Friday 7 Feb: Rebel Up @ Afterparty Chouette Festival, Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

hey all,
this Friday 7 feb, afterparty for Chouette festival in the mighty wild Illegaal brewery.

The yearly Chouette festival invited Rebel Up to curate their afterparty at Illegaal, to turn it into a global clubbing night with eclectic sounds from allover.

with special guests Pulsar Collective from Berlin, who will play a live set with Turkish psychedelic music, oriental house, melodic house and vocals, with members from Turkey, Germany and Poland. Their 1st ever show in Bxl & Belgium!

and Brussels dj’s Djane D’arc, Rebel Up SebCat and Nika, who spin downtempo, global clubbing and bass sounds for a fiery dancefloor to warm your body….

TIMETABLE:
23:00 DJANE D’ARC
01:00 PULSAR COLLECTIVE (LIVE)
02:30 REBEL UP SEBCAT
03:30 NIKA
05:00 end….

Tickets 8โ‚ฌ presale, buy here
10โ‚ฌ at door
more info: FB event

@ Brasserie Illegaal
300 Rue Bollinckx
1190 Forest

arret Collecto: illegaal

Rebel Up weekender in Bxl > Fri 24.01 + Sat 25.01

hey all,

big up thanks to you for coming out in loving force last saturday @ Illegaal, what an amazing night it was, full of great sets and vibes!!!!
Our next night in Illegaal is already on Friday 7 February, where we curate the afterparty for the yearly Chouette Festival. See event here.

This weekend 2 Rebel Up gigs in Brussels >>>>

On Friday 24.01, we do our first party in the new LEO bar in the LionCity project in northern Molenbeek.

Get ready for a vibrant Global Afro Electro Party with the iconic Rebel Up crew! Expect an eclectic mix of beats, rhythms, and vibes that will keep you moving all night, with SebCat, Drache MuMu and Laryssa Kim.

19h – 1am
@ Leo Bar
Rue Osseghem 53
(metro Osseghem or Beekkant)
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and on Saturday 25.01, we do a Rebel Up takeover at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek, with a live concert by Bxl-Colombian group Tropicant, who bring their cumbia and merengue rockero sound! Global afterparty with Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Moon Yรฉ.

from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation

Brasserie de la Mule
95 Rue Rubens
Schaerbeek
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See you around!

Saturday 18.01: ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐š๐ฅ special edition “๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ” > Rebel Up x Indian Summer Fest

For this special edition, the collectives ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ and ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ join forces for an epic night to warm our hearts in the middle of the winter.

an opening B2B vinyl set between His Dudeness & SebCat, followed by a live performance by Spanish-Iranian duo Floรจmee who bring ambiental, IDM electronica & breaks with vocals of Persian ghazal poetry. Rrita Jashari will bring global, oriental & bass sounds, followed by &RY (Echte Ra) and his deep house & afrohouse sound. His Dudeness & SebCat will close the night with eclectic global club sounds…

+ Performances
+ Soup
+ Safe Care team

Doors 22h – 5AM
price: 10โ‚ฌ (Cash only please!)
inside Illegaal you can pay by card for drinks

More info >>>
FB event
Illegaal website

Simple rules for a good time at our party:
Bring good vibes & love.
No = no, respect this, we are watching you!
No harassment, no violence, no sexism & no racism.

@ Brasserie ILLEGAAL
Rue Bollinckx, 300
1190 Forest, Brussels

Arret Taxi Collecto stop: Illegaal

Satuday 19 oct > Globaal Illegaal party @ Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

hey all,

Another season of ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐š๐ฅ kicks off! With a warm night of outernational bass sounds from 3 different continents hosted by Rebel Up, with international guests from Peru, La Reunion and Brussels. Between electro Maloya, Mโ€™bass, Cumbia bass and Latinx club music and beyond….. + live liquid visuals!

๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘ผ๐‘ท:

๐ƒ๐‘๐€๐‚๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐”๐Œ๐” ๐๐Ÿ๐ ๐Œ๐Ž๐Ž๐ ๐˜๐„ฬ
๐€๐‹๐„๐Š๐’๐€๐๐ƒ ๐’๐€๐˜๐€
๐•๐ˆ๐“๐” ๐•๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐€
๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐“๐€ ๐‚๐‡๐‘๐„๐Œ
๐‘๐„๐๐„๐‹ ๐”๐ ๐’๐„๐๐‚๐€๐“

Doors 22H
10โ‚ฌ CASH! > Please bring cash.
Inside @ Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.


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๐‘ซ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’–๐‘ด๐’– (๐‘ฉ๐’™๐’)
For the intimate and the anonymous, Drache MuMu has been widely splashing planetary grooves since 2012 in Bxl. With in the sprinkler extinguisher: beats africo tropico coco, glorified chรขรขbi, crewole groove, sรฉga, gnawa, digitalized cumbia, serious tropicool, kamba, tumbelรฉ, zouk bass, tsรฉtรฉra tsรฉtรฉra. DJ set at night, radio show during the day on Radio Panik, thereโ€™s no time to dry out.
https://www.mixcloud.com/DracheMusicale

๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’ ๐’€๐’†ฬ (๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ / ๐‘ฉ๐’™๐’)
DJ, film maker, ex athlete and pure music lover, Moon Yรฉ landed in Bxl a few months ago to make here his new home. His roots are from La Reunion island in the Indian ocean, and this can be heard in his dj sets, where blends of maloya, kabar, sega, malagasy, indian styles, afrohouse and electronic music are played together in a forward organic sound that is deeply linked to his home region. Net to this he runs the Boulevard Sud agency, where he promotes emerging electronic global artists from La Reunion and the Indian ocean.
https://www.mixcloud.com/moonye/

๐‘จ๐’๐’†๐’Œ๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’š๐’‚ (๐‘ณ๐’‚ ๐‘น๐’†๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’๐’)
Producer Aleksand Saya draws his inspiration from the cultural wealth of his native island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. He experiments and transforms the traditional elements of Maloya by merging them with hip-hop and electro sounds, creating his trademark, which he calls M’Bass. He invites listeners to dive into a singular sound universe, where the vibrations of Maloya blend with deep bass and catchy syncopated beats and a captivating ability to bring souls together, while breaking down boundaries.
https://soundcloud.com/aleksandsaya

๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’•๐’– ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚ (๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’– / ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’๐’๐’๐’‚)
Vitu Valera has carved a distinctive niche in the global music scene as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and adept DJ. His music seamlessly blends traditional south-global rhythms with Latinxclub sounds, showcased through his distinctive performances an sets. Notably, his recent debut album “MIGRX,” (November 2023) on international bass label MATRACA, where he merges the digital with the organic. He has further released EPโ€™s and tracks on labels such as New Latam Beats and Eck Echo. His dj sets of Peruvian bass sounds will take you into ancestral moods where tradition meets the electronic.
https://vituvalera.bandcamp.com/

๐‘ถ๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’“๐’†๐’Ž (๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’– / ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚)
Orieta Chrem is a DJ, sound engineer, and music producer from Lima, Peru with over 20 years of experience. She is a key figure in the Peruvian electronic music scene and has created various platforms throughout her career showcasing Peruvian and Latin American talent in various cultural spaces in her hometown. As a promoter and founder of โ€œLA RARAโ€ radio, she has invited acts from all over Latin America and beyond, focusing on creating spaces for underrepresented artists and fomenting the growth of the electronic music scene in Lima. In 2014 Orieta founded QMULUS SOUND, the first female-run sound studio in Lima. For 10 years, she works on various projects related to sound design, recording, mixing and mastering. She has recorded music for Los Ballumbrosio, one of the most emblematic groups of Afro-Peruvian music and had international visitors such as Dj Spinn, Robert Henke, Mad Professor, Branko, Matias Aguayo, Thomas Von Party, Channel One, Macky Banton among others. Orieta also constructed and is a co-founder of BQESTIA Soundsystem, a professional soundsystem created with other sound system enthusiasts from Lima. Her diverse taste in electronic genres, such as global bass, funk brasileiro, reggaeton, dembow, footwork, kuduro, ambient, latinxclub and techno, is evident in her work as a DJ, music curator and her own productions, which often feature unique uses of vibrations and the human voice. In the last 10 years, she released several tracks and remixes on various Latin American compilations and labels, including TratraTrax, HiedraH, AGVA, Traaampaaa, Tambiรฉn, Eck Echo, In-Correcto, Matraca, Behua Icara, Makinmovs, Devagar, and Terror Negro.
https://soundcloud.com/orieta-chrem

๐‘น๐’†๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ ๐‘ผ๐’‘ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’ƒ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’• (๐‘ฉ๐’™๐’)
Host and all-round DJ/selector SebCat is the founder of the Rebel Up collective and label and deeply active in the Brussels scene, where he promotes new emerging (inter)national artists of global music. He hosts several radio shows and residencies on Radio Campus Brussels (Nightshop), Kiosk Radio and BRUZZ. Since 2018, Rebel Up became a label and platform that releases eclectic global sounds from upclose & far away, with over 30 releases. His DJ sets take you on a journey into contemporary underground global electronic bass sounds, from everywhere to never before.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’”
Liquid light visuals by Bom Baleno (IT / Bxl)
Psychedelic lights, bubbles and shapes will shine on your eyes and guide your moves
https://www.instagram.com/officina_bombaleno/

Doors 22H – 5AM
10โ‚ฌ CASH
Please bring cash for the door.
Inside at Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.


Brasserie ILLEGAAL
Rue Bollinckx, 300
1190 Forest,
Bxl

Arret Taxi Collecto sur place: Illegaal
Taxi Collecto stop available: IlIegaal

Thu 11 July: Globaal Illegaal: Noche Colombiana evening @ Brasserie Illegaal > concerts, dj set on Colombian pico soundsystem!

hey all,
next week thursday 11th july, we organise our last party of the summer so far.

our Globaal Illegaal night, this time a Colombian evening.
Rebel Up & Sounds Resist present >>>

+ ๐‘ฌ๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ picรณ soundsystem Colombia style
+ concerts: ๐‘ป๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’• / ๐‘ป๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’Œ๐’–๐’Ž๐’˜๐’† / ๐‘ณ๐’๐’” ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’…๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’”
+ DJ sets: ๐‘น๐’†๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ ๐‘ผ๐’‘ / ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’ / ๐‘จ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’” / ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’–๐’‡ / ๐‘บ๐‘ซ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ๐’…๐’‹ / ๐‘จ๐’๐’†๐’™ ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’Š๐’“๐’‚ & ๐‘บ๐’–๐’”๐’๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’
+ Food (latin dishes)

18H – 2AM
entry > 10โ‚ฌ (cash!) > for drinks at bar, you can pay with card
children -18 free entrance

A โ€˜picoโ€™ is a typical Colombian soundsystem as can be found on the Caribbean coast, with itโ€™s huge width and fluorescent colors. El Magico Baobab hails from Netherlands, where they build a pico soundsystem according to the Colombian measurements and with a hand-painted screen design by the famous Colombian pico painter William Guitterez Peรฑaloza.

DJโ€™s and live groups will be playing on this pico soundsystem for a true Colombian tropical vibe โ€“ cumbia, baila cantaos, currulao, tambora, gaita, champeta, salsa and moreโ€ฆ.
+ food from latin cuisine!

All info >>>>
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Tuesday 31 Oct > Rebel Up @ Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

hey all,
this tuesday a great big & alternative Halloween party at Brasserie Illegaal.
With jazz, grooves, soul, african beats, bass and more!

with live concerts by bands Muito Kaballa and Collignon.
DJ sets by Rebel Up SebCat, DG2FX, Far Away and Rafael Aragon.

doors: 20h – 5am
PAF: 8โ‚ฌ
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See you there!

Sat. 14.10 Rebel Up x Nuits Sonores Brussels festival @ Brasserie Illegaal

Hey all,

This saturday another big Rebel Up party at Brasserie Illegaal!
Part of the Nuits Sonores Brussels festival programme, we have made an amazing exciting lineup, with Brussels debuts for 3 artists!

On the lineup >>>

SYQLONE (Maroc/Paris) makes cyber chaabi bass music, a mutation between traditional and popular North African music and bass music (DNB, jungle, footwork, dubstep, etc.). Her musical live project is part of the Amazigh-futurist scene.
https://soundcloud.com/gaurmiua-ildrygs

DJ K is originally from the favela of Diadema in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At 22 years old, this young producer is a crucial figure in the scene of new styles of baile funk called “Mandelรฃo” and “Funk Bruxaria”. This aggressive sound, with a sharp and high-pitched “tuim” and high volume, energizes the favela block parties in Sรฃo Paulo.
https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/…/panico-no-submundo

Griot Tech is the new collaboration between Burkinabรฉ percussionist & vocalist Kaito Winse (Avalanche Kaito) and Brussels DJ Rebel Up SebCat. They explore griot music from the Sahel/Western Africa in a punchy electronic sound via SebCat on decks & effects and Kaito’s live spiritual vocals and modified calabash percussion. Griot dancefloor beats for heavy night clubbing in ancestral vibes. This show is their debut!
https://soundcloud.com/rebeluprecords/griot-tech-october-jam

For the intimate and the anonymous, Drache MuMu has been widely splashing planetary grooves since 2012. With in the sprinkler extinguisher: beats africo tropico coco, glorified chรขรขbi, crewole groove, sรฉga, gnawa, digitalized cumbia, serious tropicool, kamba, tumbelรฉ, zouk bass, tsรฉtรฉra tsรฉtรฉra. DJ set at night, radio show during the day on Radio Panik – Brussels, no time to dry out.https://www.mixcloud.com/DracheMusicale/

RaqL is one of Brussels local up & coming dj’s. She specializes in tropical and electronic bass music from Portuguese-speaking and African communities around the world. Her roots are from Cape Verde, Portugal and Angola and her sets are eclectic and energizing. An active part of the Rebel Up family since the start of her musical journey, she is a member of the Bxl female collective Tropical Djipsies.
https://www.mixcloud.com/RAQL/

Liquid live visuals by WetCore Collective
Wetcore Collective pushes liquid light psychedelic projections to the beats. During their live sets, they mix fluids, colors, and cut out illustrations combining different analog techniques to light up the night vibes.
https://www.instagram.com/wetcore_collective/

TIMETABLE
22h Drache Musicale
00h SYQLONE (live)

01h Griot Tech (live/dj)
02h DJ K
04h Raql

10โ‚ฌ in presale / door
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Buy tickets here.