Wed 2 April > King Ayisoba & Band (GH) + Zea (NL) @ Ateliers Claus, Bxl

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Rebel Up

Special midweek fun coming up!!!!
Les Ateliers Claus & Rebel Up! present >

King Ayisoba & Band (GH)King is coming back to Brussels, and this time is bringing his band with him!

This is the traditional kologo music from the Upper East Region of Ghana brought with the energy and flavor of the 21st century. King Ayisoba sings in Frafra, Twi and in English and is a big star in Ghana. A whole new scene has started after King Ayisoba introduced the super catchy kologo beats to the bigger audiences in Ghana and abroad. The kologo is a two string guitar with a calabash gourd resonator, it is rhythmic and melodic at the same time. The King is bringing other musicians and dancers on this tour, dancing the traditional Frafra dia and kologo dances from the area of Bongo in Northern Ghana. The dance consists of very high jumbs and originates from hunting rituals. Aboku Adortanga (dancer and dorgo player) is King Ayisoba’s brother and is a master in playing the “Dorgo”, a special horn from Northern Ghana used in the traditional Frafra tradition of music. The sound resembles a lamb calling out loud and was original used by the Frafra people in the forest to gather the village people to come and hunt. Gemeka is an absolute master in playing the guluku, a local drum from Bolgatanga Soko in Northern Ghana. Since a few years the young Dagaati has been part of King Ayisoba’s band. At first he came to the concerts and kept coming and telling Ayisoba he could play Ayisoba’s songs on his xylophone. That was quite unusual, since Dagaati comes from the Dagaati region in upper west in Ghana. But the addition of the xylophone to the kologo, drums and voice works fantastic and Dagaati became a core musician of King Ayisoba’s band and it is already hard to imagine how the band sounded without this very talented young man. Not to be missed!

Support by Zea (NL)
Solo performance from Arnold de Boer (singer of punkband The Ex) deploying guitar and sampler for an almighty bout of high energy songs. Urgent energetic lyrics over guitar, roughshod beats and grimy bass lines. This is fat-free music with no words wasted; joyfully obstinate, wonderfully bonkers.
http://zeamusic.bandcamp.com/

your Rebel Up! dj’s on the decks before/between/after the concerts

@ Ateliers Claus, Rue Crickxstraat
doors: 20:00
damage: 8€ presale / 10€ at door
more info, see www.lesateliersclaus.com or check the Facebook event.

Thu 16 Jan > Rebel Up! & Low Up present; Uproot Andy (Brooklyn/NY) @ Bonnefooi Bxl

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Rebel Up

Brussels finest global bass and world beats collectives unite to invite Uproot Andy (Brooklyn/NY) to Brussels for a serious night of cumbia & bass!

As a co-founder of the monthly tropical clubnight Que Bajo and the Que Bajo Label, UPROOT ANDY is a pioneer dj producer of the global bass movement. His productions and remixes of cumbia and global bass are always top quality and played by many global dj’s with good taste. Get ready for his fast mixing, tropical bounce and a serious dance fever! 🙂

Rebel Up! Soundclash & Lowup will provide the wildest contemporary global dance hits from the Caribbean to Latin America, Africa and beyond! DJ’s representing Rebel Up! are SebCat & Leblanc and Max Le Daron & dj Mellow will be showcasing the bouncy LowUp sound.

and ofcourse as always at Bonnefooi > FREE IN!
FB event here.
from 22:00 till………
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres,
1000, BrxHell

Tropical Bass / Cumbia / Dancehall / Future Afro y mas…
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www.soundcloud.com/uprootandy
www.soundcloud.com/quebajo
www.lowup.be
https://soundcloud.com/lowuprecords
www.rebelup.org
https://soundcloud.com/rebeluppa

1st Rebel Up Nightshop radio show emission 0

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Rebel Up

Yo folks,

Our very first radio show session, “emission 0” on Radio Campus Bxl, broadcasted on 11th of january and to be repeated several times during the month. The show was actually recorded in late august and we had to wait a while before it was accepted into the Campus programme schedule. We kick off with 2 songs, followed by a label focus about the Sahel Sounds label that mostly releases current folk & electronic music from the sub Saharan region. Then we played our albums of the month, which were Hailu Mergia (on Awesome Tapes From Africa) and Grand Kallé & l’Orchestre Jazz (on Planet Ilunga), followed by a global style focus on Pandza music from the south of Mozambique, a new electronic Marrabenta Shangaan style. In the nightshop segment we interview local Afghani shop owner Raza Wasiq of the Economat shop on Av Stalingrad and he chooses 2 ‘Hazzari’ songs to play. To end, a freestyle mix of Rebel Up! sounds. download here > http://www.mediafire.com/download/mrt…

Rebel Up Nightshop #0 > Sahel Sounds label, Hailu Mergia, Grand Kalle, Pandza, Afghan Hazari folk by Rebel Up Nightshop on Mixcloud

and a great Amanar live video + interview, thanks to Toni from Radio Groovalicacion

Bamakosmos XVI – Amanar from Toni Polo // Migratory Musics on Vimeo.

Sat 28 Dec > FREE african & global party @ Chez Gina/l Astral, BXL

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Rebel Up

FREE PARTY!

eclectic African music all night with Rebel Up! and lots of friends.
*last saturday of the year*, going out with a boom!

see FB event here.

Thu 28 Nov > Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Contrabanda w/ special guest AJ Holmes solo set (Hackney Empire, London) > FREE IN!!!!

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Rebel Up

Ahoy Brussels!!!

Ready for some live one-man soukous action?

the Contrabanda world night offers an excellent live band and dj’s to keep the party going the whole night. Live band of the night: East London musician A.J. Holmes (Hackney Empire) plays a marriage of afro-pop and soukous paired with traditional pop sensibilities and will play a special solo set in Bonnefooi on guitar, voice and dj decks at the same time for a unique approach to the swinging African sound. Curious? Do come and check it out and swing into the night with us.

Afterparty with global dance sounds from Rebel Up! Sondclash Dj’s and AJ Holmes!

As always, FREE IN!
See FB event here.

@ BonnefooiSteenstraat 9 Rue des Pierres, Bruksels centre

Thu 31 Oct Tropical Halloween > Rebel Up! @ Radio Panik 30 years birthday, Espace Senghor w/ Commandant Cadet & Les Pythons de la Fournaise (FR)!

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Rebel Up

yes yes folks,
this thursday an awesome tropical Radio Panik anniversary night in Espace Senghor, right on the halloween hour 🙂

main band of the night is Commandant Cadet & Les Pythons de la Fournaise, a French band that specializes in the sweet sega and maloya folk styles from La Reunion drenched psychedelic spheres and some afrobeat,
https://soundcloud.com/sofa-records-shop/commandant-cadet-les-pythons

Djiboutik, Moise, Celestin & Rebel Up! dj’s will play before, between and after the band with some fine global warming up sounds

the lineup >
20h > Plateau Radio sur la scène !
20h30 > Dj Rico Da Cool (Djiboutik)
21h > Dj Celestin (Africa Sound)
21h30 > Commandant Cadet et les pythons de la fournaise (set Séga)
22h30 > Rebel Up! Djs
23h15 > Commandant Cadet et les pythons de la fournaise (set Maloya)
00h15 > Rebel Up! Djs
01h15 > Dj HDJ (Djiboutik)
02h > END

Gonna be awesome for sure, so don’t miss! 🙂
see Facebook event
just only 5€ in
@ Espace Senghor,
Chaussee de Wavre 366, Etterbeek Bxl

sat 26; triple Rebel Up! in 3 different countries simultaneously! > Netherlands, Belgium & Great Britain

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Rebel Up

yeah, it’s no hoax or joke; Rebel Up! is divided in three equal parts to go and play at 3 parties on the same night, at the same time!
This never happened before, so it’s a funny fact to remember. so hope you can choose the party closest and to your liking 😉

first up, our special fundraiser night @ de Vinger in Den Haag, where we will have the mighty awesome Orchestre du Mont-Plaistant (FR/UK) playing their global funk and jazz psychedelica. The night will be hosted by Rebel Up! Palm M who will bring on his best heat 🙂

You’ll get to jive on this four-guy combo from London. They bring back a bit of soundtrack psychedelia from the 60’s and 70’s, with them you’ll also get into some nifty African and Latino sounds. Rebel Up! DJs will wrap it all up to let you bounce some more.

Benefits at the entrance will go for a great cause, the Stahili Foundation, fighting to give a normal life for Kenyan orphans. So every extra cent is worth it.

Damage : 5 euro
Facebook Event
@ de Vinger
Bagijnstraat 25
Den Haag

Then at the same moment, Rebel Up! Leblanc will be fronting @ de Charlatan in Gent at the Unhail & Trillers night by Klanxong Nights. Expect a good dose of cumbia, tribal, electro afro beats, kwaito house, turkish folk, maroccan chaabi and chaoui, global bass, trap and much more! The line up further includes a good flurry of dj’s; Thom ∆ DJ-set (Alt-J) , TLP, Latomski and Biggy & Smalls.

Damage: 6 euro presale/ 8 door

Facebook Event
@ Charlatan
Vlasmarkt 6
Gent

and finally, also at the same moment but in Greenwich mean time; Rebel Up! SebCat will be spinning global sounds @ the Canteen in Bristol during the Wormex night. Main band of the night is Bengali-Cuban-British afrolatindian outfit Lokkhi Terra, hosted by Wormfood. Our busy man SebCat will replace Kosta Kostov who could not make it and will do his best to replace him well.
It’s free in, so lucky you if you are in Bristol!

Facebook Event@ The Canteen
80 Stokes Croft
Bristol

See you around, somewhere!

and oh, check out our upcoming Rebel Up agenda….some fine nights!
thu 31 Oct > Rebel Up! @ Radio Panik 30 years anniversary * tropical maloya sega soiree*, w/ Commandant Cadet & les Pythons de la Fournaise, Espace Senghor, Etterbeek, Bxl
sat 16 Nov > Rebel Up! Soundclash Cinema Soloriens @ OCCII, Amsterdam w/ Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra, US), James Harrar, film of Hisham Mayet (Sublime Frequencies) & more
sat 23 Nov > Rebel Up! @ Moussem Sounds, Bozar museum, Bxl
thu 28 Nov > Rebel Up! @ Bonnefooi Bxl w/ A.J. Holmes – aka Hackney Empire– (UK)

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