big up thanks to you for coming out in loving force last saturday @ Illegaal, what an amazing night it was, full of great sets and vibes!!!! Our next night in Illegaal is already on Friday 7 February, where we curate the afterparty for the yearly Chouette Festival. See eventhere.
This weekend 2 Rebel Up gigs in Brussels >>>>
On Friday 24.01, we do our first party in the new LEO bar in the LionCity project in northern Molenbeek.
Get ready for a vibrant Global Afro Electro Party with the iconic Rebel Up crew! Expect an eclectic mix of beats, rhythms, and vibes that will keep you moving all night, with SebCat, Drache MuMu and Laryssa Kim.
19h – 1am @ Leo Bar Rue Osseghem 53 (metro Osseghem or Beekkant) FB event
and on Saturday 25.01, we do a Rebel Up takeover at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek, with a live concert by Bxl-Colombian group Tropicant, who bring their cumbia and merengue rockero sound! Global afterparty with Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Moon Yé.
from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation
Brasserie de la Mule 95 Rue Rubens Schaerbeek FB event
We have some new radio shows online for you to enjoy,
Our latest Rebel Up Nightshop for December, 3,5 hours of new music by Akram Abdulfattah, Soledad Kalza & Siena Kienou, MOMO, Nicole Mitchell & Ballaké Sissoko, Aboubakar Traore & Balima, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Al-Qasar, Susobrino, Blanc Manioc and Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages. check it out here >>>
We also have new Rebel Up & Friends sessions at Kiosk Radio online, December SebCat B2B Lavalamp and November!
and here our latest shows on Bruzz, interviews with Nathan Daems about the new Trance Plantations album, and with Aziza about her new EP.
Here are our latest Nighshop radio shows online, for October & November!
Nightshop show #122 for November. Starting with 2 songs of the day via Turkey & Brazil. We have 10 Albums of the month, kicking off with Brussels duo Trance Plantations and their cosmic experimental ambient jazz, a compilation of Congolese musician Franco’s label in the late 1970’s via Planet Ilunga, French duo Bonbon Vodou and their Caribbean folk pop and Discobole Orchestra & Christine Salem from La Reunion and their maloya fusions and a South Asia disco funk compilation via Soundway Records. El Khat brings their noisy Yemenite folk experimental sound to shake up things, Bristol Punjabi producer Indian Man with an album dedicated to his grandmother and with electronic collaborations between India & Africa, UK duo Dar Disku and their Arabian sea electro disco sound, Mexican Brussels duo Memo Pimiento and their electro cumbia synthwave and Peruvian duo Dengue Dengue Dengue with strong bass club sounds, and finishing with our monthly gig agenda.
and here our show for October, Nightshop show #121. Starting with 2 songs of the day via Colombia & Brussels. 11 Albums of the month, kicking off with the Ugandan artist Ekuka Morris Sirikiti and his thumb piano folk songs, Italian singer Lavinia Mancusi and her experimental folk sound, Brussels experimental jazz quartet Punk Kong, the Thai band The Paradise Bangkok International Molam band into more dubby & psyche molam sounds, the compilation Ghana Special vol 2 with disco highlife from the diaspora and tamashek desert rock band Etran de l’Aïr from Agadez, Niger. Following with tribal electro rock by Brussels quartet Why The Eye, Polish space jazz electronics for the mycelium age by Błoto, and more electronic vibes by producer Aleksand Saya from La Reunion in maloya meets amapiano, Ugandan drumming group Arsenal Mikebe in heavy electro punches, and Italian producer A-Tweed and his disco punk club sounds. Finishing with our monthly agenda.
Another season of 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚𝐥 kicks off! With a warm night of outernational bass sounds from 3 different continents hosted by Rebel Up, with international guests from Peru, La Reunion and Brussels. Between electro Maloya, M’bass, Cumbia bass and Latinx club music and beyond….. + live liquid visuals!
𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝑴𝒖 (𝑩𝒙𝒍) For the intimate and the anonymous, Drache MuMu has been widely splashing planetary grooves since 2012 in Bxl. With in the sprinkler extinguisher: beats africo tropico coco, glorified chââbi, crewole groove, séga, gnawa, digitalized cumbia, serious tropicool, kamba, tumbelé, zouk bass, tsétéra tsétéra. DJ set at night, radio show during the day on Radio Panik, there’s no time to dry out. https://www.mixcloud.com/DracheMusicale
𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒆́ (𝑳𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 / 𝑩𝒙𝒍) DJ, film maker, ex athlete and pure music lover, Moon Yé landed in Bxl a few months ago to make here his new home. His roots are from La Reunion island in the Indian ocean, and this can be heard in his dj sets, where blends of maloya, kabar, sega, malagasy, indian styles, afrohouse and electronic music are played together in a forward organic sound that is deeply linked to his home region. Net to this he runs the Boulevard Sud agency, where he promotes emerging electronic global artists from La Reunion and the Indian ocean. https://www.mixcloud.com/moonye/
𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒌𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒚𝒂 (𝑳𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏) Producer Aleksand Saya draws his inspiration from the cultural wealth of his native island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. He experiments and transforms the traditional elements of Maloya by merging them with hip-hop and electro sounds, creating his trademark, which he calls M’Bass. He invites listeners to dive into a singular sound universe, where the vibrations of Maloya blend with deep bass and catchy syncopated beats and a captivating ability to bring souls together, while breaking down boundaries. https://soundcloud.com/aleksandsaya
𝑽𝒊𝒕𝒖 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂 (𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒖 / 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒂) Vitu Valera has carved a distinctive niche in the global music scene as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and adept DJ. His music seamlessly blends traditional south-global rhythms with Latinxclub sounds, showcased through his distinctive performances an sets. Notably, his recent debut album “MIGRX,” (November 2023) on international bass label MATRACA, where he merges the digital with the organic. He has further released EP’s and tracks on labels such as New Latam Beats and Eck Echo. His dj sets of Peruvian bass sounds will take you into ancestral moods where tradition meets the electronic. https://vituvalera.bandcamp.com/
𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒂 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒎 (𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒖 / 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒂) Orieta Chrem is a DJ, sound engineer, and music producer from Lima, Peru with over 20 years of experience. She is a key figure in the Peruvian electronic music scene and has created various platforms throughout her career showcasing Peruvian and Latin American talent in various cultural spaces in her hometown. As a promoter and founder of “LA RARA” radio, she has invited acts from all over Latin America and beyond, focusing on creating spaces for underrepresented artists and fomenting the growth of the electronic music scene in Lima. In 2014 Orieta founded QMULUS SOUND, the first female-run sound studio in Lima. For 10 years, she works on various projects related to sound design, recording, mixing and mastering. She has recorded music for Los Ballumbrosio, one of the most emblematic groups of Afro-Peruvian music and had international visitors such as Dj Spinn, Robert Henke, Mad Professor, Branko, Matias Aguayo, Thomas Von Party, Channel One, Macky Banton among others. Orieta also constructed and is a co-founder of BQESTIA Soundsystem, a professional soundsystem created with other sound system enthusiasts from Lima. Her diverse taste in electronic genres, such as global bass, funk brasileiro, reggaeton, dembow, footwork, kuduro, ambient, latinxclub and techno, is evident in her work as a DJ, music curator and her own productions, which often feature unique uses of vibrations and the human voice. In the last 10 years, she released several tracks and remixes on various Latin American compilations and labels, including TratraTrax, HiedraH, AGVA, Traaampaaa, También, Eck Echo, In-Correcto, Matraca, Behua Icara, Makinmovs, Devagar, and Terror Negro. https://soundcloud.com/orieta-chrem
𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝑼𝒑 𝑺𝒆𝒃𝑪𝒂𝒕 (𝑩𝒙𝒍) Host and all-round DJ/selector SebCat is the founder of the Rebel Up collective and label and deeply active in the Brussels scene, where he promotes new emerging (inter)national artists of global music. He hosts several radio shows and residencies on Radio Campus Brussels (Nightshop), Kiosk Radio and BRUZZ. Since 2018, Rebel Up became a label and platform that releases eclectic global sounds from upclose & far away, with over 30 releases. His DJ sets take you on a journey into contemporary underground global electronic bass sounds, from everywhere to never before. https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/
𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 Liquid light visuals by Bom Baleno (IT / Bxl) Psychedelic lights, bubbles and shapes will shine on your eyes and guide your moves https://www.instagram.com/officina_bombaleno/
Doors 22H – 5AM 10€ CASH Please bring cash for the door. Inside at Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.
Brasserie ILLEGAAL Rue Bollinckx, 300 1190 Forest, Bxl
18H – 2AM entry > 10€ (cash!) > for drinks at bar, you can pay with card children -18 free entrance
A ‘pico’ is a typical Colombian soundsystem as can be found on the Caribbean coast, with it’s huge width and fluorescent colors. El Magico Baobab hails from Netherlands, where they build a pico soundsystem according to the Colombian measurements and with a hand-painted screen design by the famous Colombian pico painter William Guitterez Peñaloza.
DJ’s and live groups will be playing on this pico soundsystem for a true Colombian tropical vibe – cumbia, baila cantaos, currulao, tambora, gaita, champeta, salsa and more…. + food from latin cuisine!
Hey all, last minute gig tonight at Bonnefooi! SebCat got invited by Rafael Aragon to play on his night at Bonnefooi together with Venezuelan vinyl dj Anacaona and Yves Taquet of Goulash Disko festival.
Goukash Disko family vibes! See you there Music starts at 23h.
Friday 17 november, Rebel Up & Figura Kollective organise Eastim night: A ViceVersa Story at Antidote (CityGate) in Brussels. Exchange project between Brussels and Timișoara (Romania), the cultural capital of 2023.
This event is a celebration of the European ideals of equal opportunities and unity in diversity, echoing the harmonious blend of cultures that define our globalized, multicultural world.
Based on the integration of the migrant community of Timișoara, through music into the artistic fiber of the city, this Figura Kollective initiative aimed to showcase that music transcends borders and acts as a bridge across civilizations.
Respresenting the local Bxl scene: Rebel Up SebCat Memo Pimiento (LIVE) Hazee (Vampire Vinyl – Romania) Dr D. (Romania)
with special guest DJ K-Lu the funkiest, freshest beat dropper & scratcher from Timișoara
Friday 17 nov, 22h – 5am FREE IN! No cover charge, not even prix libre. Just come and enjoy! More info >>> FB event
And on saturday 25 nov, the reverse party in Timișoara, Romania! At the Pixel venue.
Starting in afternoon with a vinyl market by Melomelanj.
Followed by the party with: DJ K-Lu Injektah Mighty Boogie Ahmad Al Shuraiqi Yonca Yuce Samet Ucar Salah Haitham and Rebel Up SeCat