afro-Baile dance nights in Lisboa where they bring the Lusophone music culture together in sound. Their research is all about music from the former African Portuguese colonies; Angola, Kaapverdië, Guinee Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tomé & Principé, digging up old vinyls on markets and visiting studio’s in Lisboa. They just started their own label Celeste Mariposa Disco’s on which they released Chalo Correia and for sure more Luso African releases will follow! Want to see how special they make it happen on their night? Check this video >

More african tunes from the Lusophone countries by Rebel Up! SebCat vs Planet Ilunga

Listen here to our latest Rebel Up Nightshop summer episode to hear all about the night > Semba, Funaná and Chalo Correias album!

Rebel Up Nightshop #18: Tiger´s Milk Records, Chalo Correia, Semba Angolana, Mbongwana Star & more by Rebel Up Nightshop on Mixcloud

Timings
22:00 > 23:00 Celeste Mariposa (outside, free)
23:00 > 0:00 Rebel Up! vs Planet Ilunga (inside)
0:00 > 01:15 Chalo Correia & band
01:30 > 02:45 Tabanka
02:45 > 05:00 Celeste Mariposa

Just 5€ in
See all info on Recyclart site or FB event here

PUXA!!!!!

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

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Rebel Up

Hello 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

Sat 13 June > Rebel Up! SebCat @ Out Loud night, Beursschouwburg, Bxl w/ Orchestre Du Mont-Plaisant (UK/FR) &Mocambo (BR/BE)

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Rebel Up

Hello Brussels!

This saturday a sweet night at Beursschouwburg together with kunstencenter De Vooruit from Ghent as part of the yearly Out Loud festival.
British afropunk-poppers Zun Zun Egui sadly had to cancel their show, but Rebel Up! helped arranging some fine replacements for them, 2 bands even, yay!

We´re proud to present French-British outfit Orchestre Du Mont-Plaisant and local Brussels & Ghent afro-heroes Mocambo to fill this night with their special global sounds.

Orchestre Du Mont-Plaisant specialises in all global styles with a heavy psychedelic sauce. They bring together world rhythms and moody cinematic moments playing blues and dance pieces, with notable influences from Congolese Soukous, African highlife, Ethiopian jazz, cumbia, séga and a whiff of Middle-East and Turkish Psychedelia to make your head & body spin.

Mocambo will shake you up with their heavy Afro-Brazilian & urban Afrobeat rhythms. It´s the project by rapper Le Tagarel and composer Tartaruga and joined by our own Brussels artist Témé Tan and several other master musicians. Their strong sound takes you from Angola to Brasil in many colours and spheres. Get ready to rumble with this wild band!
<a href="http://mocambomusic.bandcamp.com/album/aruanda">Aruanda by Mocambo</a>

Before, between & after global tunes from around the world by Rebel Up! SebCat

and oh yes, IT´S FREE IN!!!!!

Schedule:
22:00 Mocambo
23:00 Orchestre Du Mont-Plaisant
00:00 DJ SebCat

Info, check BSB site here or FB event.

Thu 7 May > Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Bonnefooi Bxl, w/ guest TroPiKal CaMeL (ISR – Berlin)

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Rebel Up

another special Rebel Up! Soundclash night at Bonnefooi and this time we go to the eastern mediterranean for some arabic spheres!

with special guest Tropikal Camel (ISR / Berlin)
Hailing from Jerusalem, currently living in Berlin, the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Morocco, Austria, Iraq and Kurdistan and growing up with hearing hebrew, arabic, french and german around him, Roi ‘Rocky’ Asayag is a true mix of Jewish and Arab bloodlines. His Tropikal Camel project is a musical mirror of a seminal journey into his Arabic roots. Soul-searching through his intricate identity, he takes us from Kurdistan and Iraq to Morocco. This is how Tropikal Camel is born; an Arab Jew chasing the lost connection to his Arab culture. Dressed in a Moroccon Kaftan cloak, he becomes a witch doctor, a master of ceremony of a musical journey that tries to raise questions and purify the spirit. His vibrant sound is a maze of dense arabic spheres from the past and present, heavy dancehall bass and tropical electro.
https://soundcloud.com/rocky-b
http://www.rockybb.org/
https://www.mixcloud.com/2403832/
His new single at Shouka records from Tunis:
https://soundcloud.com/ssshouka/sets/tropikal-camel-black-panther

some action vids >

Hosted by your local Rebel Up! dj residents SebCat & LeBlanc
As always expect a diverse and eclectic mix of tunes from around the world and afro-latin-arab communities. Global bass, digital folk pop, any good beats from the global south, rooted in local traditions… Select global, play local!

FREE IN!
from 22:00 til very late….
see Bonnefooi site or FB event for more info

Rebel Up! Soundclash

Sounds from the global underground

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