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Nepali Folkpop Mixtape; Digital Mountain Riddims from the Himalaya Kingdom
March 8, 2013 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hello there, It’s been a while since Rebel Up! dropped something special here on GB, either been too busy dj-ing/organising and pre-occupuied with other musical stuff, as it always goes. Good to see so many other contributors have stepped up in the last year to keep the fire going! This is a mixtape I already [...]
Maga Bo’s kickstarter video project
July 20, 2012 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
It’s been a while I’ve posted here, but always happy to return and write about good sounds and other creative spheres. Maga Bo has started a new kickstarter project, together with VJ M from the Rebel Up! crew. The goal of the project is fund the making of a live video engine for the [...]
Tags: funding, galope, kickstarted, maarten van der glas, maga bo, QUILOMBO DO FUTURO, rebel up, rio de janeiro, video engine, video project, vj m, xororo
City mixtape trio; Harlem, Mexico DF & Buenos Aires
May 1, 2011 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hope you’ve all had some sunny Easter days like the ones we’ve had here in Northern Europalia. Through DJ/Rupture‘s always excellent Mudd Up! blog I came across one of his new mixes, especially done as a #2 for the soundwise Domus city mixtape series project curated by Daniel Perlin (aka dj N-Ron), which really deserves [...]
Tags: bass, blog, book, buenos aires, city mixtape, cumbia, Daniel Hernandez, daniel perlin, digital cumbia, dj/rupture, Domus, down and delirious in mexico df, Harlem, Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America, hiphop, leandro erlich, mexico, mexico city, mudd up, n-ron, rockabilly, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, ska, sonideras, soundscapes, TRIBAL GUARACHERO, zzk records
Jarring Effects, Dubstore mix & Arabesk Uprising mix
April 19, 2011 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hiya, Time to shine some light on the Jarring Effects label and their new Dubstore offshoot initiative. The Dubstore site is created by and for musicians & dub lovers and supported by the Jarring Effects label collective. The Dubstore concentrates on tunes by heavyweight French dub producers OBF, Pilah, Roots Massacre, AntiBypass (Dub Addict), Fabbastone, [...]
Tags: Aku Fen, AntiBypass, arabesk uprising, bass, Ben Sharpa, cutty ranks, digital roots, download, dub, Dub Invaders, dubplates steppa, dubstep, Dubstore, EZ3kiel, Fabbastone, filastine, france, high tone, Jarring Effects, Kaly Live Dub, Led Piperz, Natural High, OBF, Oddateee, Pilah, promo mix, rebel up, Roots Massacre, Roots'n Future Hi-Fi, Twelve, Uzul
A TURK AND A KILLER ON A SOUNDCLOUD
February 2, 2011 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Good day to y’all! The eclectic dj wizard Lowdjo from Brussels is at it again with a fresh mix, inspired by the Turkish ‘Anadolu’ psychedelic rock sound from the 70′s. That and, as the title suggests, triggered by the sampling notions of Gonjasufi’s 2010 record on Warp. Listen up, you can still download it if [...]
Tags: anadolu rock, brussels, cassetteboy, copyright, copyright infringement, dj ripley, gaslamp killer, gonja sufi, gonjasufi, james blake, kobwebs, kutmah, lowdjo, soundcloud, soundcloud copyright turns on dj's, turkish psychedelic, turkish rock, whosampled.com
Telugu folkpop; tribal independence beats and beyond
December 7, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hi all, I’m back in eurolandia and not enjoying this fierce, snowy cold here brrrr. My girl is sick with a heavy cold and jetlag, why did we come back? Anyway, I still got some more Indian folkpop posts in the tube of collected stuff from the trip. It’s all Telugu in this one, collected [...]
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, cassette, Dravidian, filmy music, firenze, florence, folkpop, Indian dancehall funk, it's NOT Bollywood, korova milk bar, mp3, rebel up, South India, Telangana, Telangana independence, Telugu, Vishakapatnam
Southern Orissa folkpop; the Desia & tribal Jesus sound from Koraput
November 20, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Some more folkpop for ya from Orissa! Koraput, the southern district situated at the foothills of the tribal belt, is an unknown hotspot for tribal folkpop, even in Orissa. Just like anywhere in modern India these days, you can find local folk music in a heavy digitalised sound here and this sound is locally known [...]
Tags: colonialists, fuckin' colonialists, indian folk, indian pop, koraput, missionaries, Orissa folkpop
Jharkhandi folkpop; digital & tribal
November 2, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Johar! (hello, thank you & goodbye in one MUndari greeting) Time for more Indian folkpop, some tunes I picked up from the jungle state of Jharkhand with a fine flavor of tribal sounds in electronic spheres. This pure, tribal song is from an mp3 disc filled with lo-fi cassette recordings as you can hear in [...]
Tags: indian folkpop, jharkhand, koraput, orissa, Sambalpuri, tribal folk festival
Indian folkpop-a-go-go, live post from India
October 21, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hi folks, I’m in India right now till the end of november, traveling around on the east side for fun and eating lots of good curries but also for a recording project that involves local pop and tribal music. Right now we’re in the jungle state of Jharkhand, in between and at the fringes of [...]
Tags: Bengali, folkpop, india, Kolkata, Oriya, Sambalpuri, Santhali, vocoder pop
PROCESS REBEL, TELESEEN & MAGA BO WIND DOWN; NEW EP & REMIXES
August 2, 2010 by Rebel Up Seb Bass
Hey all, our regular GB guest Process Rebel has a new EP out; Step Specialist. It’s been just released on his own digital Subinfinity Recordings label and I can fully say that the Step Specialist track with Profisee is a post- dancehall crasher dub! Heavy dubs, flowing dancehall riddim and solid production. Listen below, you [...]
Tags: amsterdam, brooklyn, dancehall, download, electronic dub fusion, gabriel cyr, generation bass mp3, immigrant visa, maga bo, nextstep, poirier, process rebel, step specialist, subinfinity, subinfinity recordings, teleseen
