Fri 3 May > Babylon Trio @ Ghost, Citadelpark, Gent *FREE IN!*

this friday evening, Babylon Trio will play in Gent at the Ghost evening in Citadelpark, in collaboration with Monterey, De Vooruit and Amplo.

The Ghost concept is quite something, combining art expo’s with concerts > all artists play super concentrated set of 15 minutes each.
Babylon Trio will be on stage from 20h50, so don’t miss them 😉

FB event

@ Citadelpark
Citadellaan, Gent
FREE IN



Rebel Up! 10 Year Anniversary > 3 day wild weekender in BE & NL

9, 10 to 11 March > our Rebel Up! 10 Year Anniversary!!!!
a 3 day wild weekender in BE & NL

Thu 9 March, De Vooruit, Gent,  Outer Limits Club & Rebel Up!
with Gato Preto (MZ/GH/DE), Ibaaku (SN) & Octa Push (PT/GW)
site + FB event

Fri 10 March, Recyclart, Brussels > Nightshop Rebel Up! 10 Years
with Ibaaku (SN) & Octa Push (PT/GW) + Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek (TR/EU)
site + FB event

Sat 11 March, OCCII, Amsterdam
with Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek (TR/EU) + Zea & Afework Nigussie (NL/ET)
site + FB event

Sat 26 Nov @ Eastern Daze Festival, De Vooruit, Gent

14890598_10154770419757873_880445656469419891_oOn Saturday 26 Nov, it’s again time for the amazingly diverse Eastern Daze festival in De Vooruit, Gent. Rebel Up! will be dj-ing at the afterparty.

also we will be standing at the vinyl fair of Eastern Daze in afternoon with our Rebel Up distro.

Evening programme > Les Filles d’Illighadad, Sanskriti Shreshta, Bear Bones Lay Low, Manuel Gottsching & more. Read all about the artists & programme in the online Avant Guardian on the Kraak site.

14:00 t/m 22:00
record fair (free in)

15:00 t/m 18:30 Theaterzaal free in
film ‘A Story of Sahel Sounds’ + ‘Sakala’ / talk

20:00 Balzaal €30 / 27 (vvk)
20:00 doors
20:15 Sanskriti Shrestha
21:15 Les Filles de Illighadad
22:10 Bear Bones, Lay Low
23:10 Manuel Göttsching performs ‘E2-E4’

00:00 Vooruit Café free
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+ DJ Rebel Up! Sebcat

FB event. Vooruit site

Sat 15 Nov: Eastern Daze Festival @ De Vooruit, Gent (and Rebel Up! SebCat set at end)

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This saturday, there´s the Eastern Daze Festival, organised by KRAAK in De Vooruit, Gent.

Just check the awesome lineup for true lovers of experimental folk & trancedental music
though we can defo recommend Portugese string artist Norberto Lobo and the Moroccan sufi outfit Master Musicians of Jajouka, but all the others will be equally special.

There also will be a vinyl & cassette market from 19:00 onwards with lots of good selections.
And at the end of the night, Rebel Up! SebCat & friends will play some global folk tunes & trancedental sounds for a dance or two

starts at 16:00. tickets for afternoon & evening, 20€ presale, 25€ at door

All info on the Vooruit website.

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.