Hey all, this last week of June plenty of Rebel Up events in Brussels… These are our last ones before a little break of almost 3 weeks. (we will be back on 19 july with a big Globaal Illegaal party!)
Starting with wednesday 25 June at Vaux Hall in Parc Royal, our So Scherp event organised by the city of Brussels , by Rebel Up together with Drache MuMu.
A lineup with 2 live bands and DJ’s from 18h until 23h >>>>
Gaaci Fusion (Mauritania/Bxl) afro funk & blues Zinne Kabar (La Reunion / Bxl) maloya & percussion Rebel Up & Drache MuMu DJ’s DJ Kym Mbembe
expect lots of afro vibes and beats for the dancefloor π from 19h30 until 1am. Terrace open!
@ Leo bar, LionCity Rue d Osseghem 53 (end of the hallway) Molenbeek More info here and here.
and our final event on Saturday 28 June at Sounds Jazz Club.
A special Colombian night with El Leon Pardo sexteto concert. Electro colombian band with ancestral sounds of the gaita (kiusi) flute, trumpets, percussion and electronics! First ever show in Brussels.
Afterparty by Rebel Up with SebCat & DJ Soleil. Buy your ticket here (more expensive at door)
Doors at 21h until 3am concert at 21h30
@ Sounds Jazz Club Rue de la Tulipe 28 Ixelles / Elsene
Another season of ππ₯π¨ππππ₯ ππ₯π₯ππ πππ₯ 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, Mβbass, Cumbia bass and Latinx club music and beyond….. + live liquid visuals!
π¨πππππππ πΊπππ (π³π πΉππππππ) 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
π³πππ π½ππππππ 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 10β¬ 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
This friday 08.10 a special Maloya concert @ Muziekpubique by La Reunion group LiNDiGo
It has been twenty years since the group LiNDiGo, led by Olivier Araste, has been cited as one of the most popular Maloya groups. However, his approach is neither locked in nostalgia nor in the shackles of a sterile memory. Foundations serve the momentum, and roots build the future. Their motto: “When you know where you’re coming from, you know where you’re going”, their style: Maloya Power. They already have more than 1000 concerts and six albums to their credit.
This friday, concert of trio Sakili, acoutstic sega & tambour music from the Indian ocean!
Sakiliβs music reflects the history of Rodrigues Island, combining European and African influences: waltz, polka, mazurka, schottische, they all blend harmoniously to the rhythms of sega drumming, traditional from the times of African slaves. Moreover, as globalization also influences the vast expanses of the Indian Ocean, there are of course, in some of the songs, elements of overlap with the western world or more recent preoccupations.
The Creole sega is sensual music and dance, with African influences, which was, in origin, a cultural form of resistance by slaves against the colonial rulers, but the culture turned little by little into a ritual that has in the end become rooted in tradition and lastingly incorporated in the way of life. The style of performance, sega drumming, is a vibrant mixture of music, consisting mainly of percussion, sin or status.
The Trio Sakili comprises three major ambassadors of Rodrigues sega: Vallen Pierre Louis is a banjoist well known and highly appreciated on the island. Francis Prosper belongs to one of the most important musical clans of the island and is without any doubt the best traditional percussionist and provides, with his warm timbre, the powerful voice of Sakili. Third in the line-up, Ricardo Legentile plays the accordion, the leading local melodic instrument, a heritage of the multiple influences on the island. The repertoire and the subtleties of his playing technique have been handed down from father to son for several generations of the family, while his mother, Yolande Legentile, belongs to the famous singers, the Mareshals of Sega in Rodrigues.
Afterparty in foyer by Rebel UpSebCat & Drache Musicale. Also stand by NGHE Mediatheque with special cassettes between maloya and sega.
Afterparty in the foyer with Rebel Up & Drache Musicale!
After a trip through La Reunion, the Drache Musicale duo made 2 mixtapes last year for the NGHE Mediatheque cassette label, based on collected 7 “from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Together with Rebel Up SebCat they will play an afterparty set based on vinyls from La Reunion, Mauritius and the Seychelles and take you to the world of maloya and sega.
Tickets are sadly sold out since a few days, hope you got one on time!
For full info, see FB event or Muziekpublique website.
@ 20h Muziekpublique, Porte de Namur
yes yes folks,
this thursday an awesome tropical Radio Panik anniversary night in Espace Senghor, right on the halloween hour π
main band of the night is Commandant Cadet & Les Pythons de la Fournaise, a French band that specializes in the sweet sega and maloya folk styles from La Reunion drenched psychedelic spheres and some afrobeat,
https://soundcloud.com/sofa-records-shop/commandant-cadet-les-pythons
Djiboutik, Moise, Celestin & Rebel Up! dj’s will play before, between and after the band with some fine global warming up sounds
yeah, it’s no hoax or joke; Rebel Up! is divided in three equal parts to go and play at 3 parties on the same night, at the same time!
This never happened before, so it’s a funny fact to remember.Β so hope you can choose the party closest and to your liking π
first up, our special fundraiser night @ de Vinger in Den Haag, where we will have the mighty awesome Orchestre du Mont-Plaistant (FR/UK) playing their global funk and jazz psychedelica. The night will be hosted by Rebel Up! Palm M who will bring on his best heat π
You’ll get to jive on this four-guy combo from London. They bring back a bit of soundtrack psychedelia from the 60’s and 70’s, with them you’ll also get into some nifty African and Latino sounds. Rebel Up! DJs will wrap it all up to let you bounce some more.
Benefits at the entrance will go for a great cause, the Stahili Foundation, fighting to give a normal life for Kenyan orphans. So every extra cent is worth it.
Damage : 5 euro Facebook Event
@ de Vinger
Bagijnstraat 25
Den Haag
Then at the same moment, Rebel Up! Leblanc will be fronting @ de Charlatan in Gent at the Unhail & Trillers night by Klanxong Nights. Expect a good dose of cumbia, tribal, electro afro beats, kwaito house, turkish folk, maroccan chaabi and chaoui, global bass, trap and much more!Β The line up further includes a good flurry of dj’s;Β Thom β DJ-set (Alt-J) , TLP, Latomski and Biggy & Smalls.
and finally, also at the same moment but in Greenwich mean time; Rebel Up! SebCat will be spinning global sounds @ the Canteen in Bristol during the Wormex night. Main band of the night is Bengali-Cuban-British afrolatindian outfit Lokkhi Terra, hosted by Wormfood. Our busy man SebCat will replace Kosta Kostov who could not make it and will do his best to replace him well.
It’s free in, so lucky you if you are in Bristol!