Podcast: Rebel Up Nightshop #138

Rebel Up Nightshop for May 2026, starting with 2 songs of the day via La Reunion & Cuba/Norway.

Our albums of the month start with British composer Alabaster DePlume and his spiritual deep jazz, Ragini Trio Zena and their classical indian inspired jazz, Ak’chamel and their underground folk psyche, Italian producer Mai Mai Mai with his underground sounds of Palestine, Tanzanian composer Msafiri Zawose and his thumb piano folk sounds.

Followed by French female duo Cocanha and their southern Occitan folklore, Tamashek tuareg band Tamikrest and their activist desert rock, Dutch-Turkish band Altın Gün with their poetic ode to a Turkish songwriter icon, German-Palestinian composer Pharoah Chromium and his abbrasive electro-folk, Avneesh & Vitu Valera and their Mauritian-Peruvian bass sounds and more bass by duo Only Now via American-Indian producer Kush Arora and Argentinian producer Jaijiu.

Finishing with our monthly concert & party agenda for Brussels.

Download here: https://tinyurl.com/night138

Track list:

Songs of the Day:
Danyel Waro – “Banm Kalou Banm”
To You They Are Birds, To Me They Are Voices In The Forest – “Dedos de Conciencia:

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Alabaster DePlumeDear Children Of Our Children, I Knew Epilogue (International Anthem)
• Alabaster DePlume – Bringing Up The Nakba
Alabaster DePlume – Glass

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Ragini Trio3 (WERF Records)
Ragini Trio – Chandrakauns
Ragini Trio – Ragamalikai
Ragini Trio – Part1 Bairagi

ALBUM OF THE MONTH:Ak’chamel, The Givers of IllnessSpiritually Unemployed (Akuphone)
Ak’chamel, The Givers of Illness – Dreams of a Dead Dreamer
Ak’chamel, The Givers of Illness – Malignantly Useless
Ak’chamel, The Givers of Illness– We Sleep in the Self
Ak’chamel, The Givers of Illness – Serpent House

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Mai Mai MaiKarakoz (Maple Death Records)
Mai Mai Mai – Echoes of the Harvest (Feat. Alabaster dePlume)
Mai Mai Mai – Old Poem made of Sand
Mai Mai Mai – Dawn on the Cremisan Valley (feat. Julmud)

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Msafiri ZawoseNyakati (self-released)
Msafiri Zawose – Nyakati Za Mishe
Msafiri Zawose – Nyakati Za Mbukwa
Msafiri Zawose – Nyakati Za Asili Yangu

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: CocanhaFlame Folclore (Les Disques Bongo Joe & Pagans)
Cocanha – Remenanuèch
Cocanha – Flame Folclòre
Cocanha – Lo Mes De Mai

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: TamikrestAssikel (Glitterbeat)
Tamikrest – Adagh Oyantid
Tamikrest – Inizdjam
Tamikrest – Imanin

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Altın GünGarip (Glitterbeat)
Altın Gün – Öldürme Beni
Altın Gün – Niğde Bağları
Altın Gün – Zülüf Dökülmüş Yüze

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: PharoahChromiumChronicles from the Arab Cold War (Discrepant)
PharoahChromium – INTRO – RIAH ACH-CHARK
Pharoah Chromium – BAR SETIQUE KOUHSANRAN

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Avneesh & VituValeraAlma Kreol EP (Babani Records)
Avneesh & VituValera – Alma Kreol
Avneesh & VituValera – Sega Tambur

ALBUM OF THE MONTH: Only Now & JaijiuRebel Cry EP (self-released)
OnlyNow & Jaijiu – Rebel Cry
OnlyNow & Jaijiu – Rebel Cry pt 2 (Jaijiu remix)

AGENDA

 

Listen in to all of Rebel Up’s Nightshop previous episodes HERE