Thu 11 Dec Rebel Up! @ Bonnefooi Bxl w/ Celeste Mariposa (PT)

Another Rebel Up! dance night at Bonnefooi, our last one of the year.
Wanna dance?

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Celeste Mariposa is a DJ duo from Lisboa. They started as techno Dj’s but the last couple of years they have become true connoisseurs of music from the ex-portuguese colonies like Angola & Cabo Verde. The last time they played at Bonnefooi it was an amazing set full of uplifting and crazy funana. Really looking forward to this one!
Check this mini mix > > > >

Celeste/Mariposa live act by Celestemariposa on Mixcloud

Your local Dj pirates Rebel Up! will surely help to make this night even more exiting!

as always, FREE IN
from 22:00 till very late…
Steenstraat 9 Rue des Pierres, 1000, BXL

FB event here, or Bonnefooi site

Sat 6 Dec > polyrhythmic dance night @ Salle Rogier Bxl Rebel Up! djs w/ Durian Brothers, High Wolf, Tav Exotic, Pizza Noise Mafia & Fyoelk

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a long party night at Salle Rogier with experimental dance music, abstract techno, polyrhythmic, crooked acid etc.

THE DURIAN BROTHERS (DE)
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After their much welcomed live appearance at this year’s Petit Fays Festival, The Durian Brothers finally make it to Brussels! Assembled around the SALON DES AMATEURS club (Düsseldorf) a few years ago, playing prepared turntables, a sequencer and an array of effects, the trio blend polyrhythmic, Afro-beat inspired percussion with noise-saturated aspects of electronic minimalism. Dense and dance-oriented, this is music made for the live club setting, immediate and intense, but flows with an artistic and purposeful bent. After three EPs on Diskant, a split EP with Ensemble Skalectrik (an Ekoplekz side project) on FatCat Records, and a first Mini-LP “DAS MACHT MODERN” on swedish Kontra-Musik just recently, its time for a live-show, that ranges from click&cutting woody trance to dub-filled frenzy without missing a beat.

TAV EXOTIC (VZ/BE)
MIKEY “WEIRD DUST” CRABBé
ERNIE “BEAR BONES, LAY LOW” GONZáLEZ
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PIZZA NOISE MAFIA (FR/BE)
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An electronic duo composed of TG Gondard and Carrageenan. Their music is a cold and minimal funk, rhythmed by catchy acid analog modulations. A demonic war machine that will drench the most demanding dancefloors in sweat! This night will see the release of their first LP ‘i canti della malavita’ on the Slaaploos label!

FYOELK (DE) reveals the adventures by two legs of freeform acidic beat duo Laser Poodle, residing in Antwerp. His sound explorations have recently returned to the track format, utilizing MIDI technology. Driven by a love for the foundations of house music, polymorphous synth sequences and tribal percussion blend into sonic wormholes. Fyoelk runs the tape label Stenze Quo.

HIGH WOLF (FR) possesses a natural-born ability to zero in on the tones most conducive to inducing transcendental states. He will play a special live set of outerwordly psychedelic buzz beats with a rigid afro guitar vibe. Be there early to indulge yourselves into this!

Rebel Up! djs
dj Tommy
Durian bros dj’s Marc & Flo

doors: 20:30 til very late
first live set at 21:30! (High Wolf)
5€

All info here or FB event

 

Sun & Mon 31 Nov/ 1 dec > 24h Music manifestation: Touche Pas A Mon Jeu De Balle! Action callout!

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ahoy folks,

Brussels callout for action!

No to a car park under the place du Jeu de Balle! 

The city of Brussels has recently decided to build four new underground car parks in the city center (Nouveau Marché aux Grains, Yser, place Rouppe and place du Jeu de Balle), linked by a „mini-ring“. This project is not based on any study and does not respond to any needs: in the numerous car parks in the city center, 6000 to 7500 parking spaces are not occupied. Such a projet, if realised, will disfigure several squares and places in Brussels, create additional traffic in neighbourhoods already congested and will cause years of suffering for the population of Brussels due to construction work.

We are merchants, shopkeepers, residents of the Marolles and all of Brussels, lovers of this neighbourhood and consumersatits fleamarket. We opposethe construction of this unnecessary car park under the place du Jeu de Balle with all our forces. Its realisation would have horrendous consequences for the fleamarket, the local businesses, the residents and for the existing diversity of this neighbourhood. Instead ofanother big construction site, the place du Jeu de Balle and its historic underground deserve to be classified. Unparalleled in the world, the fleamarket, which takes place regularly since 1873, and the resulting activities in its surroundings, constitute an economic, social and cultural heritage to be saved by all means possible.

www.plateforme-marolles.be
and sign the petition here!

here the lineup of Brussels underground musicians, artists & dj’s >

AYMERIC DE TAPOL (Fr)/DJ SET • REBEL UP! SEBCAT(Be)/DJ SET • BART JOHNSTON (Eng)/Painting act • BOUDIN ET CHANSONS (Fr)/LIVE • BRNS (Be)/DJ SET • BLONDY BROWNIE (Be)/LIVE • CHAZAM (Fr)/LIVE • CLARE LOUISE (Fr)/LIVE • CLEMENT NOURRY (Joy As a Toy) (Be)/LIVE • COFFEE OR NOT (Be)/LIVE • LE PACIFIQUE RECORDS (Be)/LIVE • ELECTRODISTORSION (Be)/LIVE • ELZO DURT (Be)/DJ SET • FABIOLA (Be)/LIVE • FRAN- COIZ BREUT (Fr)/LIVE • HE DIED WHILE HUNTING (Be)/LIVE • JEAN DL (Be)/LIVE • JEAN MIKILI (Be)/LIVE • LAWRENCE LE DOUX (Be)/LIVE • LESTER LEWITT (Be)/DJ SET • LE TON MITE (Us)/LIVE • MARIE WARNANT (Be)/LIVE • MATTHIEU HA (Be)/LIVE • MELANIE DE BIASIO (Be)/DJ SET • MONIQUE SONIQUE (Be)/LIVE • MOUNTAIN BIKE (Be)/LIVE • NASTY BARTENDER (Be)/DJ SET • NERVOUS SHAKE (Be)/DJ SET • NICOLAS MICHAUX (Be)/LIVE • NIKO RIPIT (Fr)/DJ SET • ODIEU (Be)/LIVE • PAON (Be)/LIVE • PATTON (Be)/LIVE • PAVES (Jean Philippe de Gheest + Rodolphe Coster)/LIVE • QUIET STARS (Be)/DJ SET • ROBBING MILLIONS (Be)/DJ SET • RODOLPHE COSTER (Be)/LIVE • SAMUEL SPANIEL (Be)/LIVE • SCARLATTI GOES ELECTRO (Fr)/LIVE • SOU- MAYA FELINE (Be)/DJ SET • SPOOKHUISJE (Be)/Live Concert • SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU (Fr)/ LIVE • TAPE TUM (Be)/LIVE • TEUK HENRI + JEF MERCELIS(Be)/LIVE • VAL MACE (Fr)/LIVE • VINCENT SATAN (BE)/DJ SET • LES VEDETTES (Be)/LIVE • FRITUUR (BE)/Live

Rebel Up! will be playing tunes deep into the night (or early monday morning, however you see it) from 5h30 – 6am.

FB event here
The full lineup schedule>
24h lineup

Sat 22 Nov > Rebel Up! Soundclash: Chancha Via Circuito (AR) + Muevelo! dj’s (Grandpamini & Pedrolito)

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our next Rebel Up! Soundclash party has a Latin-American flavor, with special guests from Argentina & Chile! You know what that means! Cumbia, cumbiaton, reggaeton, merengue, dembow, tribal, global bass, andean folklore, narco electronics & twerk folk! In short; not to be missed 🙂

with special guests >
Chancha Via Circuito
One of the foremost exponents of Argentina’s digital cumbia scene, Pedro Canale aka Chancha Via Circuito has released 2 albums on Buenos Aires’ famed ZZK label and just released his 3rd album Amanasara on Brussels label Crammed Discs. Their blend of Argentinian folklore, Paraguayan harp and Andean mysticism, all processed through Pedro Canale’s own futuristic strain of electronic music, has garnered great reactions: the albums were hailed by Pitchfork and the New York Times, among others, and Chancha was enlisted for remix work by Gilles Peterson and Gotan Project. Expect a set of dubby cumbia and minimal electronic folk spheres straight from the Andes!
https://soundcloud.com/chanchaviacircuito
https://soundcloud.com/wonderwheel-recordings/chancha-via-circuito-amansara-mixtape

 

Muevelo! (Grandpamini & Pedrolito)
This Chilean/ Argentinian duo runs the famous Parisian Muevelo parties and are the top of the cream of new latino bass sounds from the americas. Some years ago Grandpamini already made Brussels sweat at a Nightshop party in the Recyclart and we’re happy to invite him again to play his own fun edits of reggaeton beats and tropical bass. mas perreo, mas perreo! Pedrolito is his sidekick at Muevelo and runs a saboroso radio show for Groovalizacion radio. Expect a heavy suave mix of villera street cumbia, tropical bass and dancehall.
https://soundcloud.com/grandpamini
https://soundcloud.com/pedrolitoradioglobal
http://www.mixcloud.com/Pedrolito/

 

Hosted by Rebel Up! dj’s SebCat & LeBlanc
As residents and hosts of the night, Sebcat & LeBlanc will warm up the night and keep it going till late. Expect as always a diverse and eclectic mix of tunes from around the world. Global bass, digital folk pop, any good beats from the global south, rooted in local traditions… Select global, play local!
http://www.mixcloud.com/rebel_uppa/

Visuals by VJ Alerta
Tropidelic visuals by this Chilean wonder girl, who colourfully mashes traditional and modern latin spheres together into a warm digital experience. Wonderful eyeporn for dirty dancing
http://cargocollective.com/alerta

supported by Crammed Discs

FB event here.
5€ before midnight, 7€ after.
@ Salle Rogier *last Rebel Up! party before it closes end of december!!!!*
Passage Rogier, Karel Rogierplein 30 Place Charles Rogier, 1210, Bxl  (metro Rogier)
behind the square & Rogier tower, under Brabant tunnel
google maps >
http://tinyurl.com/sallerogier

 

Thu 13 Nov > Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Bonnefooi, Bxl w/ DJ Panko (ES – Ojos de Brujo) & DJ Kumbia Beats (BO)

Time for another Rebel Up! late thursday night in Bonnefooi bar, and with 2 special guests!

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DJ PANKO (Barcelona, ES)
The beatmaking DJ of the famous Spanish nu-flamenco hiphop mestizo band Ojos de Brujo, has produced many of their albums and remixes, toured the world allover. Nowadays he also works on musical projects like Lenacay and Electrorumbaiao and is quite busy spinning ethnic tunes from all over the world with loops and electronics. Expect a fine selection of flamenco, rumba, psychedelia, northern african sounds, indian spheres, colombian tropicalism and much more. Remezcla mundial! Check out all his special remixes here >

http://www.djpanko.es/


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DJ KUMBIA BEATS (BO / Antwerp)

is the dj alter ego of Marco Bustamante born in Beni, Bolivia, descendant from the Quechua culture and plays all the native Bolivian folk music instruments like quena, charango, pinkillos, tarkas, zampoñas, etc. In 2010 he started his own concept about Colombian cumbia combined with electro, drums and bass, funk, Bolivian folk, global bass and rock. He’s also the leader of cumbia band ‘Los Demonios de la Cumbia’ a live group playing traditional cumbia combined with beats and synth samples by Dj Kumbia Beats. Cumbia for life!
http://www.kumbiabeats.com/DjKumbiaBeats/


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DJ SEBCAT (Rebel Up! Bxl)

On his own tonight as LeBlanc is away on business… Bonnefooi says > This guy is one of Brussels’ most underestimated Global Groove Dj’s, with a musical network from Rajasthan to New Yorkistan and a musical selection that goes even farther and deeper into tropicalism and obscure global dance music. Sebcat is also a fulltime musical nexus, the way he blends his global grooves together in a party he also re-arranges, feeds and stimulates musical culture. Whatever you will get from him, in sound or food, it will be filled with specials spices and hotness. Caliente!
http://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/https://soundcloud.com/rebeluppa

As always free in. FB event here
from 22:00 till early morning….
@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres
1000, BXL

5 & 6 Nov > supporting Mdou Moctar in Ghent (Vooruit) & Brussels (Recyclart)

Our favorite young tuareg rocker Mdou Moctar and his band from Niger are touring Europe again, and we had a little hand in getting them these 2 Belgium shows. Sahel sounds in the house!

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We’ll be dj-ing sahelian sound support in Ghent, hopefully with Chris from Sahel sounds too >

on wednesday 5 nov in the café of De Vooruit venue (Ghent), and it’s a free show! FB event

and next day on thursday 6 nov Mdou plays in Recyclart (Brussels), with Belgian-Congolese band Shengen Shege of David Bovee (Think Of One). doors 20:30, 5€ in. FB event.

To get the full spectrum on Mdou, read the Sahel Sounds website, for those who read Dutch , check the interview I did with him for Gonzo (circus) magazine, or just check this video recap of his last tour

Listen to Mdou’s amazing sound here!

and oh, soon Mdou will be a music movie star, when his movie Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai  (*Rain The Color Blue With A Little Red In It*) will be premiered. check the awesome trailer here 🙂

Akounak Teggdalit Taha Tazouhai Trailer from plastic shaman on Vimeo.

31 Oct > Phonecard Party @ Petit Chateau, Bxl + Mictland @ Arenberg theatre, Antwerp

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This friday Rebel Up! SebCat is playing a special gig in Brussels.
Not a Halloween party, but a party for the *sans papiers* residents of the Petit Chateau / Klein Kasteeltje refugee centre (the old barrack for military service), organised by the Recyclart to brighten up their residence in Brussels.

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The focus will not be on SebCat’s tune selection, but on the music that the people can bring through phone simcards, usb and mp3 players to have the songs of their choice played for a true people’s party. So far we know that in the 200 residents, there’s a broad scope of nationalities, from Syrians to Egyptians, Kurdish, Afghani’s, Bosnians, Albanians, Eritreans and more.

Since it’s a party for the residents only, places for external folks are very limited to 15 people only.
here’s the fb event or check the Recyclart website how to make a reservation.

from 20 – 23h
27 bvd du Neuvième de Ligne / 9de Linielaan 27
1000 BXL

 

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the same evening, Rebel Up! LeBlanc is playing in Antwerp in the grand Arenberg theatre for a latino party by the name Mictland *party of the underworld* la dia de los muertos as part of the Mestizo Arts Festival.

CASSANDRO EL EXOTICO feat. SINDICATO SONICO
aka The Drag-Queen Star of Mexican Wrestling, this performance is a Llucha Libre wrestling match!
music by Roman Santos & his Sindicato Sónico
DJ’s LeBlanc (Rebel Up!) & Barato
colourful interventions by Los Diablos del Cerro de las Tablas and learning how to be a zombie with The Hollows project.

Dresscode: dress-down to the underworld!
Doors: 19:30 till very late….if you survive the night…

here’s the fb event or see the website of Mestizo Arts Festival.