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.
This wednesday afternoon Rebel Up SebCat will do a session at Lusophonica radio in Cascais from 14-17h (that’s 15-18h Bxl time) Tune in live via their website; www.lusophonica.com
and on thursday 23.12 Rebel Up SebCat plays at the tropical Sonidos Quetzal party by Ritmos Cholulteka in the central MusicBox club. Last blast before xmas!!!
1st hour or so will be a special B2B vinyl set for those who come early and after digital tropicalism in the sounds of cumbia, sonidero, guarachero, champeta, bass, global beats and much more!
After a great Womex in Porto, Rebel Up SebCat is now hanging in Lisboa for a few days.
On wednesday afternoon I host a Rebel Up radio session at Lusophonica at Farol de Santa Marta in Cascais after Allie Silver & friends. Tune into the livestream, Allie is on at 14h (Lisboa) / 15h (Brussels), SebCat at 16h (Lisboa) / 17h (Brussels) via https://www.lusophonica.com
In the evening we host a Rebel Up & Friends global beats & Palop sounds party from 20h-2am at the underground Crew Hassan venue, with some special guests, come hang!!!!
Wedn @ East Side Radio, livestream session by SebCat & Didi with special guest DJ Kolt (Blacksea Nao Maya / Principe) 14-16h Lisboa time, 15-17h Brussels time. Tune in live here.
Thu @ Nucleo A70, terrace dj set by SebCat, Didi, Milton Gulli(Kongoloti records) and Jo Selektor. from 17h to 23h30, Regueirao dos Anjos 68-70 (metro Anjos / Intendente)
Sat @ Plantasia LX, dj set w/ Mushug (Octa Push), Jo Selektor, Clara Wilde & more from 18h to midnight, Rua de Arroios 93, (metro Anjos)
some dates > sunday 11 aug > @ Montras Festival, Sao Luis (Alentejo) with Didi of Tropical DJipsies friday 16 aug > East Side Radio Lisboa dj session at 16h > livestream via here saturday 17 aug > Balkan vs Cumbia summer party @ Titanic Sur Mer, Lisboa saturday 24 aug > with DJ Carie @ Desterro, Lisboa
On Friday 17th Rebel Up! helps organising a very special night at Recyclart during the always amazing Holidays festival.
as the title says > Puxa: Luso African Dance Night stands for a night filled with African dance music from the Lusophone countries such as Angola and Cabo Verde with styles like Semba, Funaná and more. Expect some serious tropical sounds impossible not to dance to.
‘Puxa’ means ‘pull’ in Portuguese (and not ‘push’ as would seem logical) and is used as a musical shout to pull your dance partner closer to you. Be ready to hear Puxa! night long!
Live concerts by Chalo Correia and Band from Angola via Lisboa, Tabanka from Cabo Verde via Rotterdam and the Celeste Mariposa dj’s from Lisboa.
Chalo Correiais Gonçalves António Correia, an Angolan musician and singer who grew up with Semba music in his blood. Chalo was born in Luanda, the capital of Angola, in 1968. During his boyhood he was fortunate to encounter musicians from revolutionary semba bands like Os Merengues, and Os Kiezos. He moved to Lisboa, Portugal in the beginning of the 90s and started to learn the classical guitar on autodidact and academic level with a strong will to make it by playing vintage Angolan music. His debut album ‘Kudihohola’ has just been released in June by Celeste/Mariposa Discos and is testimony to the development of his remarkable vision on Angolan music. Chalo Correia as a band retains the explosive, organic sounds of Semba and Rebita, but also remains in touch with the modern urban afro music scene in Lisbon. Semba is the swinging afro style from Angola, it comes from the word Masemba, which means ‘belly bumping’, a reference to some serious tight dancing. It’s the original base for styles like Brazilian Samba, Kizomba, Rebita, Kazukuta and it inspired the birth of urban Kuduro sound. Check his new video below for that sweet Semba sound.
Tabanka is a 7 piece Cabo Verdian band from Rotterdam, playing the fast swinging funaná music, thé dance sound of Cabo Verde. Their delirious funaná is ruled by the diatonic accordeon (gaita) and the ferrinho (metal stick) for some scraping rhythms and changing speeds. The group got its inspiration by generational musicians such as Bulimundo and Américo Brito but with their own modern interpretation and sound. Check it out! >
TheCeleste / Mariposadj duo run the famous Afro-Baile dance nights in Lisboa where they bring the Lusophone music culture together in sound. Their research is all about music from the former African Portuguese colonies; Angola, Kaapverdië, Guinee Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tomé & Principé, digging up old vinyls on markets and visiting studio’s in Lisboa. They just started their own label Celeste Mariposa Disco’s on which they released Chalo Correia and for sure more Luso African releases will follow! Want to see how special they make it happen on their night? Check this video >
More african tunes from the Lusophone countries by Rebel Up!SebCat vs Planet Ilunga
Listen here to our latest Rebel Up Nightshop summer episode to hear all about the night > Semba, Funaná and Chalo Correias album!
