The collectives & labels Rebel Up and BXL Underground come together at Brasserie Illegaal through a shared devotion to bass culture. Blending Rebel Up’s global bass foundations with BXL Underground’s UK sound heritage, this night delivers a rich and truly eclectic sonic journey from dub to breaks, jungle, bass, offbeat techno and further!
Visuals provided by Gravity – Live Visuals collective from Brussels
Respect and equality are key. We are doing the utmost to make sure our events take place in a safe environment with room for experimentation and dialogue. A place where everyone can be themselves regardless of physical, ethical and/or theological differences. We are requiring everyone to respect each other’s personal boundaries during our events. Or be swiftly ejected.
Pre-sale: €8 >>> buy here Doors: €13 Please bring cash for the door! Drinks at the bar you can pay by card
hey al! Happy new year everyone! Rebel Up is back home from the tropics after our super fun tour in La Reunion.
This Saturday 24.01, Rebel Up SebCat will be spinning a late set at the historical Café Charlatan club in the heart of Gent for the double birthdays of Noémi (Indian Summer festival) and Benn (Mélange Etrange).
Specially for their Birthday Bash, they’re bringing the crème de la crème of the Brussels and Wallonian scene to Ghent: Assaï, His Dudeness, Rafael Aragon, Rebel Up SebCat and Benn himself will provide the musical journey. Expect surprises, warm grooves, and a vibe that lingers.
This Saturday 13 Dec, is our last Rebel Up event of this year,. Our Rebel Up residency night at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek.
With the Swedish-Spanish duo Bom Beijo & Selva Kalú for a live concert of global electro jazz. Bom Beijo is an electronic producer and guitarist, while Selva Kalú is a vocalist and saxophone player. Expect an exciting and vibrating mix of global sounds, electronic vibes mixed up with contemporary jazz.
After that, DJ sets by Baobab Music, Rebel Up SebCat and Bom Beijo into global, tropical and bass sounds.
Doors 19h, Concert at 21:00 followed by dj sets until 3am.
Hey everyone! A new season of Globaal Illegaal by Rebel Up. This time we will travel into deeper electronic sounds, via Africa, the Indian Ocean, Palestine, Sudan, Goma, Haïti and also further afield. with audio visual live sets by the duo Ësenaim (linked to their work for Médecins Sans Frontieres) and a modular live set by producer LOYA from La Reunion. DJ sets by locals SebCat, Moon Yé and Bob Le Voyageur. and live visuals by Bxl female VJ collective Gravity.
Ësenaim (live) LOYA (live) Bob Le Voyageur SebCat & Moon Yé Gravity VJ collective
5€ before 23H (please bring ca$h) 10€after 23H (please bring ca$h) We also have presale tickets, buy them here. doors 22h – 5am
𝐄̈𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐦 (live) Ësenaim was born from the urge to turn field experiences into something that could be felt, heard, and shared. After years of humanitarian work with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—from cholera outbreaks in Haiti to displacement in Congo and floods in South Sudan—Sarah Guefif and Michael Casera returned home with memories that words alone could not carry. Since 2016, they have collected sounds and written poetry during missions—capturing voices, atmospheres, and landscapes that reflect human resilience and the complexity of life in crisis zones. From this grew Ësenaim.: a project where electronic music, poetry, and visual storytelling meet to create immersive performances rooted in testimony. A live set in sound and moving visuals, a journey to places that many of us have forgotten or don’t know about.
𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚 (live) La Reunion Loya is the project that mixes traditional music from the Indian Ocean ( Reunion island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros) and electronic music. As an electronic composer and producer, playing live shows with a special modular circuit setup of synthesizers. With his Blakaz projects, Loya continues his musical exploration of the Indian Ocean, a journey that began in Mauritius, Madagascar and the Comores islands, working together with local traditional musicians. The ancestral pulse meeting the electronic textures of Loya’s modular synthesizer, which extends, transforms, and reinvents them. Each album is a dialogue, a bridge between islands, generations, and sound worlds. Each piece is inspired by everyday life, nature, and the symbols of the archipelago. From these encounters emerge hybrid soundscapes that are both organic and electronic, poetic and spiritual. The traveler moves from village chants to the oscillations of machines, from earth to water, from memory to creation
DJ’s Bob Le Voyageur (opening set) and SebCat & Moon Yé to close the night. + live visuals by Lisa & Laure of Gravity VJ collective
Please bring cash for the door or buy in presale! drinks at the bar you can pay by card water = free
Hey all, this last week of June plenty of Rebel Up events in Brussels… These are our last ones before a little break of almost 3 weeks. (we will be back on 19 july with a big Globaal Illegaal party!)
Starting with wednesday 25 June at Vaux Hall in Parc Royal, our So Scherp event organised by the city of Brussels , by Rebel Up together with Drache MuMu.
A lineup with 2 live bands and DJ’s from 18h until 23h >>>>
Gaaci Fusion (Mauritania/Bxl) afro funk & blues Zinne Kabar (La Reunion / Bxl) maloya & percussion Rebel Up & Drache MuMu DJ’s DJ Kym Mbembe
Friday 27 June, we have our Rebel Up & Friends evening at Leo Bar, LionCity Molenbeek. with Rebel Up SebCat, Moon Yé and special guest Bob Le Voyageur.
expect lots of afro vibes and beats for the dancefloor 🙂 from 19h30 until 1am. Terrace open!
@ Leo bar, LionCity Rue d Osseghem 53 (end of the hallway) Molenbeek More info here and here.
and our final event on Saturday 28 June at Sounds Jazz Club.
A special Colombian night with El Leon Pardo sexteto concert. Electro colombian band with ancestral sounds of the gaita (kiusi) flute, trumpets, percussion and electronics! First ever show in Brussels.
Afterparty by Rebel Up with SebCat & DJ Soleil. Buy your ticket here (more expensive at door)
Doors at 21h until 3am concert at 21h30
@ Sounds Jazz Club Rue de la Tulipe 28 Ixelles / Elsene
Hey everyone, Hope you are doing well in this interlude between spring to summer 🙂
Here 2 special events that we organise coming week >>>>>
On Saturday 14 June, we organise together with the amazing crew of Bongo Joe a global afterparty, to celebrate the 10 years of their label. On Friday + Saturday evening they host a Bongo Joe concert programme at the Ancienne Belgique club room (with The Space Lady, Lalalar, Cyril Cyril and more!) Our afterparty follows after the AB on Satutday night at the mysterious Chez Jacques Music Club, a little know cave club on the canal side of Molenbeek.
A great global clubbing & bass lineup with Tunisian-Swiss producer Pekodjinn, Brussels Moroccon producer Cheb Runner, the Bongo Joe dj crew (1000balles & Injuste) and the Rebel Up crew (SebCat, Drache MuMu & Moon Yé).
Starting at 23h until 6am, or a bit more 😉
10€ in (please bring cash for door!) Inside you can pay by card for your drinks limited capacity, try to come early
@ Chez Jacques Music Club Haubrechtsstraat 8 Rue Haubrechts 1080 Molem
and our 2nd event is Wednesday 18 June, at Brasserie Illegaal. a Sahel musical evening organised by Rebel Up, 11 11 11 comité, Curieus and Bolingo Art.
With 2 concerts of special and deep moving music from the Sahel region by Kaito Winse (Burkina Faso / Brussels) and the desert blues/rock band TisDass from Niger.
Both artists are part of our Rebel Up label and they will have vinyls, cd’s and merchandise for sale during the evening. TisDass new album Houmaïssa will be released that same week as a limited edition vinyl on our Rebel Up label in collaboration with Bolingo Art.
DJ support by Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Drache MuMu
Doors: 18h Food available from 18h onwards (african dishes, veggie or chicken)
First concert at 20h30
10€ in (please bring cash) inside you can pay by card for drinks
