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New release out > African Electronic Diaspora: Black Lives Matter fundraiser compilation, 28 tracks!

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V/A – African Electronic Diaspora: Black Lives Matter

release date: Friday 04.09 Bandcamp Friday
on Bandcamp only > www.rebeluprecords.bandcamp.com

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In the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter protests in June allover the globe, followed by a summer with or without holidays, it’s important to keep the flame burning and the discussion going. The road is still long, but united we stand, moving forward together.

The aim of this compilation is to raise funds for various (inter)national NGO’s, anti-rasicm advocacy groups and organisations of black initiative, with all proceedings to be donated to these causes. (Look in press info for full list of carefully selected organiations)

The artists donated their music as a collaboration between Rebel Up Records, the artists and the international labels Nyege Tapes, Syrphe, Bongo Joe Records, Sdban Records, Galletas Calientes, Blanc Manioc, Indigenous Underground, Strut, Earconditioning and 1000Hz Records. On this compilation we brought together mostly electronic African or Afro descendant artists from the worldwide diaspora and artists based in their homelands, from motherland Africa to Latin America to the Caribbean and back to Europe. It’s a vibrant combination of contemporary sounds that showcases the current talent of the artists and producers, combined with awareness for black lives & art and serving as a fundraiser. You can find a list of the supported organisations on the last page. Also info on each of the artists and their Bandcamp pages are included in the notes.

As this compilation is an ongoing process, it’s possible that the tracklist can still grow with a few extra songs in the next weeks. Please support & buy this compilation, let the internal fire burn on.

Also check the amazing support by the blogs Pan African Music and Rhythm Passport with nice articles and words about the compilation!

Fri 31 July > Rebel Up! SebCat @ dj SoFa´s b-day bash, Café Central + Recyclart Holidays night with Ogoya Nengo, Umeme Afrorave & Poté

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Heya Brussels,

This friday some good stuff coming up.

Our good Brussels dj buddy SoFa is throwing a wild b-day bash at Café Central with lots of dj friends playing. Our Rebel Up! SebCat will play a global ping-pong set from 23:00 til a bit after midnight. See FB event here!

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Then afterwards at Recyclart, it´s already the last Holidays festival night awww, but with a seriously good line-up > Bxl improv jazz outfit Going, a set by German duo Sven Kacirek & Schneider, the Kenyan ethnic folk of the 80 year old Ogoya Nengo & Dodo Women group, our friends Umeme Afrorave from Amsterdam with their afro electro sound and London DJ Poté for some heavier african bass til the end. Not to miss!

Timeschedule >

22:00 > 23:00 GOING (outside – free)
23:00 > 00:30 DJ MUKAMBO
24:30 > 01:15 SCHNEIDER/KACIREK
01:15 > 02:00 OGOYA NENGO & THE DODO WOMEN’S GROUP
02:00 > 02:15 SCHNEIDER/KACIREK & OGOYA NENGO & THE DODO WOMEN’S GROUP
02:30 > 03:30 UMEME AFRORAVE
03:30 > 05:00 POTÉ

FB event here, or see Recy site

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Wed 3 Dec > Ogoya Nengo & Dodo Women group in OCCII, Amsterdam!

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On wednesday 3 Dec, another great Rebel Up! concert night in OCCII, Amsterdam
with Ogoya Nengo & Dodo Women group playing!!!!

Ogoya Nengo (in drawing above) is on her 1st tour outside of Kenya. Born in the 1930s in a small village at the shores of Lake Victoria, she soon joined the socially critical Dodo singers, a genre and community which is in danger of vanishing. Ogoya became the rave of her time, singing to great chiefs, warriors and even colonial officers and missionaries. Despite Ogoya being a legendary Kenyan folk artist with a career spanning over three decades little people outside Kenya have had the chance of ever hearing her and her ensemble. Ogoya Nengo’s approach to Dodo, a genre which is in danger of vanishing, is a very personal one: Her music is characterized by her powerful, passionate and compelling voice and is as timeless as it is mystical. Obviously Ogoya is a legendary Kenyan folk artist who has had an immense career spanning over three decades, but due to limited resources her music has remained in her region, and not many outsiders did have the pleasure of hearing her yet.
Her album has just been released on the Honest Jon’s label.
Check this video! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSx0CUrf8Go
or listen here > https://soundcloud.com/honest-jons/sets/rangala/s-SS21v

Rang’ala 4 from Honest Jon’s on Vimeo.

support by our Rebel Up! buddies dj De Boer and TP OK

see OCCII site for full details or FB event.

@ OCCII
Damage: 8€
Doors: 20:30

Don’t miss this, see you around!

Sat. 4 May; Rebel Up! Soundclash DEN HAAG @ de Vinger

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Time is Up to put on your shiniest shoes and prepare to move your legs in all kinds of directions,
On Saturday, the 4th of May Rebel Up! is back in Café De Vingerin The Hague to honor the return of the Sun (and the King, why not?) and deliver as usual our fittest sound from the global underground.
The deal is simple as usual, we ask you just a bit of money to help for one last time our friends from the Kenyan ONG Watoto Wa Baraka (more info available on  www.africanorphanage.org) and in exchange we guaranty to keep you dancing, smiling, mingling with fun people and just have a good time, like in a good friends party. It will groove for sure with Up and Down tempo from Africa, mashing guitars from Sahara, Brass bands from around the Mediterranean coasts and many rhythms from Brazil, Argentina y Columbia and the Caribbean. We’ll go crescendo to let you go in trance into heavy bass lines towards the end of our show.
Sweat promises…
Rebel Up! Soundclash in Den Haag
@  Cafe  De Vinger
Bagijnestraat 25 (small street right next to the Stadhuis/Bibliotheek building in Spui)
Doors open at 21.00
Entrance fee : 3 euro (free entrance before 22.30)

Fri 22 Feb > Rebel Up! Soundclash Agga style @ café de Vinger, Den Haag

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Hi Up there,
Rebel Up! is going to soundclash again on Friday 22nd of February at De Vinger in Den Haag.
The idea is as usual  to deliver a musical trip through time and space, to let you wander in all continents with a ricochet on some islands. We intend to provide you with a good time in an open and friendly atmosphere. All that with a slice of consciousness involved with all benefits at the entrance dedicated for a great association called Watoto Wa Baraka. They are actually working hard on developing care centers and orphanages in rural Kenya  (more info available on  www.africanorphanage.org).
As for musical matters, our DJ crew will be made out of 3 identities, ready and willing to clash along for your pleasure. SebCat, Palm M & DuckFood are bringing their music boxes from Rotterdam, Brussels and Den Haag. Our soundscape will mostly cross through African rough club rhythms and intricate roots, up to South American and Caribbean old and new dancefloor scenes. Surprises will come from the Middle East also. Mostly looking for rarities plus unexpected mixes and mashups, for one purpose only, put a smile in your face, close your eyes and let your body go with the flow.
Brave the cold and bring the heat!
See you then soon,
Rebel Up! Crew

FACEBOOK event here.

Rebel Up! Soundclash in Den Haag
Fri. 22nd of February @  Cafe De Vinger   
doors: 21.00
3 euro (free in before 22.30)
Bagijnestraat 25 (small street right next to the Stadhuis/Bibliotheek building in Spui)

sat 15 dec; Rebel Up! Soundclash meets Bomb Diggy crew *global dance night*

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hola folks,

Time for the last Rebel Up! Soundclash of the year just before the  festive season, this one a pure global dance night co-hosted with the Bomb Diggy crew and a good supply of guests;

Crowdkrushers (DE)
This German global crew from Tubingen is run by the 3 musketeering dj’s Jack Smillin, Mad Mation and Deejay Caustic who have coined their signature as Heavyweight Steppas Sound, which spans many styles from roots reggae to dancehall, afrobeat, global bass and more electronic styles. Bound to make you bounce!
Makina (AR, A’dam)
This Argentinian pibe co-hosts the Cumbia (Fantastica) & TropiTech nights in A’dam and enjoys mixing cumbia & global electronic music. he has released 2 Ep’s: POTRO and GRINGAS. We’ll be hearing the most fresh tropical sounds of south america to make you go ay-ay-ay!
Café de Calaveras (aka dj Tommi)
not a stranger to alternative global music circles anymore, being resident of the Balkan Beatz nights, various nights in Melkweg and sets at Lowlands festival, this man is an insatiable dj-holic who now plays under his Cafe de Calaveras moniker where he remixes global sounds into gipsycumbia, arabdubstep, balkankuduro and beyond.
Bomb Diggy crew (Hollandia)
Wine your waist and let your inner beast roam free with these ambassadors of tropical bass. Dancefloor wildlife! Everything from kuduro to cumbia to moombahton, dancehall, soca, dubstep, tropical house and electro-ethnic styles that are today’s new club sound. Embrace tropical bass with these ambassadors!
Rebel Up! crew (BE/FR/NL)
Your hosts are always busy out looking to amaze you with newly found sounds, from obscure electro-dancehall from urban Peru to kitsch 80’s electropop from Iranians in exile, roughest tecno-folk from Syria or the sweetest swinging songs from mother Africa, Rougher sounds from the global underground!
Charity matters > this night we will work hand to hand with a local association called Watoto Wa Baraka which means ‘children of blessings’ in Swahili. They have founded two orphanages in Kenya and are now trying to build a school in a rural part of the country. Just know that the entrance benefits will go to them and that if you’re willing to give more, you are welcome. www.africanorphanage.org
sat 15 dec @ OCCII, A’dam
Amstelveenseweg 134 (end of Vondelpark)
5€ in, party on from 22:30 til 4:00am

 

sat 1 Dec; Rebel Up! Soundclash @ De Vinger, Den Haag

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Hi Up there,

Rebel Up! is back in Den Haag for the second time and eager to bring some musical presents in your ears for a pre-Sinterklaas party this Saturday 1st of December at café De Vinger!

Our 3 DJ’s Dubcovsky, SebCat and Palm M are ready to make you dance in a time and space travel through Old Skool Afro-Carribean genres up to the most delirious mashups and creations from nowadays. You shall jump oceans and centuries and still be up on your feet to witness the pleasure of what a good buddies party means. Expect music from Congo, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and if I keep going, you might start to get dizzy. Anyway music speaks louder than words, so come early to enjoy yourself cause last time got packed before midnight with a great crowd who could not leave the dancefloor. And for that, we are thankful as well as for you spreading the good word for a good cause.

Indeed, this time is also special because we will work hand to hand with a local association called Watoto Wa Baraka which means children of blessings in Swahili. They have founded two orphanages in Kenya and are now trying to build a school in a rural area. You could find more info over them and their other projects via www.africanorphanage.org. Just know that the entrance benefits will go to them and that if you’re willing to give more, you are welcome.

See you at the party,
Rebel Up! Crew

Sat. 1st of December @ Cafe De Vinger
Starts at 21.00, until after 2:00
Entrance fee: 5 euro ~profit goes to charity!!~ (free in before 23.00!)
Bagijnestraat 25 (small street right next to the Stadhuis/Bibliotheek building in Spui)

see here our facebook event