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weekend 27/28 April > Rebel Up @ Lenteluypaard #2 vinyl & clothing market, Allee du Kaai (Luypaard site) + Medex TDM183 Assiestes, Dancing Babylon evening, Schaarbeek + Brussels Soring Record Fair @ Kanal

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hello all!

We hope you enjoyed the hot weather last weekend, big up thanks for coming to our wild global sounds evening at Listen Festival in VK Concerts, what a blast!

This weekend however, fresher times again, but also a good moment to get cosy inside and share the love for music, food and more.

First up, saturday afternoon til the late evening (or beyond) > De Toestand organises the Lenteluypaard #2 market, spring sale of vinyls & clothes + afterparty in the Luypaard building (next to Zinzinerie). Rebel Up label & distro will be there with 2 crates of good tunes, come and check it out!

from 14h till ?
Found out more in the FB event

Then in the evening, over to Schaarbeek in La Petite Maison close the Schaarbeek train station, the Dancing Babylon evening, part of the MEDEX Tour du Monde en 183 Assietes. A special Iraqi evening with food, concerts, dj’s, short movies, poetry, stories, expo, afterparty and more.

with concert by Iraqi musicians Saif Al-Qaissy (percussions) and Hussein Rassim (oud).

See full timeschedule in the FB event

Prix libre
Where? La Petite Maison, from 18h til 1am.
Rue Jan Blockx 22-24
1030 Schaarbeek

and on sunday afternoon, the Rebel Up disto will be at the Brussels Spring Record Fair in Kanal.

New & 2nd hand vinyl, mainly focused around Black Music (Soul, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Afro, Latino, Hip Hop, House) with some detours trough Pop and Rock by some sellers.
Also there will be a bike market. Free in!

all info > FB event

from 11h til 18h
@ Kanal Pompidou
Quai des Peniches

Sat 2 Feb > Babylon Trio & Rebel Up in Cafe Loburg, Wageningen

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This saturday 2 Feb, The good folks from Baobab Live have invited us and Babylon Trio

After the concert the Rebel Up DJ’s will take over the stage to close the night in style with a wide variety of contemporary Arabic and Middle Eastern tunes.

Tickets sold at the door: €7,50. (CASH ONLY)

LINE UP:
22:00 – 00:00 Doors + Baobab Music Soundsystem
00:00 – 01:30 Babylon Trio (live)
01:30 – 03:00 After party by Rebel Up!

FB Event

@ Cafe Loburg,
Molenstraat 6
Wageningen

Babylon Trio – Habibi > Out now on Rebel Up Records as vinyl LP + digital!

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the debut album ‘Habibi‘ by Babylon Trio is out now on Rebel Up Records (RUP006)

The current political state of Iraq is a far cry from what the Iraqi people envisioned. While the western media have largely stopped reporting about Iraq, in the past few months many protests have flared up in the capital Baghdad, Basra and cities allover the country. Persistent water shortages, power cuts, the lack of work and political corruption have angered the Iraqi population and protests have been the general order of the day and increasing by the month. The political elite has dug themselves in, protected and comfortable in governmental compounds, ordering police and the armed forces to crack down on protests with a shoot to kill on sight policy. In 2015, this ignited the first big emigration wave of young people and families leaving Iraq for neighbouring countries and the west and continues to do so. For many, returning seems very unlikely for the time being.

The three Iraqi musicians of Babylon Trio arrived in Belgium in 2015 as refugees of this political and social unrest. Arkan Mushtak is the composer and pinnacle of the band. Like the other members he hails from Baghdad, where from a young age onwards he has been shaped into a talented keyboard and piano player by Iraqi master composer Noor Sabah. He is accompanied by fellow musicians Saif Al-Qaissy (digital percussion, djarbouka and backing vocals) and singer Walaa Saad (vocals) and occasionally joined by Mohammed Algareb (guest percussion).

Babylon Trio plays an electrified mix of contemporary Iraqi and Arabic music styles, such as choubi choubi, dabke, maqam and electronic hybrids that put the dancefloor on fire. The trio’s debut album “Habibi” features songs about their old life in Iraq and new life in Brussels, Belgium, with topics such as separation from loved ones, love, beauty, honour and pure Arabic party bangers. This year will mark the power of the contemporary Iraqi street sound of Babylon Trio throughout Europe and beyond. Get ready for fire!

Tracklisting:
A
1. Bye Bye My Love ( وداعا يا حبيبي )
2. Iraqi Dabka Choubi ( چوبي عراقي )
3. Spoiled For Your Eyes ( لاجل عيونك / مدلل )
B
4. Difficult Separation ( فركتك صعبة )
5. Iraqi Prestige ( المعزوفة )
6. My Crazy Lover ( حبيبتي المجنونة )
7. The Euro Syrian Dabka ( الدبكة السورية الاوربية )
8. Habibi Trio Mix (Rebel Up Duckfood remix) ( مزيج حبيبي الثلاثي )

Released by Rebel Up Records on 26 september 2018.

Out on vinyl LP in coated cover design, buy on the Rebel Up webshop or via Bandcamp
buy digital album via Bandcamp.
distribution worldwide: N.E.W.S

This album has been made with the support of NGHE Mediatheque, cultural venue Les Ateliers Claus, Angstrom studio and Soylent Green studio in Brussels and everyone who has supported Babylon Trio in the past year, promoting, motivating and organising concerts for them.

produced by Seb Bassleer for Rebel Up Records
recorded at Angstrom Studio by Aymeric de Tapol & Nicolus Ripitus
mixed at Soylent Green Studio by Aymeric de Tapol
mastered by Frederic Alstadt at Angstrom Studio
cover design ‘Tapis’ by Kalām Collectif (facebook.com/kalamshift)
photo (backcover) by Robert Kroos (flickr.com/mentalyouth)
graphic design by Vanessa Verbeiren