Rebel Up weekend 7, 8 – 10 July > Babylon Trio @ Pianofabriek, La Semo Festival (BE) & Festa Afro Tuga @ Festival de la Cité (Lausanne, CH)

on Thursday 7 july, Chaud 2.2 evening at GC Pianofabriek in St Gilles with Babylon Trio live concert, dj support by Rebel Up SebCat. from 18h30 until 22h30.

More info here.

Rebel Up SebCat plays a closing dj set on friday 8 july at La Semo Festival in the castle park of Enghien, after Bxl tropical wave band Steffig Raf. From midnight until 2am.

More info here.

on Sunday 10.07, Festa Afro Tuga hosts an evening at Festival de la Cité in the old cité of Lausanne in Switzerland. Rebel Up SebCat with Celeste Mariposa and funana band Riba D’Hora from 18h until 22h30. Puxa!!!!

More info here.

3 Rebel Up radio sessions online from August > Kiosk Radio, Lusophonica & East Side Radio

hey all,
in the past few weeks we did some sessions in Portugal and Brussels.
Check the sessions out below!

On sunday 08.08 we did a session at Cascais web radio/bar Lusophonica, SebCat & Didi.

Followed a few days later with a session at East Side Radio in Lisboa, a B2B between SebCat & Didi as well as a guest set by margem sul’s DJ Kolt of Blacksea Nao Maya / Principe Discos in pure afro portuguese electronic vibes via tarraxo, batida, afrotech and more!

and here our recent Rebel Up & Friends session at Kiosk Radio, with SebCat & special guest Nacion Ekeko from Argentina who played a live set!

Rebel Up action in Lisbon this week

Rebel Up & Friends action in Lisboa this week!

Wedn @ East Side Radio, livestream session by SebCat & Didi with special guest DJ Kolt (Blacksea Nao Maya / Principe) 14-16h Lisboa time, 15-17h Brussels time. Tune in live here.

Thu @ Nucleo A70, terrace dj set by SebCat, Didi, Milton Gulli(Kongoloti records) and Jo Selektor.
from 17h to 23h30, Regueirao dos Anjos 68-70 (metro Anjos / Intendente)

Sat @ Plantasia LX, dj set w/ Mushug (Octa Push), Jo Selektor, Clara Wilde & more
from 18h to midnight, Rua de Arroios 93, (metro Anjos)

Sunday 08.08 Rebel Up / Festa Afro Tuga @ Lusophonica Radio, Farol de Santa Marta, Cascais (PT)

Sunday afternoon from 14-16h Lisbon time (15-17h Brussels time), Rebel Up SebCat & Didi of Tropical DJipsies will spin sunny Festa Afro Tuga & Rebel Up tunes before JahRiver Ramos at the Lusophonica radio café at the Farol de Santa Marta lighthouse in the Cascais harbour.

Come hang, listen and enjoy on the open air sunny coastal terrace or tune in via Lusophonica webplayer !
https://www.lusophonica.com

Sunday 13.06 > Rebel Up curates @ Albert Rooftop w/ Susobrino, Raql & Didi, Mont des Arts / Kunstberg, Bxl

This sunday afternoon until evening, Rebel Up curates @ Albert Culture, on the rooftop of Albertina bibliotheque (Mont des Arts / Kunstberg) with eclectic dj sets by SebCat, Susobrino and RaqL x Didi of Tropical DJipsies B2B set.

See you there in the sunshine?

From 15h to 22h, bar & restaurant.
FREE ENTRANCE
Before 17h entrance @ Kunstberg 28 Mont des Arts
After 17h entrance @ Museumplein 1 Place de la Musée
FB event here.

Rebel Up Nightshop + Kiosk Radio session for May

Rebel Up Nightshop show for May, via Radio Campus Bruxelles & Rhythm Passport, 10 albums of the month from Mali to Congo, Colombia, Mauritania, Egypt and more!
Tune in >>>

and last thursday a Rebel Up & Friends session with SebCat & Didi at Kiosk Radio.
2 hours of eclectic music, from global sounds to jazz, electronics and more. also a Festa Afro Tuga moment in the 2nd hour. Listen below >>>

Rebel Up SebCat’s Afro Tuga ‘Hand of Timba’ mixtape

This mixtape was made by Rebel Up SebCat for Celeste Mariposa‘s radio show Radio Balanço in Lisboa (Vodafone FM) during the April lockdown, as the Festa Afro Tuga party on 10 April in Recyclart got cancelled due to the obvious. The mix is mostly filled with music from the past & present of the Afro Portuguese PALOP scene but not exclusively, with tunes from other African countries and the wider African diaspora included as well, from semba to afrohouse, kuduro, funana and more. Tracklisting can be found in the mixtape comments.

The image used is of the Hand of Timba monument at the Pidjiguiti docks in Porto de Bissau, Guiné-Bissau. The Pidjiguiti massacre was a dock worker strike that took place on 3 August 1959 in which the Portuguese colonial authorities killed about 50 people and put the blame on revolutionary party PAIGC (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde). 3 August is now a public day of remembrance in Guinea-Bissau. Near the docks, a large black fist known as the Hand of Timba was erected as a memorial to those killed.

The current political situation in Guiné-Bissau far from good, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo having taken power via a military coup earlier this year just before the COVID-19 crisis. Soldiers loyal to Embalo took control of national radio and public television buildings, and several public buildings including the government palace and the Palace of Justice to impose their power and ushering a new era of censorship and political oppression.