Kevin Leyers (born 22 July 1984), better known as DJ Rebel or at times just Rebel, is a Belgian
DJ and record producer based in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, and known for
electro house
Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Aoki ...
,
progressive house,
big room house and
Latin house
Latin house or Latin EDM is an electronic dance music genre that combines house and Latin American music, such as that of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and African origin.
History Origins
In the second half of the 1980s, some of the pionee ...
music.
Biography
He has already been successful in Belgian night venues and the Belgian charts since 2008 when he released his bootleg release "Put Your Bucovina Up" remixing
Ian Oliver
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's "Bucovina". Starting 2009, he has had a great number of hits in the Belgian charts the biggest being the Latin hit "Cuba" reaching number 7 in Belgium in 2011 and appearing on the German charts.
Rebel released his studio album ''Rebel & Friends'' after appearing in the Belgian Summerfestival under that name.
Rebel gained his biggest international chart success though through his 2014 remake of
Klaus Badelt's 2005 composition "
He's a Pirate "He's a Pirate" is a 2003 track composed by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer for the 2003 Disney film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''. It is featured on the soundtrack album of the film and is used at the beginning of the cre ...
" from the film ''
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' through his 2014 remix titled "
Black Pearl (He's a Pirate)" featuring Sidney Housen. It has been a hit in France reaching No. 4 and in Switzerland reaching No. 9 in addition to becoming a hit in Belgium.
Discography
Albums
*2013: ''Rebel & Friends''
Singles
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position in above tables
;Featured in
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
References
External links
Official websiteFacebook
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Belgian DJs
Belgian house musicians
Living people
People from Edegem
1984 births
Musicians from Antwerp