Here our Rebel Up & Friends session from last thursday at Kiosk Radio, with special guest RaqL, Didi of Tropical DJipsies and SebCat. Between african, arabic & latino sounds!
On sunday 13.06 Rebel Up, Didi & RaqL (back2back) and Susobrino will play at Albert Culture rooftop (Mont des Arts/Kunstberg), all info in event.
see the full session on youtube >>>
Friday 28.05 we have a new release out by german jazz/groove band Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble from Cologne, Germany. The album ‘Mamari’ is a trip into afrobeat and afro cuban sounds, about positivity, climate and social issues.
Out on double vinyl gatefold, CD and digital. Listen below via our Bandcamp or buy in our shop. Streaming on these platforms.
Also on 28.05 evening they will do a livestream concert in Cologne, see FB event.
On 4 May we did a live videochat interview with Congolese musician Jupier Bokondji of band Jupiter & Okwess in Kinshasa about their new album ‘Na Kozonga’ (Everloving Records) and an interview with Lebanon producer Chahine (Out Of Nations) and filmmaker Hassan El Khatib about a critical political song/video. Also tunes by Malian blues master Samba Touré and a new ecological EP by German jazz band Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble, a fundraiser for a reforestation project in Bahia, Brazil.
see tracklist in video info or on audio link
support the artists!
https://samba-toure.bandcamp.com/album/binga
https://jupiterokwess.bandcamp.com/album/na-kozonga
https://muitokaballa.bandcamp.com/album/curupira-ep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Z12-yox_4
Ghana artist Ayuune Sule has his new album out since last friday. The Frafra title ‘Putoo Katare Yire’ translates as ‘Wickedness has no home’ and is released in a 3 label collaboration by Rebel Up, Makkum Records and Red Wig.
Pure kologo soul and Frafra afropop power from Northern Ghana, recorded at Francis Ayamga’s Top Link Studio, featuring guest vocals by Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah (African Head Charge), Prince Buju, Florence Adone, Fausty Amoa Mabile, Kwame Sko and DK. It’s a catchy and energetic album about education, good advice, spirituality and against evil doing.
You can now order the album digitally, on vinyl or CD via our Bandcamp.
Also available on all streaming platforms and our Soundcloud.
Here is our latest Rebel Up Nightshop episode for April via Radio Campus Bruxelles & Rhythm Passport.
Lots of new sounds and albums of the month by Joãozinho Morgado (Turma da Bênção), Roforofo Jazz, Abelardo Carbono & Meridian Brothers, CHEB, Omar Sosa, Stella Chiweshe, Ayuune Sule, Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble, Electric Jalaba, DJ Click & Hamadcha de Fes, Habibi Funk, Praktika, DJ Black Low and more! Tune in below >>>
here is our new show for March ’21 for Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport with 3,5 hours of new global sounds.
4 songs of the day, new Alsarah song that goes with a book, new single by German jazz band Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble and 2 fiery live songs by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood.
Our albums of the month are by David Walters & guests via Heavenly Sweetness, contemporary Senegalese music from Wau Wau Collectif on Sahel Sounds and hypnotic Roma Epirotika folk music by Tassos Chalkias via Radio Martiko.
Followed by albums by female Palestinian singer Samah Mustafa and her vocal experiments in traditions, new Turkish rock & synth pop album by Altin Gün via Glitterbeat and animalistic punk jazz by Belgian quartet Echoes Of Zoo. More electronic, new albums by IKOQWE (Batida & Ikonoklasta)with afro tuga vibes on Brussels label Crammed, taken further by Guedra Guedra’s fresh album of Moroccan Amazigh bass sounds on On The Corner label and 2 EP’s by Norwegian ethno-skwee producer Center of the Universe and Lisboa’s afro tuga afrohouse duo Studio Bros.
Tune in >>>
