Saturday 10 June, Rebel Up @ Festa Afrotuga #1, Lisboa, Portugal

Hey all,
this weekend Rebel Up in Lisboa! a 1st ever Festa Afrotuga party with an Lisboa Afroportuguese lineup.

First up on saturday afternoon, we do a Festa Afrotuga DJ session at Lusophonica webradio from 16-18h (so that’s 17-19h western Europe time!). SebCat, DJ Kolt, Didi & Raql will be spinning together.
Hey all,
this weekend Rebel Up in Lisboa! a 1st ever Festa Afrotuga party with an Lisboa Afroportuguese lineup.

First up on saturday afternoon, we do a Festa Afrotuga DJ session at Lusophonica coastal café webradio from 16-18h (so that’s 17-19h western Europe time!). SebCat, DJ Kolt, Didi & Raql will be spinning together.

Tune in live here.

Then in the evening, from 22h onwards, the 1st ever Festa Afrotuga in Lisboaaaa! 🙂

@ Titanic Sur Mer, at Tejo riverside.

with a super amazing and local lineup >
Batucadeiras Freireanas Guerreiras (Batuk women group)
Silvino Branca & Maria Furtado (Cotxi Po Funana)
DJ Kolt (Blacksea Nao Maya / Principe Discos) (Batida/ Afrotech)
DJ Doraemon (Batida / Afrotech)
Tropical DJipsies Didi & Raql (Palop sounds / Afrotech)
Rebel Up SebCat (Palop sounds / Afrotech)

FB event here.

see you there, até pronto?

wedn 03.11 Rebel Up action in Lisboa @ Lusophica Radio + night in Crew Hassan

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!!!!

@ Rua Andrade 8a – metro Intendente

Rebel Up SebCat’s Afro Tuga ‘Hand of Timba’ mixtape

This mixtape was made by Rebel Up SebCat for Celeste Mariposa‘s radio show Radio Balanço in Lisboa (Vodafone FM) during the April lockdown, as the Festa Afro Tuga party on 10 April in Recyclart got cancelled due to the obvious. The mix is mostly filled with music from the past & present of the Afro Portuguese PALOP scene but not exclusively, with tunes from other African countries and the wider African diaspora included as well, from semba to afrohouse, kuduro, funana and more. Tracklisting can be found in the mixtape comments.

The image used is of the Hand of Timba monument at the Pidjiguiti docks in Porto de Bissau, Guiné-Bissau. The Pidjiguiti massacre was a dock worker strike that took place on 3 August 1959 in which the Portuguese colonial authorities killed about 50 people and put the blame on revolutionary party PAIGC (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde). 3 August is now a public day of remembrance in Guinea-Bissau. Near the docks, a large black fist known as the Hand of Timba was erected as a memorial to those killed.

The current political situation in Guiné-Bissau far from good, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo having taken power via a military coup earlier this year just before the COVID-19 crisis. Soldiers loyal to Embalo took control of national radio and public television buildings, and several public buildings including the government palace and the Palace of Justice to impose their power and ushering a new era of censorship and political oppression.

Sat 25 Jan: Rebel Up @ Giraffes & Penguins, Antidote (Studio CityGate) Bxl

This saturday, 25/01, Giraffes & Penguins land for the first time in the warm and cosy Antidote bar with a bunch of global Belgian vinyl DJs that will take you for a trip through wild afro, latino and PALOP sounds!

Behind the decks: DJ XOGN, Calacas duo (Mechelen) and resident DJs Le Grand Méchant Loop, Rebel Up SebCat and the Tropical DJipsies.
Come early, full of love & energy. Places are limited during the night as Antidote can only hold up to 200-250 people max. FULL = FULL!

Entrance 5€ (CASH ONLY) /// Doors 22h – 5am
15 minutes walk from Midi Station
FB event

@ Antidote
Rue de la petite île 1A
1070 Anderlecht