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Wedn 19 October > 10 Years of Global Club Music Network @ Titanic Sur Mer, Lisboa (PT)

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Wednesday 19 Oct, the Global Club Music Network will celebrate their 10 years anniversary with a yearly opening afterparty at the Womex showcase festival.

The GCMN is a network of international DJ’s, producers, organisers and booking agents who work in the field of global club music, which Rebel Up is part of too.

The party will be at Titanic Sur Mer, an iconic riverside venue which can hold up to 200-250 people. There will be a live concert by Miroca Paris & band, a live dj set by Colombian DJ Guitto and dj sets by Rebel Up SebCat B2B Didi of Tropical Djipsies, Kosta Kostov, Makala, D Watts Riot, David Chavez Soundculture, Oonga, Boris Viande, Ali T, Chief Boima and more… plus also a jam outside on the riverside terrace.

Free in, doors 22h until 6am

For full info > FB event

24-28 Oct > Rebel Up @ Womex expo fair/festival + dj sets, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES)

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hola hola!

from tuesday 23 october til sunday 28 oct, Rebel Up will be present at the WOMEX world music expo fair & showcase festival. This year it will take place in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

See the full WOMEX programme here.

and here the Rebel Up release roster & artists 🙂
and Womex opening evening party on wed 24 oct!

Like every year on the wednesday night, with the Global Club Music Network we will to settle into WOMEX with new friends and old acquaintences and doing an official off-Womex party @ Shack bar. We will have the cream of Las Palmas’ DJ scene going B2B with members of the Global Club Music Network.

with DJ’s:
Sergio Miró (ES)
Oswaldo Hernández (ES)
Woodhands PubPelukas (ES)
Kosta Kostov (BG/DE)
Darius Darek (PL/DE)
Eli Levinson (CA)
Continental Drifts (UK)
D.WattsRiot (BB/ES
Rebel Up SebCat (BE)
DJ Makala (EU/ES)
Manel Ruiz (ES)
Hostess: Miriam Leah Brenner (NL)

FREE IN
info > FB event here.

and on thursday evening 25 oct, Rebel Up SebCat, DJ Makala & Manel Ruiz will do a vinyl set at a restaurant in Las Palmas centre, next to the nighttime venue & twin stages. expect Rebel Up to spin between 18 and 20h.
Meet you there?

7-8 July > Rebel Up! @ EXIT Festival (World Chill-in Stage), Novi Sad, Serbia

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yeah, this weekend > Rebel Up!  @ the big Exit festival in the old Petrovaradin fortress on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Serbia!

4 days of action time on the *World Chill-Inn* stage with only global dj’s, from balkan, roots to global bass, afro & cumbia.

This is the third year that this stage will be a haven for all lovers of music from around the world, and besides already well-known faces from the music-collecting milieu of Novi Sad, World Chill-Inn will offer perhaps the most famous names from the international scene in its present Existence, among which are Kosta Kostov, Rafael Aragon, Rebel Up! SebCat, DJ Pozor, Haris Pilton and Baga Sound! Host is the Novi Sad DJ / MC Killo Killo and he will make sure that this year’s World Chill-Inn stage visitors leave with a smile and are eagerly awaiting the next edition.

On friday 7 july, Rebel Up time, the international timetable goes like this >
21:00 > Rashomon & Bumbass Selectaz (afro)
22:00 > Fokus (balkan, jungle, tropical bass)
23:30 > Rebel Up! SebCat (global beats, afro & cumbia)
1:00 > Rafael Aragon (tropical oriental)
2:30 > Rudhaman (deep afro house)

See here FB event of the stage and event of festival, or official website.

Sat 15 April > Rebel Up! @ Domicil Club, Dortmund (DE)

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Rebel Up! in Germany this saturday! 🙂
We’ll be playing Domicil club in Dortmund at the WDR Cosmo Global Player party together with our Moroccan grandmaster dj friend Ali T. Global sounds & beats to make your feet go wild 🙂

Domicil is famous a one of Germany’s prime jazz club and has an amazing sound system, a dream for every music loving DJ & listener 🙂

Global Player, the Funkhaus Europa (now Cosmo) club night, is already since 10 years a wild global party in the Dortmunder nightlife. Both resident-DJs Ali T and Kosta Kostov play the best selections from the Balkan, Oriental, Latino and Afro for a true worldtripping feel & vibe. Rebel Up! joins in the fun, see you there! Bis bald!

FB event / Domicil site

23H / 8€
@ Domicil Club
Hansastrasse 7-11
Dortmund

19-24 Oct > Rebel Up! @ Womex, Santiago de Compostela (ES) + Porto (PT)

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Hola,
14691959_10154013262098231_5553615490502358087_oThis week, Rebel Up! will be attending Womex16 in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, the world music expo. Full programme & showcases here!

On wednesday 19th we already will kick off Womex early, with a global dj night hosted by our Global Club Music Network at Casa das Crechas in the historic centre of Santiago, Rebel Up! playing together with our global dj buddies Kosta Kostov (BG), D Watts Riot (BA) & Makala (ES)!  From around 22h30, the Banda das Crechas will play a live set and followed by our global beats till deep into the night.

During the expo days from Thursday to Saturday, you can find us at stand -1.18 (basement) with the Global Club Music Network that we are part of. During the night time, the showcase festival with many good live acts & dj’s, such as our friends Throes & The Shine (PT), DJ Satelite (AN), Boogat (CA), El Remolon (AR) and many many more!  We are also organising a conference session on Friday early afternoon: The Speedate Remix, a session about remixing global tunes for the dancefloor or experimental spheres. And later on the same day, our GCMN network session.

On Sunday 23 Oct, Rebel Up! SebCat will travel down to Porto to spin global and mostly African tunes at Miss’Opo restaurant from 18h onwards (Rua de Trás 49, Sao Bento metro). Come and enjoy the amazing tasty novo Angolan cuisine!
Next evening, SebCat will spin some global listening tunes at the alternative Cafe Candelabro (Rua de Conceicao 3, Trinidade metro).

See you around, ‘ta luego, até ja!

Fri 25 March > El Pulpo goes Klezmer > with Amsterdam Klezmer Band + Balkan afterparty @ La Tentation Bxl

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This friday, an exciting evening in La Tentation organised by the Brussels collective El Pulpo, filled with klezmer music, fanfares and balkan folk & beats! Walking dinner, 2 Live bands followed by a wild balkan afterparty.

Amsterdam Klezmer Band (NL/RU)
This notorious klezmer band celebrates their 20th anniversary and will play their new album “Oy Oy Oy”. From street musicians with a Jiddish repetoire, they have evolved into an international band who has made a solid name through their energetic live shows. They mix klezmer with other contemporary folk and pop/rock influences as a balance between tradition and pure dance music. It’s party wherever they play!

La Nouvelle Flibuste (Bxl)
A warm up set on the floor by this 20-(wo)men fanfare, a true big band of jazz and trance music from different corners of the world, from the Caribbean to the Balkans! Human energy combined with blowers and snared instruments. Better be ready!
Balkan afterparty!
from midnight, the party will continue with Balkan folk & beats into every direction. with special guest Kosta Kostov (BG), one of the leading dj’s of the Balkan movement, also Rebel Up! and Fanfara Electronica on the decks.

Come early > Walking dinner by Dum Tek Veg, with delicious homecooked vegetarian dishes & snacks from the Levant. Falafels, houmous, salads and much more at very fair prices!

Make sure you get your presale ticket at 10€, is cheaper than at the door and for the whole night!

FB event + venue site

20h >doors > Walking dinner + mystery act
21h30 > La Nouvelle Flibuste
22h30 > Amsterdam Klezmer Band
0h00 >  Balkan afterparty w/ Rebel Up!, Kosta Kostov & Fanfara Electronica
4h00 > end

Presale > all night 10€ here > at door 13€ > only afterparty 5€

@ La Tentation
Rue de Laeken 28
1000 BXL

Thu 29 Oct > Rebel Up! Soundclash @ Bonnefooi w/ Kosta Kostov (BG)

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Bruxelles, are you ready for another Rebel Up! Soundclash all nighter at Bonnefooi!!!!!

Kosta in Brazil 2
with special guest Kosta Kostov for all your freshest global sounds!

Both Rebel Up! & Kosta Kostov are part of the Global Club Music Network who are supported by WOMEX. This night is also a nice get together for the international/Belgian/Brussels WOMEX participants from 18h followed by a party all night long. and ofcourse, FREE IN.

Kosta Kostov (BG)
Born in Bulgaria, based in Köln, Germany but at home around the world. Skilled cook, dj and producer Kosta Kostov never stops the search for the best global shake & spicy bounce tunes. His sets are a furious cooking blend of sounds from here and there, including own compositions, remixes and mashups, in which balkan, mediterranian, african & american rootsy flavas meets all the nice bassy styles. From dubstep & ragga through funk & breaks till house & electro. Since 11 years the mastermind of the monthly party Balkan Express (one of the longest running Balkan parties of the world!), he is also resident of the Global Player parties, the Funkhaus Europa Club night in Dortmund of the worldwide music radio station and he even presents a musical cooking radio show called Kostbar. A true man of the world in full flavour!
https://soundcloud.com/kkostov
https://www.mixcloud.com/kkostov/

As always the Rebel Up! crew (SebCat & LeBlanc) will bring the freshest and bounciest global sounds, whether vintage tropical or ethnic electronic bass, it’s all there to hear and feel. Select global, play local!
hear our Womex14 live mix here, or our latest Nightshop radio show.

See FB event or Bonnefooi site

@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pieres , BXL
Belgian WOMEX apero from 18h
party from 22h till dawn