Rebel Up weekender in Bxl > Fri 24.01 + Sat 25.01

hey all,

big up thanks to you for coming out in loving force last saturday @ Illegaal, what an amazing night it was, full of great sets and vibes!!!!
Our next night in Illegaal is already on Friday 7 February, where we curate the afterparty for the yearly Chouette Festival. See event here.

This weekend 2 Rebel Up gigs in Brussels >>>>

On Friday 24.01, we do our first party in the new LEO bar in the LionCity project in northern Molenbeek.

Get ready for a vibrant Global Afro Electro Party with the iconic Rebel Up crew! Expect an eclectic mix of beats, rhythms, and vibes that will keep you moving all night, with SebCat, Drache MuMu and Laryssa Kim.

19h – 1am
@ Leo Bar
Rue Osseghem 53
(metro Osseghem or Beekkant)
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and on Saturday 25.01, we do a Rebel Up takeover at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek, with a live concert by Bxl-Colombian group Tropicant, who bring their cumbia and merengue rockero sound! Global afterparty with Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Moon YΓ©.

from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation

Brasserie de la Mule
95 Rue Rubens
Schaerbeek
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See you around!

new Rebel Up radio shows online: Nightshop December + Kiosk Radio + Bruzz

hey all!

We have some new radio shows online for you to enjoy,

Our latest Rebel Up Nightshop for December, 3,5 hours of new music by Akram Abdulfattah, Soledad Kalza & Siena Kienou, MOMO, Nicole Mitchell & BallakΓ© Sissoko, Aboubakar Traore & Balima, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Al-Qasar, Susobrino, Blanc Manioc and Faraway Ghost & Sunken Cages. check it out here >>>

We also have new Rebel Up & Friends sessions at Kiosk Radio online, December SebCat B2B Lavalamp and November!

and here our latest shows on Bruzz, interviews with Nathan Daems about the new Trance Plantations album, and with Aziza about her new EP.

Satuday 19 oct > Globaal Illegaal party @ Brasserie Illegaal, Bxl

hey all,

Another season of 𝐆π₯π¨π›πšπšπ₯ 𝐈π₯π₯𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐚π₯ 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, M’bass, Cumbia bass and Latinx club music and beyond….. + live liquid visuals!

𝑳𝑰𝑡𝑬𝑼𝑷:

𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄 πŒπ”πŒπ” 𝐁𝟐𝐁 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 π˜π„Μ
π€π‹π„πŠπ’π€ππƒ π’π€π˜π€
π•πˆπ“π” 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐀
πŽπ‘πˆπ„π“π€ π‚π‡π‘π„πŒ
𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋 𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐂𝐀𝐓

Doors 22H
10€ CASH! > Please bring cash.
Inside @ Illegaal bar you can pay by card for your drinks.


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𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝑴𝒖 (𝑩𝒙𝒍)
For the intimate and the anonymous, Drache MuMu has been widely splashing planetary grooves since 2012 in Bxl. With in the sprinkler extinguisher: beats africo tropico coco, glorified chΓ’Γ’bi, crewole groove, sΓ©ga, gnawa, digitalized cumbia, serious tropicool, kamba, tumbelΓ©, zouk bass, tsΓ©tΓ©ra tsΓ©tΓ©ra. DJ set at night, radio show during the day on Radio Panik, there’s no time to dry out.
https://www.mixcloud.com/DracheMusicale

𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒆́ (𝑳𝒂 π‘Ήπ’†π’–π’π’Šπ’π’ / 𝑩𝒙𝒍)
DJ, film maker, ex athlete and pure music lover, Moon YΓ© landed in Bxl a few months ago to make here his new home. His roots are from La Reunion island in the Indian ocean, and this can be heard in his dj sets, where blends of maloya, kabar, sega, malagasy, indian styles, afrohouse and electronic music are played together in a forward organic sound that is deeply linked to his home region. Net to this he runs the Boulevard Sud agency, where he promotes emerging electronic global artists from La Reunion and the Indian ocean.
https://www.mixcloud.com/moonye/

π‘¨π’π’†π’Œπ’”π’‚π’π’… π‘Ίπ’‚π’šπ’‚ (𝑳𝒂 π‘Ήπ’†π’–π’π’Šπ’π’)
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

π‘½π’Šπ’•π’– 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂 (𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒖 / 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒂)
Vitu Valera has carved a distinctive niche in the global music scene as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and adept DJ. His music seamlessly blends traditional south-global rhythms with Latinxclub sounds, showcased through his distinctive performances an sets. Notably, his recent debut album “MIGRX,” (November 2023) on international bass label MATRACA, where he merges the digital with the organic. He has further released EP’s and tracks on labels such as New Latam Beats and Eck Echo. His dj sets of Peruvian bass sounds will take you into ancestral moods where tradition meets the electronic.
https://vituvalera.bandcamp.com/

π‘Άπ’“π’Šπ’†π’•π’‚ π‘ͺπ’‰π’“π’†π’Ž (𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒖 / π‘³π’Šπ’Žπ’‚)
Orieta Chrem is a DJ, sound engineer, and music producer from Lima, Peru with over 20 years of experience. She is a key figure in the Peruvian electronic music scene and has created various platforms throughout her career showcasing Peruvian and Latin American talent in various cultural spaces in her hometown. As a promoter and founder of β€œLA RARA” radio, she has invited acts from all over Latin America and beyond, focusing on creating spaces for underrepresented artists and fomenting the growth of the electronic music scene in Lima. In 2014 Orieta founded QMULUS SOUND, the first female-run sound studio in Lima. For 10 years, she works on various projects related to sound design, recording, mixing and mastering. She has recorded music for Los Ballumbrosio, one of the most emblematic groups of Afro-Peruvian music and had international visitors such as Dj Spinn, Robert Henke, Mad Professor, Branko, Matias Aguayo, Thomas Von Party, Channel One, Macky Banton among others. Orieta also constructed and is a co-founder of BQESTIA Soundsystem, a professional soundsystem created with other sound system enthusiasts from Lima. Her diverse taste in electronic genres, such as global bass, funk brasileiro, reggaeton, dembow, footwork, kuduro, ambient, latinxclub and techno, is evident in her work as a DJ, music curator and her own productions, which often feature unique uses of vibrations and the human voice. In the last 10 years, she released several tracks and remixes on various Latin American compilations and labels, including TratraTrax, HiedraH, AGVA, Traaampaaa, TambiΓ©n, Eck Echo, In-Correcto, Matraca, Behua Icara, Makinmovs, Devagar, and Terror Negro.
https://soundcloud.com/orieta-chrem

𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝑼𝒑 𝑺𝒆𝒃π‘ͺ𝒂𝒕 (𝑩𝒙𝒍)
Host and all-round DJ/selector SebCat is the founder of the Rebel Up collective and label and deeply active in the Brussels scene, where he promotes new emerging (inter)national artists of global music. He hosts several radio shows and residencies on Radio Campus Brussels (Nightshop), Kiosk Radio and BRUZZ. Since 2018, Rebel Up became a label and platform that releases eclectic global sounds from upclose & far away, with over 30 releases. His DJ sets take you on a journey into contemporary underground global electronic bass sounds, from everywhere to never before.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rebel_Uppa/

π‘³π’Šπ’—π’† π‘½π’Šπ’”π’–π’‚π’π’”
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
10€ 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

Arret Taxi Collecto sur place: Illegaal
Taxi Collecto stop available: IlIegaal

New Radio shows for May online > Nightshop, Kiosk Radio, Bruzz & Lusophonica

Hey all,
here some new Rebel Up radio shows and mixes for this up & down springtime.

Starting with our Rebel Up Nightshop show or May, with albums by Glass Beams, Kolonel Djafaar, Les Belgicains via Covadia, spΓ«cht, Skofja Loka, La Sonora Mazuren, Cyril Cyril, DJ Satelite, Chineur and more!

Here also the latest Rebel Up & Friends session for Kiosk Radio by SebCat > a session of traditional & futurist Maloya music from La Reunion. Check it here >>>

in mid May, Rebel Up SebCat was in Portugal where he did a 3 hour eclectic session at Lusophonica Radio in the bay of Lisbon. Listen here >>>

What more? New Rebel Up radio shows at Bruzz Ice radio; a special guest mix by Brussels-Burundi dj Gajoy in afrobeats & afrohouse vibes, and a recent live show with Susobrino, interview about his new EP’s. Listen here below >>>

and a live recorded B2B Maloya & Sega mix by SebCat & Drache MuMu at Muziekpublique on 16.05, before the concert of Maloya artist Danyel Waro, broadcasted on Radio Panik on the Drache Musicale show.

new Rebel Up Nightshop #85 June online

Hello all,

Our latest Nightshop show for June 2021 is online. 3 hours of new global sounds and releases for the worldwide scene. 4 songs of the day from Colombia to Martinique and Colombia-meets-Brazil and a Palestinian song. Our albums of the month first take us to Africa with folk sounds from the Comores islands on Glitterbeat, southern Moroccan Amazigh blues music by Hassan Wargui (Hive Mind), Mdou Moctar’s tamashek rock album (Matador), Les Pythons de la Fournaise and their maloya & sega sounds (Catapulte) and Brussels female duo Mazima and their modern afropop children songs. Some strong jazz, afrobeat & afro cuban funk by Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble (Rebel Up) and a Jamie Branch live album in fiery jazz mood (International Anthem) In a more tropical mood with the roots-dub-cumbia by Krak In Dub (Galletas Calientes) and the compilation Club Coco selected by Coco Maria with lots of new latin artists and EP by Cameroon producer Nkom BivouΓ© in afrohouse and bass sounds. Tune in via mixcloud, all info & tracklisting can be found there πŸ™‚

Fri 7 June: Rebel Up @ Sakili concert afterparty, Muziekpublique, Bxl

This friday, concert of trio Sakili, acoutstic sega & tambour music from the Indian ocean!

Sakili’s 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 Up SebCat & Drache Musicale. Also stand by NGHE Mediatheque with special cassettes between maloya and sega.

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doors: 19h, concert at 20h15
@ Muziekpubliek
Metro Porte de Namur