Weekend 2-4 Aug > Rebel Up hosts KiosQ stage @ Esperanzah! Festival, Abbaye de Floreffe + dj set @ Barzoen, Turnhout

hello all!

Great news, this weekend Rebel Up is hosting the new KiosQ dj stage at Esperanzah Festival on friday & saturday. We invited Brussels crews Global Hybrid Records and Giraffes & Penguins to join us, for a real special sounds from the global underground vibe.

Also lots of great artists playing at the festival > Ibeyi, Delgres, Babylon Trio, Fanna-Fi-Allah, Saodaj, Pongo, Les Ogres de Barback, Le Motel and so much more. On sunday our friends of Radio Bistrot will take over the KiosQ stage from us.

All info / tickets > FB event / website.

Here the programme of our 2 days @ KioskQ stage >

Friday >
15h-> 18h15 Le Grand Mechant Loop & Global Hybrid crew
19h15->21h45 Rebel Up DJ’s
22h45→00h Alizarina *live (Global Hybrid)
2h30-> 3h30 Rafael Aragon
(Global Hybrid)

Saturday >
12h->16h Giraffes & Penguins marathon

12:00 Tropical Djipsies
13h30 Le Grand Mechant Loop
14:00 Rebel Up
15:30 Rafael Aragon
17-> 19h Giraffes & Penguins apero session

17:00 Beat Brother
17:30 Drache Musicale
18:00 Flux Tendu
18:30 Fanfara Electronica
20h -21h45 Fanfara Electronica *live (Global Hybrid)
22h45→00h15 Rebel Up DJ’s
1h15→2h15 Le Grand Mechant Loop
(Giraffes & Penguins)

We hope to see you there !!!

and on sunday 4 august, Rebel Up SebCat will spin vinyls -real global ‘grooves’- at Barzoen bar in the heart of Turnhout. From 14-19h, free in.
FB event

Thu 1 Aug > Rebel Up & Friends session @ Kiosk Radio

This thursday afternoon, Rebel Up & Friends session at Kiosk Radio with special guest Beat Brother (Global Hybrid Records) or a nice Esperanzah festival special. Come hang with us or tune in from 16 to 18h via the Kiosk Radio livestream or our FB page. Also Kiosk Radio tshirts are up for sale at the bar!

Sat 16 Feb > Rebel Up @ Giraffes & Penguins invites Global Hybrid, Au Quai, Bxl

Also saturday night, another wild Giraffes & Penguins party in Au Quai!
Are you ready once more? 🙂

Get ready for a tribal night with Brussels collective Global Hybrid Records and the Giraffes & Penguins DJ’s Rebel Up SebCat and Le Grand Méchant Loop, plus of course our video mapping wizard Maria Ilia.

Global Hybrid is a gathering of artists, music lovers & cultural interbreeding enthousiasts. Event organizers, collective and label, they inject tribal and organic elements to the clubbing culture, surpassing geographic and time borders and displaying a powerful, versatile and trance-inducing music, as well as a refined taste for visual installations and scenography.

Global Hybrid is represented by:
Alizarina – live set! –
https://soundcloud.com/alizarinamusic
Rafael Aragon
https://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro
Beat Brother
https://soundcloud.com/beat-brother

hosted by Le Grand Mechant Loop & Rebel Up SebCat

full info: FB Event

22h – 4h30
Entrance 5€ (CASH ONLY) /// Doors 10pm
Next to Dépôt Design and MIMA
Metro 1/5 >> Comte de Flandre / Graaf van Vlaanderen
Tram 51 >> Porte de Flandre / Vlaamse Poort

Rebel Up’s Best-Of-2018 music lists

It’s that time of the year again, the best-of-the-year lists! It has been an amazing year for Rebel Up, the start of our record label, all the wild parties & events in Brussels, allover Europe and even down into Morocco. Big up to everyone who supported us in any way possible this year, at our nights, with our releases and actions. Best wishes for the end of the year and up to an even better 2019!

Here our lists of favorite albums, compilations and EP’s, according to the Rebel Up Nightshop radio show, our dj sets and other influences.

* Albums of 2019 *

AMMAR 808 – Maghreb United (Glitterbeat Records)
BCUC – Emakhosini (Buda Musique / NYAMI NYAMI records)
Ayuune Suley – We Have One Destiny (Rebel Up / Makkum Records)
Babylon Trio – Habibi (Rebel Up

Moulay Ahmed El Hassani – Atlas Electric (Hive Mind Records)
Damily – Valimbilo (Bongo Joe Records)
Samba Coco Raízes de Arcoverde – Maga Bo apresenta: Coco Raízes de Arcoverde (Kafundó Records)
Zanmari Baré – Voun (Buda Musique

Susobrino – Mapajo EP (Global Hybrid Records)
Malphino – Visit Malphino (Lex Records)
Fanna-Fi-Allah – Muraqaba (Buda Musique)
Deena Abdelwahed – Khonnar (InFiné)

and many more > > >
Gaye Su Akyol – Istikrarli Hayal Hakikattir (Glitterbeat)
Phoenician Drive – Phoenician Drive (SK Records)
Ekuka Moriss Sirikiti – Ekuka (Nyege Tapes)
Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa: Early Singles (Glitterbeat)
Capitol K – Goatherder (Faith And Industry)
Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda – El Ndjoum (Carton Records / Airfono)
Bégayer – Terrain A Mire, Une Maison Rétive, Contrainte Par Le Toit (Bongo Joe)
Baloji – 137 Avenue Kaniama (Bella Union)
Docteur Nico – Dieu de la Guitarre (Planet Ilunga)
Baba Commandant – Siri Ba Kele (Sublime Frequencies)
Memo Pimiento Electric Orchestra – A Todo Dar (Rebel Up)
Luc Mishalle & Marockin’ Brass – Beats & Pieces (Rebel Up)
Mubashira Mataali Group – Mubashira Mataali Group (Blip Discs)
Bernard Orchestar – Le Futur du Passé (Coucou Label)
Cyril Cyril – Certaine Ruines (Born Bad Records)
Novalima – Ch’usay (Wonderwheel Recordings)
Chancha Via Circuito – Bienaventuranza (Wonderwheel)
Sarah Davachi – Let Night Come On Bells End The Day (Recital)
Pierre Sandwidi – Le Troubadour De La Savane 1976-1980 (Born Bad Records)
Saint Abdullah – Ta Tash (Boomarm Nation)
Khalab – Black Noise (On the Corner)
Fofoulah – Daega Rek (Glitterbeat)
Senyawa – Sujud (Sublime Frequencies)
Ahmoudou Madassane – Zerzura OST (Sahel Sounds)
Etran de l’Aïr – No1 (Sahel Sounds)
Sons of Kemet ‎– Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse! Records)
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (Young Turks)
Mdou Moctar & Elite Beat – Mdou Moctar meets Elite Beat In a Budget Dancehall (Boomarm Nation)
Indianizer ‎– Zenith (Edison Box)
Guy One – #1 (Philophon)
Zuli – Terminal (UIQ)
Formation Boyz – Ukuvuka (GQOM OH)
Kwi Bamba & l’Orchestre de Gama Berema (Ouch Records)
Alasdair Robert, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous – Au Cube (Okraina Records)
Basa Basa – Homowo (Vintage Voudou)
Hany Mehanna – The Miracles of the Seven Dances (Radio Martiko)
Jowaa – Asokpor 1​.​0 (Akwaaba Music)
Bamba Pana – Poaa (Nyege Tapes)
Merope – Naktes (Granvat)
MISS RED – K.O. (Pressure)
Dur-Dur Band – Dur Dur of Somalia – Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks (Analog Africa)
Tallawit Timbouctou – Hali Diallo (Sahel Sounds)
Troupe Ecole Tudu – Oyiwane (Sahel Sounds)
Liraz – Naz (Dead Sea Records)
Sonido Gallo Negro – Mambo Cosmico (Glitterbeat)
Altin Gun – On (Bongo Joe
Feeling Kréyol – Las Palé (Strut)
Tasos Stamou – Musique Con Crete (Discrepant)
Sugai Ken – てれんてくだ – tele​-​n​-​tech​-​da (Discrepant)
Muqata’a – Inkanakuntu (Souk Records)
The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Rats Don’t Eat Synthesizers (Akuphone)
Jungle By Night – Livingstone (New Dawn)
Qhizzo – Gqom Plug (Akwaaba Music)
Tonga Boys – Vindodo (1000HZ)
Ericamour Yovogan & Quentin Nicolaï – Wututu (Tanuki Records)
Naujawanan Baidar – Volume 1 (Radio Khiyaban)
John Johanna – I’ll Be Ready When The Great Day Comes (Faith and Industry)
Kaba – Kaba (Chouette)

* Compilations *
Arabstazy – Under Frustration Vol 1 (Shouka / Rebel Up)
V/A – Nouvelle Ambiance (Nouvelle Ambiance)
V/A – Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan (Ostinato Records)
V/A – Zamaan Ya Sukkar (Radio Martiko)
V/A – Music of Southern Laos (Akuphone)
V/A – Music of Northern Laos (Akuphone)
V/A – Saz Power (Ironhand Records)
V/A – Disques Debs International vol. 1 (Strut)
V/A – Hystereofônica Vol. 3 (Tropical Twista Records)
V/A – Diatribes (University of Tropical Sound)
V/A – 10 YRS LATER: A Global Club Compilation (Lowup)
V/A – Discophilia Belgium: Next​-​door​-​disco & Local Spacemusic from Belgium 1975​-​1987 (Sdban Records)
V/A – Kafundó Apresenta Coco Raízes de Arcoverde REMIXED (Kafundo Records)
Uproot Andy – Bumper to Bumper (Studio 189)

* Singles & EP’s *
Apichat Pakwan – Leh Dub (Animist Records)
Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers – Electric Mambo (Angstrom Records)
Cigarra – Ato EP (Tropical Twista Records)
Conjuntos Jovens Africanos – Nhu Djon / Volta Pa Terra EP (Ostinato)
Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï ‎– Lights Of Khonvoum (HARD FIST)
Dengue Dengue Dengue – Son de los Diablos (ENCHUFADA)
Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek – Oy Oy Ermine EP (Bongo Joe)
ESINAM – Esinam (Sdban Records)
Go Dugong – Vidita EP (Global Hybrid Records)
Hava Bektesi & Love-Songs ‎– Bukuroshja e Lales / Delay EP (Hans E. Platte)
KOKOKO! – Liboso EP (Transgressive)
Lee Dodou & The Polyversal Souls – Basa Basa EP (Philophon)
The Mauskovic Dance Band – Down in the Basement EP (Soundway)
Miss Red – Dagga / One Shot Killer EP (Pressure)
mUnO – Coplas Teluricas EP (self released)
OK Jazz / KO Jazz – Luvumbu Ndoki / Ludiata Nangwi EP (Planet Ilunga)
ONIPA – Open My Eyes EP (Wormfood)
Qwasa Qwasa – C’est quoi ça? EP (Lowup)
Sheitan Brothers ‎– Breaking Trad EP (Zelaian Disco Club)
V/A – Princes Of Abzu موالي أبزو (Hard Fist)
YĪN YĪN – Dion Ysiusk EP (Bongo Joe)

Sat 16 June > Rebel Up 2x in Wallonie! @ Festival Bucolique (near Liege) + Turkitsch

On saturday afternoon, evening & night > Bucolique Festival!
A sweet, organic, cosy, global, artistic micro festival in the countryside near Liège from the afternoon til deep into the night. Rebel Up SebCat will play an afternoon vinyl dj set around 15h.

< LINE UP > 14h – 6am…
Calme Oublié
DJ SebCat (Rebel Up)
Duo de nous deux (Michel Feilner)
Najib Amazigh
Cariban
Mnd-Exp (Global Hybrid Records)
Ultimo Viene Il Corvo
Las Lloronas
Beat Brother
Cedric Blavier (Love is the Answer)
and much more TBC

< PRICE >  7 €

< PLACE >
Cerexhe-Heuseux (between Liège and Verviers)
– 15min from Liège, 1h from Bruxelles
– Parking possible – Free camping – Toilettes – Bar – Food – Special decoration – Good vibes

All info > FB event

address >
Rue du Curé 31,
4632 Soumagne

Then saturday evening > Rebel Up will travel down to the industrial Le Rockerill venue in Charleroi.

a special day in celebration of Turkish culture, with expo, theater, concerts and dj sets. Experimental art by Turkish-Carolo artist Omer Oczetin and traditional Turkish shadow theater Karagöz ve Hacivat by Shems.

══ Concerts ══

Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek
This Turkish singer / multi-instrumentalist has an unheard voice, imbued with both melancholy and desire. She is accompanied by Grup Şimşek musicians and their hypnotic psyche pop from Anatolia. A cocktail of Turkish folk, groove and psychedelism that balm to the heart.

Ko Shin Moon
This duo mixes instrumental and digital compositions, contemporary electronic sounds, traditional music and samples from field recordings, Ko Shin Moon blurs the boundaries.

Lopenstraat
This instrumental sextet from Istanbul integrates bits and pieces of experimental music, an improvised structure and to our greatest happiness, the psyche of Anatolia!

❂ Rebel Up Nightshop DJ’s SebCat & Front Chaud ❂
Turkish delights from the past & present

14h00: Ambiance musicale avec DUKE vs Curver
18h00: shadow theater Shems
20h00: Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek
21h00: Ko Shin Moon
22h00: Lopenstraat
23h00: Rebel Up  Nighshop dj set

► Turkish specialities (buffet)
► Entry: 5€ from 18h
►  website / FB event

Sat 2 June > Giraffes & Penguins #7, Au Quai, Bxl

yes yes, another Giraffes & Penguins party, #7, and perhaps our last for this season at Au Quai.

🌶🎵 GL🌎BAL UNDERGR🌎UND 🎵🌶

For this 7th musical night trip, we are very happy to welcome the shaman of global beats Rafael Aragon, who will hypnotize you with his secret and irresistible frequencies. Ofcourse hosted by Rebel Up SebCat and Le Grand Méchant Loop will move your bodies and souls through the wildest sounds from the global underground!

〰🔅〰 Rafael Aragon 〰🔅〰
The music of Rafael Aragon is cut for the dance floor, rich in bass but delicate, maximalist and highly psychedelic. With a touch of magic inspired by shamanic rites and Afro-Latin and Oriental folk traditions. Mystic chimes, tribal drums and voodoo manners respond to big kicks, hypnotic basslines and electronic batucadas.
With his many live and DJ sets in clubs, free parties and festivals all over Europe and South America, Rafael has made a name for himself as a producer, remixer and DJ on the electronic and world music scene with his powerful “global rave” sound.

http://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro

〰🔅〰 Rebel Up SebCat 〰🔅〰
SebCat is a fulltime musical nexus: he hosts party nights, the Nightshop radio show on Radio Campus Bxl, the Rebel Up & Friends livestream on Kiosk Radio, runs a DIY vinyl distro with the better global sounds and since march has started Rebel Up records Expect the freshest global sounds from allover!
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/

〰🔅〰 Le Grand Méchant Loop 〰🔅〰
Philippe Nullens aka Le Grand Méchant Loop is world beats DJ and percussionist. He will take us on a surprising journey, spiced up with live percussion, where the genuine sounds of kologo, zurna, ferrinho and gwoka blend to create the kind of groove that can only be explained on a dancefloor!
https://www.facebook.com/LeGrandMechantLoop/videos/881961011963103/

Come with lots of energy and bring your craziest moves.

FB event

from 22h – 4h30
@ Au Quai
Quai du Hainaut 23
1080 Bxl

Sat 28 April > Rebel Up @ Melting Pot bass party, Les Brigittines, Bxl

On saturday night, a special night of global and bass sounds > > >

MELTING POT opening // performance // party
With DJ residents from Global Hybrid Records, Rebel Up Seb Cat & Vieira
In the framework of Dag van de Dans

A dance jam to undress our fears // An alternative way of gathering people

MELTING POT is a dance practice between performance and party. Based on improvisation score, the work aims to facilitate exchange between different dance styles and community, and to give way to the possibility of sensing and building a certain kind of shared consciousness allowing people to feel united.

LINE UP > > >

20.00 – 21.30
Opening // Snacks // Drinks – FIRST ARRIVE, FIRST SERVED!!!
Illsyllhttps://soundcloud.com/illsyll

21.30 – 22.30 MELTING POT
Rafael Aragonhttps://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro
(Global Hybrid Records – https://soundcloud.com/global-hybrid-records)

22.30 – 01.30
Rafael Aragon & Rebel Up SebCat
(Rebel Up – https://soundcloud.com/rebeluppa)

01.30 – 3.30
Vieira
(Gay Haze https://soundcloud.com/spekbek/flb-veira)

global sounds // ethnic bass // kuduro // afro bass // hip hop // queer beats // trap electro // techno … and much more.

Concept by Marco Torrice

With the participation of a mixed group of professional and amateur dancer and actors > >Manu Diela, Evelin Novák Pardo, Ezra Fieremans, Fanny Brouyaux, Irene Bouzin, Ivona Medić, Junior Ouattra, Naim Belhaloumi, Nóra Horváth
Light design – Alitché Panzi
Coproduced by – Les Brigittines – Playhouse for Movement,

With the support of – VGC Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (BE) , RainbowHouse (BE), Volksroom (BE), Global Hybrid Records (BE), BCDA – Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy (HU)

SHARE YOUR CULTURE WITH LOVE!!!
More info about Melting Pot : http://marcotorrice.com/MELTING-POT

FB eventwebsite

Free entrance till 23.00 – 5€ after
@ Les Brigittines
Petite rue des Brigittines 1, 1000 Bxl