Thu 17.03 > Rebel Up & Friends @ Bonnefooi w/ special guest Spilulu (DRC) & Fresh Nunas (MZ – Bxl)

Rebel Up collective is back this week at Bonnefooi for a set that’ll get the week started properly ! Don’t miss out Fresh Nunas & Spilulu coming right from the Rebel Up family who are ready to set the stage on fire with live percussion !

Line up:

Spilulu (DRC / Lumumbashi)
Originally from Lubumbashi / Katanga Democratic Republic of Congo, Spilulu is famous for his afrohouse blends and more!
https://soundcloud.com/spilulu

Fresh Nunas (MZ – Bxl)
Mozambican DJ Fresh Nunas is a multimedia artist who started his pro dj cultural career in New York City. Fresh is a veteran DJ of afro sounds, always keeping them grounded in the continent, for club audiences across the globe. He will play his set together with Cuban percussionist Sandy Martin
https://www.mixcloud.com/deadfresh

hosted by Rebel Up SebCat (Bxl)
SebCat is a full time nexus, taking sounds from all corners and styles into his wildcat dj sets, performing at parties & festival on several continents.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa

Full info > FB event
@ Bonnefooi
Steenstraat 8 Rue des Pierres
Doors: 8PM
DJ Set: 10PM
Free entry

Rebel Up Global Sessions livesteams, still going!

Hello all,
Are you doing well, moving enough and catching some sun?

Saturday 23.05 > Rebel Up Global Sessions livestream Day #6 already!
with DJ;’s Motacilla (Bxl), Mushug of Octa Push (Lisboa) and Giraffes & Penguins special with Ani of Tropical DJipsies and Le Grand Mechant Loop!
From 20 til a bit after midnight.

Tune in live via our Rebel Up Twitch video channel , the shows stay archived for 2 weeks there but we also upload them on our Rebel Up YouTube channel.

Some other sessions that you might have missed >

Friday 15 June Brussels double bill > Rebel Up @ Cantine Iraq, Le Lac + @ Gqom Oh! label night party, Beursschouwburg

This friday, double music action in Brussels, Rebel Up style
Starting in the early evening is the Iraqi canteen night at Le Lac venue.

Special Iraqi dinner prepared by our Iraqi friends, either meat (chicken) or vegetarian choices. So hurry up and reserve your Iraqi dish by sending an email to >
nghemediatheque @ gmail.com

10€ for dinner + concert.
See some memories from last years Iraqi dinner here.

On the programme:
19h doors with some entry music by Rebel Up
20h dinner upstairs
– solo on oud by Walaa Saad
– solo on synthesizer by Arkhan Mushtak
21h30 tunes by NGHE
22h30  Babylon Trio *live* in the downstairs room

10€ dinner & concert
5€ concert

More info > FB event
@ Le Lac
36 rue de Witte de Haelen, Bxl
(next to Petit Chateau / Klein Kasteeltje)


Afterwards in Beursschouwburg, a special Gqom Oh! label night with South Africa’s newest ghetto house wave from Durban. This South African club music is a sultry mix of hip-hop, footwork and kwaito house with a heavy Xhosa identity.

First real Gqom night in Brussels!

Gqom Oh! is a new label set up by Italian dj and researcher Nan Kole to display the fresh sounds coming out of Durban, by talented and often very young producers from the townships. Griffit Vigo is one of the main figures of the scene, still young but veteran producer is already the inspiration and godfather for many.

with:

Griffit Vigo (SA) (dj set)
Nan Kolè (IT)
+ Dr Kwest AKA 808 Bantou (Bxl) (live set)
+ Rebel Up dj’s (Bxl)

Check the Gqom Oh! label output and dive into their sounds.
Listen here to a live Gqom mix on Radio Panik on Quest for the Beat show.

FREE ENTRY, LIMITED CAPACITY!
rooftop terrace / zilveren zaal
as part of Voetbalfestivaldefootball with Spain – Portugal on big screen

More info > FB event / website.

doors 22h – 3am
@ Beursschouwburg
Rue Orts 20, Bxl

Sat 28 April > Rebel Up @ Melting Pot bass party, Les Brigittines, Bxl

On saturday night, a special night of global and bass sounds > > >

MELTING POT opening // performance // party
With DJ residents from Global Hybrid Records, Rebel Up Seb Cat & Vieira
In the framework of Dag van de Dans

A dance jam to undress our fears // An alternative way of gathering people

MELTING POT is a dance practice between performance and party. Based on improvisation score, the work aims to facilitate exchange between different dance styles and community, and to give way to the possibility of sensing and building a certain kind of shared consciousness allowing people to feel united.

LINE UP > > >

20.00 – 21.30
Opening // Snacks // Drinks – FIRST ARRIVE, FIRST SERVED!!!
Illsyllhttps://soundcloud.com/illsyll

21.30 – 22.30 MELTING POT
Rafael Aragonhttps://soundcloud.com/rafiralfiro
(Global Hybrid Records – https://soundcloud.com/global-hybrid-records)

22.30 – 01.30
Rafael Aragon & Rebel Up SebCat
(Rebel Up – https://soundcloud.com/rebeluppa)

01.30 – 3.30
Vieira
(Gay Haze https://soundcloud.com/spekbek/flb-veira)

global sounds // ethnic bass // kuduro // afro bass // hip hop // queer beats // trap electro // techno … and much more.

Concept by Marco Torrice

With the participation of a mixed group of professional and amateur dancer and actors > >Manu Diela, Evelin Novák Pardo, Ezra Fieremans, Fanny Brouyaux, Irene Bouzin, Ivona Medić, Junior Ouattra, Naim Belhaloumi, Nóra Horváth
Light design – Alitché Panzi
Coproduced by – Les Brigittines – Playhouse for Movement,

With the support of – VGC Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (BE) , RainbowHouse (BE), Volksroom (BE), Global Hybrid Records (BE), BCDA – Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy (HU)

SHARE YOUR CULTURE WITH LOVE!!!
More info about Melting Pot : http://marcotorrice.com/MELTING-POT

FB eventwebsite

Free entrance till 23.00 – 5€ after
@ Les Brigittines
Petite rue des Brigittines 1, 1000 Bxl

Fri + Sat 19/20 May > Africa Is / In The Future Festival, Bxl

This friday & saturday >
From the initiative of Point Culture and in collaboration with Goethe Institute Bxl and Cinema Nova, an exploration of African futuristic visions during a two-day festival Africa is / in the future. During the day there are ateliers and presentations in Point Culture, in the evening movies and concerts in Nova > > >

Friday @ Pointculture Botanique > lectures, presentations, concert >
FREE IN
15h00 – 16h00 Lecture > African future urban challenges: Luanda and Nairobi by Fabio Vanin.
16h30 – 17h30 Presentation > “Afrika Sound ” by Rebel Up & NGHE Médiathèque.
Expect a passionate audio-visual session about the ever changing energies of modern African music
18h00 – 19h00 Performance > Ozferti

Saturday afternoon programme @ Pointculture >
FREE IN
14h00 – 15h00 lecture > Afrofuturism with Pascale Obolo and Gato Preto
15h30 – 16h30 Lecture > African Science-Fiction by Oulimata Gueye
17h00 – 18h00 Lecture > Africa between future and hope by Jean-Christophe Servant (Monde Diplomatique)

evening progamme @ Cinema Nova

20h Kin Kiesse + Kingelez > short movies by Mweze Ngangura & Dirk Dumon
4€ / 3€ members)
22h The Tower by Filip de Boeck & Sammy Baloji, with the presence of Sammy Baloji
6€ / 4€ members

Saturday evening programme @ Cinema Nova >

Documentaries curated by Rebel Up!  >
20h I Love Kuduro (Angola) by Mario Patrocinio + Woza Taxi (South Africa) by Tommaso Cassinis

22h Concert > Gato Preto & AWA Rap Queen (MZ/GH/DE/ZW)
0h Afterparty > Rebel Up & Ill Syll

10€ / 8 members

Full info & programme >
FB event
site Pointculture
site Cinema Nova

Fri 28/04 @ Theatre de Liege, afterparty Festival Emulation, Liege

Friday, Rebel Up SebCat will play an afro bass set in Liege at the afterparty of the 7th Emulation Festival, organised by Sioux Festival.

🌴 AFROBEAT PARTY 🌴
Music from 20h30
DJs from 22h > 1am

⚡️ Hallo Kosmo dj set
⚡️ Rebel Up SebCat dj set

@ Theatre de Liege
Place du Vingt Août 16
FB event.

Rebel Up! SebCat @ Space Is The Place (Zen’s bday bash), Potemkin Bar, Bxl

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Yo folks,

This saturday it’s the bday party of our buddy Zen aka dj DOvecaKE

Rebel Up! SebCat & DOvecaKE will go heavy on the bass, everything from cumbia to dancehall, afrohouse and much more sweaty global electro sounds!

From 22h until very late @ Potemkin bar, St Gilles (Porte de Halle).
FREE IN!

see FB event here.