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Thu 17 jan > Rebel Up SebCat @ Eurosonic, Pushin’ Wood Showcase, Vera, Groningen

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Hello NL & beyond!

This thursday, Rebel Up SebCat go all the way up to Groningen, in the far north of the Netherlands.

Pushin’ Wood Soundsystem are doing an official showcase, they invited some of their friends to join them for a sweaty stomping night of tropical tunes and global sounds.

SebCat will spin together with the Pushin’ Wood Soundsystem and also joined by DJ Francesco (Earth Beat) and A-Tweed (IT) during Eurosonic19 festival in the Vera venue in Groningen.

and before us, Lisboa / Cabo Verde funana metal band Scuru Fitchado will be playing, very much worth seeing! check out their wild video 🙂

info >>>

FB event / Vera website.
partytime from 2:00-5:00

@ Vera
Oosterstraat 44, Groningen

Friday 16 Nov > Sublime Frequencies 15 year tour @ OCCII, Amsterdam w/ Baba Commandant, Senyawa & more!

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This friday Amsterdam people!

Sublime Frequencies tour night in OCCII with 2 international bands; Baba Commandant & his Mandingo Band from Burkina Faso and duo Senyawa from Indonesia, plus duo Sharif Sehnaoui & Michael Zerang.

Since 15 years, American label SUBLIME FREQUENCIES enriches the music world as a specialist in non-western music. Besides music, they also publish books, documentaries and films. Tonight they present two live artists signed on their label: Senyawa (Indonesia) and Baba Commandant (Burkina Faso). Also Canadian-Egyptian duo Sharif Sehnaoui & Michael Zerang will perform an early set. DJ support comes from the label owner Hisham Mayet of Sublime Frequencies, Rebel Up and Papelon Kifesh.

Senwaya
this duo from Yogyakarta is headed by Rully Shabara and Wukir Suryardi. Indonesian traditional music forms the basis, but the duo uses playing techniques from experimental genres to create a completely unique sound. Hardcore metal, improvisation and traditional ritual music played with an intensity as if punk. Singer Shabare uses vocal traditions of the island in his singing but can also heavy metal grunting. Suryardi plays self-built instruments with names like ‘Gary’, ‘Bambu Wukir’ and ‘Aker Mahoni’. During performances, the duo uses homemade electronics to edit the sound of the vocals and instruments live. Their new album ‘Sujud’ has just been released.
https://sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/sujud

Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band
from Burkina Faso and was born as Mamadou Sanou and earned his spurs as a dancer and then as a singer and musician with groups like Dounia and the accompaniment band of Burkina Faso’s greatest star: Victor Démé. Baba Commandant plays the ‘ngoni’, the traditional instrument of the Donse tribe, traditional hunters in the region of Burkina Faso and Mali. He is aided by his Mandingo band of veteran musicians of the mandinko tradition, enfused with rock. The main influences of the group are Nigerian greats Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade but also Moussa Doumbia, the Malinese response to James Brown. Check their debut album ‘Juguya’ and their afro rocker album ‘Siri Ba Kele’ has which just been released
https://sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/siri-ba-kele

Canadian-Egyptian & American improv duo Sharif Sehnaoui & Michael Zerang will play a early support set. Improv guitarist Sehnaoui is known from bands such as Dwarfs of East Agouza and Jerusalem Is In My Heart, American percussionist Zerang hails from Chicago and its rich improv scene.
https://soundcloud.com/sharif-sehnaoui/sharif-sehnaoui-michael-zerang

DJ support & afterparty by Hisham Mayet (Sublime Frequencies) and Papelon Kifesh

Expect an ephemeral exhibit showcasing the visual history of the label’s 15 year existence with some artwork, flyers and posters. There will be new and exclusive merchandise available only at this event as well as new albums by Senyawa and Baba Commandant. Please join us for a celebration of Sublime Frequencies!

Doors 20h30
tickets: 8,50€ presale, 10€ at door
FB event / website

@ OCCII
Amstelveenseweg 134
Amsterdam Oud-Zuid

Friday 16 Nov > 2x Rebel Up @ Schiev festival panel talk + @ Stoemp w/ Babylon Trio, De Koer

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Friday 16 November, 2 Rebel Up actions in Bxl >>>
from 18.00 – 19.00: Rebel Up SebCat will moderate a panel talk at Schiev festival @ Beursschouwburg > “New electronic aesthetics in Maghreb and the Middle East” a conversation between ZULI (eg), GAN GAH (be/ma), Soumaya Phéline (be) & DJ Dziri (be).
More info + free in.

After this, the music will be ON at Stoemp! Live evening at De Koer in Anderlecht, curated by Rebel Up Records.

with a live set by Babylon Trio, our amazing Iraqi Brussels electro arab trio who play the wildest street rave melodies and hipshaking beats. Also Nicolas Hauzeur & friends with their Brussels Balkan orchestra sound. Support by the Rebel Up Nightshop dj’s.

FREE IN!
more info > FB event / website

from 19h to 22h30
@ De Koer
Dapperheidsplein 21
Anderlecht (metro Saint-Guidon)

9-11 Nov > Rebel Up in Paris, Sublime Frequencies festival, Theatre Bertholot, Montrieul (FR)

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This weekend, from friday 9th till sunday 11 november, the Sublime Frequencies label celebrates their 15 years existence in Montrieul, Paris. The cult *outernational* label that brought us numerous radio compilations, Group Doueh, Omar Souleyman, Choubi Choubi, Baba Commandant, countless music road trip movies and so much more.

with an amazing 3 day international lineup, between movie screenings, live sets and dj sets. Rebel Up SebCat will play on friday evening before and between the live acts.

full info > FB event or website.

co-organised by venue Instants Chavirés.
16 / 14 € per day (screenings & concerts)
8 € (screenings afternoon)
36 € 3 day FESTIVAL PASS

@ Theatre Bertholot
6 rue Marcellin Berthelot, 93100 Montreuil

on friday night 9 nov, SebCat will join Cheb Gero & Toukadime at the Belleville Habibi night in the l’Alimentation Generale.
full info > FB event.

@ l’Alimentation Generale
64 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris

on sunday 11 nov, Rebel Up Records will also be at the Paris Loves Vinyl record fair in Espace Reuilly , from 10-18h.
full info > FB event or website.

see you around?

Sun 14 Oct > Rebel Up audiovisual project Rajasthan Live Cinema @ TUSK festival, Newcastle (UK)

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This weekend on sunday 14 oct, we’re blowing some new life into our Rajasthan Live Cinema project at the TUSK festival in Newcastle amongst a great avant gardist & folky lineup. Rajastani visuals and music meet in a deep road trip vibe.  Our set is scheduled at 18:00

Pushkar: Live Cinema from Maarten van der Glas on Vimeo.

Check out the full lineup for all 3 days.
All info & tickets > FB event / website.

@ Sage Gateshead
St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays,
NE8 2JR Gateshead, Newcastle

28 / 29 / 30 sept > Rebel Up @ Nuits Sonores festival & Allee du Kaai, BRASS + Bozar + La Vallee, Bxl

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This weekend, triple Rebel Up action during 3 days of the Nuits Sonores festival in Brussels and the brocante day at Allee du Kaai. Busy programme indeed!

Starting on friday 28 sept > BRASS X REBEL UP, Night #1 / The Loop
Rebel Up curates an electro latino night for Nuits Sonores @ BRASS venue in Forest.

with an international lineup of live acts and deejays from the latin underground:
Nova Materia (CL/FR/ live), Usted (ES/ live), Meneo (GT/ live) and Rebel Up DJ’s, Muevelo DJ’s (AR/CL/FR) and Andr’s R (VZ).

Expect everything from experimental electro latino pop to 8 bit reggaeton, electropical, dembow, cumbia beats, moombahton and beyond!

and oh yeah, it’s FREE IN! 🙂
FB event / website

@ BRASS
Rue Van Volxemlaan 364, 1190 Brussels

Next day, saturday 29 sept, there is the brocante at Allee du Kaai with 2nd hand market, vinyl market, live concerts and dj sets.Rebel Up will be present with the vinyl distro but also spinning tunes during the afternoon on the Giraffe & Penguins soundsystem.

This all from 12h onwards…
See all info in FB event or website.

In the evening:
Nuits Sonores Night #2 > Rebel Up DJ Leblanc @ African Takeover night in Bozar, Terarken room.

with an international lineup of live acts and deejays from the african underground:
Les Amazones d’Afrique, Batida apresenta: The Almost Perfect DJ (PT), DJ Nigga Fox (PT / Principe), DJ Kampire (UG / Nyege Tapes) and Rebel Up Leblanc.

from Leblanc, expect an ethnic warm up opening dj set from western africa into the sahel and afterwards all night long global sounds, South-African electronic, western african traditional,  electro – kuduro mix and more.

and also lots of music going on in all the other rooms of Bozar. see lineup below.
FB event / Bozar website.
presale 25€ / 30€ door
@ Bozar

Also on saturday evening, but not part of the festival, Rebel Up artists Babylon Trio will perform at the Ancienne Belgique, in the big room!

It’s the goodbye concert of Belgium’s punk post rock band Madensuyu, after 25 years.
Babylon Trio will open the evening with a live set at 19h, and we might even have some vinyls of their debut album ‘Habibi’ for sale! 🙂

All info in FB event or AB website.

and if all that is not enough and you still have energy >

On sunday 30 sept, day #3 at La Vallée during the last day of Nuits Sonores festival.

Hosted by Bxl collective Les Actionnaires, there will be another vinyl market and the Rebel Up distro will be present.

With art installations of various artists and concerts by Kasparov Not Kasparov and Die Wilde Jagd and DJ’s La souris et l’éléphant b2b Tushen Raï, Nixie’s and Pim’s (Sheitan Brothers) b2b Prince Off.

From 14h onwards. FREE IN!
FB event.
@ La Vallee
38 Rue Alphonse Lavallee
Molenbeek

well, we hope to see you at one of these 5 events, and perhaps even more 🙂

11 + 12 sept > Rebel Up @ Goulash Disko festival, Vis island, Croatia

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Hello all!
back from magical, dusty & spiritual Morocco, and going to Croatia!
Coming week Rebel Up SebCat will be in Croatia for the alternative crowdfunded Goulash Disko festival in the picturesque coastal town of Komiza on Vis island, which runs from 11 to 16 september. see FB event for the full lineup.

On tuesday night 11 september, SebCat will play in the Academia Ghetto Club in Split during the Goulash Disko week. all info here.

Next day on wednesday 12 september, SebCat will travel to the island of Vis to respresent Rebel Up at Goulash Disko festivsal. He will play the main stage at 19h30, after Indian musician Shama Rahman and before Mexican mestizo band Los Kamer. Expect Indian traditional & psychedelic tunes via Africa and Latin America. Also our friends Ko Shin Moon, Rafael Aragon, Cigarra, Birdzzie, Mambo Chick, Barrio Lindo, Tropical Twista, Ion Din Anina, Miret, Fourmi Rouz, Vedat Akdag, Taka Tuka, Kognitif and Haris Pilton will be playing during all the days.

Hopefully see you there!