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Rebel Up busy week allover Belgium! 20 – 22 – 23 + 24 June + new Nightshop show

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Hey all,

This sunny june week a nice and busy week in Brussels & Belgium with Rebel Up dj sets and even a stage!

First up, here is our latet Nightshop radio show for june, filled with new albums of jazz, brazilian soul funk, afrobeat, organica, cumbia, african electronic and arabic bass and more. Tune in here!

and now for the busy week of gigs!

On Tuesday 20 june, Rebel Up SebCat will play dj support together with Deejay Backstabber at the concert of the band Studio Shap Shap (all the way from Niger) at Cafee Cabron in Antwerpen.

Come and have a taste of contemporary music from Niger via Studio Shap Shap, between traditional griot sounds up to electronics. Check some of their sounds here.

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10€ in
@ Cafee Cabron
Kaasrui 1
2000 Antwerpen

on Thursday 22 june for Fete de La Musique in Brasserie de la Mule brewpub in Schaarbeek, Rebel Up SebCat plays a warmup dj set for the concert of KermesZ a l’Est.

KermesZ a l’Est are a wild bunch of anarchic musicians formed as a rough fanfare. They play punkrock and jazz mixed with uptempo balkan tones. Fire! Afterparty by DJ Calima.

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@ Brasserie de la Mule
95 Rue Rubens
1030 Schaarbeek

On the same evening, Rebel Up SebCat will play afterparty set for Phoenician Drive EP launch at Brasserie Illegaal in Forest. Organised by their label Exag Records and also with support by Swiss groups Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp (Bongo Joe records) and Typhon.

Expect a blend of oriental sounds, flamenco guitar, arabic scales, postrock, drones, free jazz and more!

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@ Brasserie Illegaal
Rue Bollinckx 300
Forest

Friday 23 June, a big action packed evening with an amazing lineup at BRASS for Fete de la Musique in Forest > an evening by the Bongo Joe label!

Concerts by Cyril Cyril, Blanco Teta and AMAMI, and local Bxl Forest warmup band Turkish Kebap.

Outdoor garden dj sets by Rebel Up SebCat, Bongo Joe crew and Memo Pimiento.

18:00 – 02:00
Free in! 🙂
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and on Saturday 24 june our big juicy cherry on your cake > La Nature festival!
Since a few editions Rebel Up curates & programmes La Dome stage at this amazing and cosy alternative festival on the slopes of Baraque de Fraiture.

“La Nature” is an intimate festival, nestled in the heart of nature, exploiting a magnificent forest of the Belgian Ardenne and presenting a unique and multidisciplinary programme of arts, projects, body & soul workshops and a musical line-up, with a special place for live performances.

Such an amazing programme with many (inter)national artists & DJ’s.

Here’s our programme at La Dome stage for saturday, where we mostly booked live artists this edition >>>

14:00 DJ Rebel Up B2B Bongo Joe
15:30 schroothoop -LIVE
17:00 Cyril Cyril -LIVE
18:00 soundcheck break
19:00 Mohammed Reza Mortazavi – LIVE
20:00 DJ &RY B2B Holy Coco
22:00 AMAMI -LIVE
00:00 Alix Pilot -LIVE
01:00 La Dame -LIVE
02:30 DJ Rebel Up SebCat
04:00 Curfew

Check it all info & tickets on the website, there still might be some day tickets left.
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See you around this week? These are our last gigs before the holiday season, as we will return after mid august.

Rebel Up action on Friday 19.05 + Sunday 21.05

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Hey all,

This weekend Rebel Up and Giraffes & Penguins action in Bxl & Western Flanders.

Friday 19.05 Jam in Jette festival afterparty by Giraffes & Penguins at Excelsior Stam Cool café in Jette > before at festival don’t miss the Nadia McAnuff & the Ligerians and Avalanche Kaito live shows. Free in!
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Saturday > Jam’in Jette festival day with Gaisha, M.CHUZI, Jaune Toujours, Meta and the Cornerstones, Ambolley with Sekondi Band and Guiss Guiss Bou Bess.
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Sunday > SebCat spinning global tunes at Kokopelli World Festival @kokopellifestival in Gullegem, West flanders, Free in, with M.Chuzi, Omar Perry & Asham Band and Merdan Taplak Orkestar and much more.

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See you around! 😋💜

Wedn 26.04 Rebel Up & Kaito Winse @ We Are Various evening, Bosbar (Het Bos) Antwerp

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We Are Various radio organises monthly evenings with live concerts & dj set in the Bos bar of Het Bos in Antwerpen.

This wednesday 26.04 with Rebel Up SebCat on dj duties and live concert + Q&A with Kaito Winse (Burkina Faso), who will play his solo deep spiritual griot vibes. It will be livestreamed as well.

Info here and here / FB event

20-23h
free in!
@ Ankerrui 5-7
2000 Antwerpen

1st October weekend action in Bxl

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This 1st October Bxl weekend action for Rebel Up >

Saturday evening from 21h in Le Reservoir Bar > Le reservoir bar invite Rebel up & Friends 100% vinyl night with Freedo Figh / SebCat / Drache Musicale / Monstera Occulta / XOGN

Sunday from 13-18h spinning at Circularium Curegem > OPEN DOORS & UPCYCLING MARKET • Circularium
and in evening at Bonnefooi > Bonnefooi x Kaito Winse Release Anniversary Party

Wedn 13.04 > Rebel Up Alive session @ Bonnefooi Bxl

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Every second Wednesday of the month, Rebel Up gathers alternative artists from Brussels and beyond and will make us dive into global sounds from the underground scene.

This night is curated by Tropical DJipsies.

Live concerts by:

Sina Kienou
Sina Kienou is a young musician from a large family of griot-musicians, from the late chief of the griots of Burkina Faso, Baba Kienou Abdoulaye.
https://www.facebook.com/kalzakienou

Raluca Apetria
Raluca’s style of music is characterized by warm and colourful sonorities, slightly melancholical tones and cinematic moods. The imprint of impressionism, folklore and jazz can be perceived in her musical universe. (Jojo Demeijer will join Raluca and add percussions and even more colors to this trip)
https://www.facebook.com/RalucaApetriaMusic
https://ralucaapetria.bandcamp.com

DJ sets after concerts by Tropical DJipsies with DiDi & RaqL in global sounds.
https://www.facebook.com/TropicalDJipsies
https://www.mixcloud.com/TropiCalDJipsieS

Doors 20H
Free in / entree libre / gratis
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@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres
1000 Bxl

Saturday 02.04 > Listen Festival: Rebel Up x Crammed Discs night @ VK Vaartkapoen with Zenobia, Acid Arab dj set Schroothoop & more

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Listen festival is finally on again this week for 1st time since 2019! Such an amazing programme, 5 nights of music allover Brussels!

On saturday 02.04 Rebel Up & Crammed Discs team up with the VK Vaartkapoen venue with an amazing diverse lineup. Schroothoop trio from Brussels on their instruments made from recycled trash, Palestinian duo Zenobia and their electro-dabke sound and DJ set by Acid Arab, plus Rebel Up & Rrita Jashari on the dj decks for more dancefloor fun.

More than 80% of the tickets are gone, so better hurry up. Get tickets here.

Lineup >>>>
22h00 Rrita Jashari
23h00 Schroothoop ‘Live’
00h00 Rrita Jashari
00h30 Zenobia ‘Live’
01h30 Acid Arab ‘Dj set’
03h30 Rebel Up DJs
05h00 end

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On friday 01.04, Instore listening session > Rebel Up & Fresh Nunas will spin vinyls at Tropicall Records in the Marolles area. Also concert by Burkinabé griot musician Kaito Winse.

Come over, free in > bar with artisanal beers, samosa & arancini tapas, piments de fati & more. From 18h to 23h. FB event.

@ Tropical Records shop
235 Rue Haute
Marolles Bxl

Rebel Up label sampler 2018-2020, a compilation of our first 2,5 years.

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Hey everyone,

Festive greetings and happy holidays!!!

Last week we launched our Rebel Up label sampler compilation, 16 tracks from our catalogue of the last 2,5 years to make you travel in our musical world.
*pay as you want*, check it here.