Sunday 27.10: rebel Up SebCat warmup for Tinariwen, Het Depot, Leuven

This sunday 27 october,
Rebel Up SebCat dj warmup & afterparty support in Tamashek / Sahara and Sahel selections at the concert of iconic desert rock band Tinariwen in Het Depot, Leuven.

Tinariwen is a group of Malian Tamashek musicians, who were formed in the early 1980s in a Libyan refugee camp. Their hypnotic desert blues is just as unpleasant as it is enchanting. Expelled from their nomadic existence, they sing about political awareness, oppression and freedom.

In 2002 Tinariwen put the African desert rock on the (world) map with the album ‘The Radio Tisdas Sessions’. Since then, members of Tinariwen have released eight more albums, played at festivals such as Glastonbury, Coachella and Roskilde, and have won multiple awards, including a Grammy for Best World Music Album.

all info & tickets > FB event / website
Het Depot | Martelarenplein 12

Sat 8 June: Babylon Trio @ Wereldfeest festival, Leuven FREE IN

This saturday afternoon, Babylon Trio plays at Wereldfeest festival in Leuven. Great lineup with Black Flower, Gaye Su Akyol, San Salvador and more. FREE IN!

Babylon Trio set time is at 14h30,

FB event

Sun 14 april > Rebel Up distro @ Camping Flamingo record fair & creators market, Hal 5, Leuven

On sunday afternoon, Rebel Up Records & distro will be at the Camping Flamingo creators / 2nd hand market in Hal 5, Kessel-Lo (Leuven), just behind Leuven train station.

Hal 5 is a special space for creators, foodtrucks, events and market days. Radio Flamingo is the monthly creators & vinyl market.

The market runs from 12-18h all afternoon, but already at 9am the Lentefeest day kicks off in & around Hal 5, with a brunch and activities for young & old. FREE IN!

Also from 12 to 15h, Rebel Up & DJ Oerwout will play a live dj session in the market space for Radio Scorpio.

All info here in FB event or website.

@ Hal 5
Diestsesteenweg 104/ Locomotievenstraat

(just behind Leuven train station)

Mon 11 March > Rebel Up SebCat @ Kel Assouf concert, Het Depot, Leuven

Out of nostalgia and the loneliness of the desert, Brussels based band Kel Assouf builds music around the Touareg Tamashek culture and the fight against discrimination. Kel Assouf brings songs about life in exile and about freedom, peace and respect for all peoples in the world.

Key figure Aboubacar ‘Anana’ Harouna, a fledged tamasheq from Niger, speaks with his guitar, and uses it as a means to claim his rights without bloodshed. With one foot in the desert and the other in the urban jungle, Anana writes about events from the Sahara to here.

After their first album ‘Tin Hinane’ (which appeared on IglooMondo in 2010) and their second album ‘Tikounen’ (on Igloo/Zephyrus), Kel Assouf evolved into a new sound. Tunisian producer Sofyann Ben Youssef immersed the band in a surprisingly contemporary production and sound on ‘Black Tenere’, ust released on the international Glitterbeat label, which expresses a cry of impotence against violence, injustice and pollution in the world.

The result? Desert rock with stirring drums, mesmerizing guitar riffs and Tamasheg vocals. African rhythms, played by rock musicians, bring Kel Assouf to a dance floor, somewhere between London and Niamey.

https://kel-assouf.bandcamp.com/album/black-tenere

Warm-up + afterparty: Rebel Up SebCat

FB event / website

Het Depot | Martelarenplein 12
20u | €12 – €15
Cultuurkaart KU Leuven: €10 – €12

Wedn 19 Dec > Rebel Up Sebcat @ Altin Gün + YĪN YĪN concert, Het Depot, Leuven

On wednesday, Rebel Up SebCat will play dj support at the duo concert of Altin Gün and YĪN YĪN in Het Depot in Leuven. expect lots of Asian and Turkish psyche tunes and other global sound gems before, between & after the concerts.

Altin Gün adds a new chapter to the revival of Turkish psychedelic folk rock. Excuse me? Yes, Altin Gün (‘golden day’) literally blows new life into the psychedelic folk rock that was popular in Turkey in the 70s. Their debut album ‘On’ (Bongo Joe Records) shows what happens when you open doors between Turkish folk songs on the one hand and a dirty blend of funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars and analogue organs on the other. The Amsterdammers who come from various backgrounds (Turkish but also Indonesian and Dutch) comfortably create their work in the adventurous no-man’s land that exists between these two worlds.
https://lesdisquesbongojoe.bandcamp.com/album/on

support act: YĪN YĪN
Using South East Asian music from the 60´s and 70´s as a main inspiration, whilst also bringing their individual musical backgrounds, record collections and interests to the table, the recording spree of this Dutch band resulted in a remarkable set of songs mixing world music, disco, funk and electronic music.
https://yinyinband.bandcamp.com

FB event / website

@ Het Depot
Martelarenplein 12
20u > €12 presale – €15 at door
Cultuurkaart KU Leuven: €10 – €12

Fri 25 Nov @ STUK w/ Islam Chipsy (EG), Leuven

chipsSalam!

Friday 25th @ STUK, Leuven
w/ Egyptian electro-chaabi act Islam Chipsy & EEK.

Islam Chipsy and his band EEK are a three-way force of nature from Cairo, Egypt described by those who’ve been caught in the eye of their storm as one of the most exciting live propositions on the planet. At the core of the group lies electro chaabi keyboard pioneer Islam Chipsy, whose joyous, freewheeling sonic blitz warps the standard oriental scale system into otherworldly shapes, as flanked by Mohamed Karam and Mahmoud Refat raining down a percussive maelstrom behind dual drum kits.

21:00 doors / Rebel Up dj-set
22:00 Islam Chipsy & EEK
23:00 Rebel Up! dj-set

FB Event or STUK site.

Wed 23 Sept > Rebel Up! dj’s @ STUK, Leuven w/ Maurice Louca (EG) & Numen. FREE IN!

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This wednesday Rebel Up! plays a global middle eastern dj set at the STUK art centre in Leuven as part of the season opening festival STUK Start.

with a live show by Egyptian artist Maurice Louca from Cairo, who mixes electro chaabi, Arabic folklore and electronica into an experimental modern Arabic sound.  support by Numen, a Belgian duo who make electronic music with eastern influences.

FREE IN!!!
Doors 20h – 1am
see FB event or STUK site.