âAsijabuleâ is a UK release (Rinse FM, London) and is on Bandcamp:https://rinsefm.bandcamp.com/album/vigro-deep-asijabule-feat-murumba-pitch-lady-du
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 November 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
I get most of my amapiano and afro-pop downloads from 7Digital
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 13 November 2022 04:58 (one year ago) link
the one that was only there because it was the only eligible track for that letter of the alphabet (that is, I had played it once): it was âXigubhuâ by Welle SA
i love that one so very happy it starts wth an 'x' or i'd never have heard it!
― stirmonster, Sunday, 13 November 2022 05:30 (one year ago) link
Iâm currently being hypnotized by this track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2LGkIAh7okChâcco ft. Focalistic x Mellow & Sleazy ⢠Pele Peledankie, my president!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 November 2022 19:28 (one year ago) link
I like how deconstructed and elastic Amapiano can be, its unpredictable bouncy skittering fluid dynamics, and I often find that in the rawer tracks, like this Pele Pele. Even if in the end top favorites are still the fully formed smooth diamonds, they need to distill some of that unpredictable primal soup, some of the skeletal tension. Maybe also why Amapiano likes to invite foreign sounds in and warp them to show off its Protean quality. I find myself thinking of the vocals in Amapiano as "toasting", as in deejay, I wonder if the South Africans have their own term for it (assuming it's not called simply rapping or singing). For some reason, Amapiano never sounded only like a house genre to me, it's a bit like another "sound culture" if I can draw such a distant parallel just based on how soulful, dark, experimental both genres are and how closely together they draw the producer and the vocals.
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 November 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
and the genre's so... alive too! This one is currently on the number one spot on Spotify's AmaPiano Grooves playlist, "added 3 days ago"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQ-74_lf7Y
DBN Gogo, Stixx, BoiBizza ft. MaWhoo - UYATHANDEKA
― StanM, Monday, 14 November 2022 10:27 (one year ago) link
xpost "foreign sounds" : like flamenco guitar in the track I just posted :-)
― StanM, Monday, 14 November 2022 10:28 (one year ago) link
xxp Nabozo OTM. It's hard to think of this as house music - it doesn't do the same thing; I don't dance to it or listen to it in the same way
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 14 November 2022 11:19 (one year ago) link
Since it's the time in the thread where we start pulling it in all directions like wolves, I'll post fresh stuff too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlL0ARRF3IDj Maphorisa & Visca - iSandla (feat. Da Muziqal Chef, Thabza Tee & Malumnator)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXP493syN_wMellow & Sleazy - Elokishini (feat. Chley, Da Muziqal Chef & M.J.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-YRoPm0AVwMr JazziQ - Abuti Wadi Chipi (feat. Murumba Pitch, Zuma, Mzukulu)
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
Iâm still curious about the preferences of those non-voters tho (and about any other feedback). feel free to post them here - the poll is done, but the thread remains!
I can't remember if I voted, but I meant to vote for Crush Yam, so I was either the second vote after stirmonster or I should have been the third. Apologies!
anyway, very useful thread and the top +1 vote getters make a nice digestible survey. I tend to prefer the loungey/jazzy tracks to the harder ones, at least for repeat listening, though I just listened to 66 and Ncebeleka (both Felo Le Tee) and hearing those live would probably be amazing
― rob, Thursday, 17 November 2022 14:57 (one year ago) link
it's actually Crush Yami apparently but anyway
― StanM, Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
https://geo-static.traxsource.com/files/images/a157a054bc91d8d7c2424d931270f4a0.jpgin this case it *is* in fact âCrush Yamâ - however, the complete phrase in isiZulu, where vowels routinely get swallowed, is âcrush yamiâ, which simply means âmy crushâ.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
oh! okay, thanks :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
in random piano tracks I canât stop playing right now, as we speak:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d7wJQHjfuMMzulu Kakhulu ft. Gaba Cannal ⢠Gibela (iGwijo Remix)(there are visuals, but they cover only 40% of the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN1l3apO90)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 17 November 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
maybe that video isn't the remix?
― StanM, Friday, 18 November 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
no, itâs the same mix. if there even is an earlier/original version theyâve hidden it very well.my point was more, enjoy the video (so many piano jams donât even have one), but the full length is were itâs really at. (also, weirdly, there is actually a radio edit of this song on Spotify, but itâs longer than this vid)most importantly tho, itâs a great track
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 19 November 2022 14:30 (one year ago) link
true!
― StanM, Saturday, 19 November 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
only just learned that amapiano pioneer DJ Sumbody was murdered last Sunday. heartbreaking news: https://ra.co/news/78132the man has made some of my favourite music of the past five years. âAyepyepâ, his breakout hit in 2017, and âMonate Mpolayeâ (with Cassper Nyovest), a year later, may not have been fully developed amapiano yet, but they were definitely harbingers of the new sound. Ashi Nthwela, his only album, released in 2019, is a stone-cold classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1qDvmteVlwand then thereâs the gorgeous triumvirate of singles he made with producers The Lowkeys and singer Drip Gogo in 2021 and 2022, âIyamemezaâ, âAyavumaâ and âKorobelaâ, which are among the all-time best in soulful vocal piano.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16VuAYgFUAI hope he can rest in peace.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 November 2022 12:03 (one year ago) link
I forgot âKorobelaâ was in this poll too. âAyavumaâ is indispensable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4msf2Q6E8TE
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 November 2022 12:09 (one year ago) link
So is this the New Amapiano thread now?
Anyway, I really like the new Focalistic - Tsela Tse Nyanehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcJPFQP9T9Y
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 28 November 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
Havenât had the time to listen to the full album yet.Ghetto Gospel: https://open.spotify.com/album/195GWiPzBeREYEZv0sNnRN?si=KiPUphw1TYKjJl5TI7xzlg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 28 November 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
It's hard to think of this as house music - it doesn't do the same thing; I don't dance to it or listen to it in the same wayâ Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), maandag 14 november 2022 12:19
â Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), maandag 14 november 2022 12:19
âMY HOUSE MY RULESâ dropping December 9th đď¸ giving you âPetori to Ibizaâ, the first single feat. @MJ today, out now! Youâre welcomeđ¤˛đžSTREAM AND PRE-ORDER IN BIO. pic.twitter.com/AnC8K9ZNuj— I am vigrodeep (@VigroDeep) December 1, 2022
"Petori to Ibiza": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUE-7jyyJUc
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 2 December 2022 11:11 (one year ago) link
"Tobetsa"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQB5xSpYXvc(Myztro, ShaunMusiq & Ftears - Tobetsa)
"Tobetsa Remake"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMen1pRNHGY(Myztro feat. Focalistic, DaliWonga, ShaunMusiq & Ftears - Tobetsa Remake)
"Tobetsa Remix"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4CxI2a5Xo(Focalistic feat. Myztro, Shaunmusiq & Ftearse - Tobetsa Remix (Chomie Ke Changitse))
"Not Tobetsa"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_0U7cSEAs(Emjaykeyz x DJ Yessonia x Sir Trill x Robot Boii x Babygirlmint x Bailey - Not Tobetsa)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
(I couldn't decide which of the first three I like more so here's all three)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
somehow part of this got added to the end of the Remake video there, apparently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeEgCPw1sQU(Kid Kerfy - Emergency)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPuiAUzz1B0Tyla - To Last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pavS1pKadPUTyla ft. DJ Maphorisa, Young Stunna - To Last (Remix)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
An important addition to the train of Tobetsas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tf_TxD00sDj mjava - tobetsa
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Thursday, 8 December 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link
oooh, nice
― StanM, Thursday, 8 December 2022 14:33 (one year ago) link
"To Last" is EOY worthy I reckon
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 8 December 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
two masters releasing their new albums today.Vigro DeepâŚhttps://www.ubetoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vigro-deep-my-house-my-rules-album-2022_12_08_22_10_41-ubetoo.jpgâŚand, gasp, Kelvin Momo: https://i0.wp.com/afrohouseking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Kelvin-Momo-Amukelani-Album.jpg
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 December 2022 07:44 (one year ago) link
These two together are more than 5 hours and 20 minutes! :D
― StanM, Friday, 9 December 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
^ found out I'm more of a single track lover than being able to wade through all of this :-(
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 11:57 (one year ago) link
man, I've heard (the very great) Abo Mvelo maybe 40 times this year but its syncopations throw me off every single time. It's wild.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
wait, maybe it hasn't been posted yet?
Daliwonga ft Mello & Sleazy & MJ- Abo Mvelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syTO0rRYqY
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 December 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
it was mentioned in an earlier stream but yeah
― StanM, Thursday, 15 December 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
Have there been any amapiano eoy lists yet?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 11:50 (one year ago) link
There was on mine! Asijabule in at number 4! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gXT2QwTDEhRlCURH1CyV0?si=a2511507558644b1
Also - no one told me there had been another Teno Afrika album out this year - only just found out!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 13:11 (one year ago) link
ooh, both versions of To Last, eh? I agree on that.
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
here are 10 tracks to check out (we know a couple already) : https://www.theafricareport.com/266149/south-africa-top-10-amapiano-hits-from-2022-to-keep-you-glued-to-the-dance-floor/
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
I couldn't decide on which version of To Last was best and figured they're both essential so they count as one slot
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
StanM that link is broken
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
there are several lists when you search, but I donât think thereâs anything that could be called âauthorativeâ. if there even exists a good SA music publication/website I still havenât been able to find it after all these years.OkayAfrica had this top 15 songs list for the first half of the year, but no follow-up as of yet. as for album listings, zilch.it would admittedly be a truly Sisyphean task. I listen to quite a lot of piano albums, but ranking them? apart from the Kabza one, I wouldnât really know. I get lost in them, but hardly ever go back, because thereâs always an often equally good new one to explore. both the productivity and the quality in amapiano are off the charts, and youâd need superpowers just to begin to keep up with all of it.the album Iâm listening to right now is Toxicated Keys x Gwam Ent Musiqâs The Problematic Friends, Episode V, and itâs very good. TK have worked together with GemValleyMusiQ, whose Abu Wronq Wronq album from earlier in the year was also very good.
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
xpost : must have been a temporary problem, I can get on there again now
https://www.theafricareport.com/266149/south-africa-top-10-amapiano-hits-from-2022-to-keep-you-glued-to-the-dance-floor/
― StanM, Friday, 16 December 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
btw, the Vigro Deep and Kelvin Momo albums above came with very high expectations, but having listened to them once, Iâm not too sure about either of them. all of the Vigro sounded good, obviously, but none of the individual tracks jumped out at me. Kelvin Momoâs previous album (which dropped in December 2021), is an absolute classic of gorgeously subtle and lush piano, piano as jazz perhaps. it was also almost 3 hours long. the new goes one better (?): itâs 3,5 hours, going in waves, from instrumental to vocal tracks and back. there are beautiful tracks, including several with his muse Babalwa M, but Iâm not sure the melodies are at the level of the highlights on Ivy League. I do need to come back to it tho, but [see above]. either way, I would advise anyone who wants to delve in to skip the first four tracks (saves about 35 minutes!) I feel âUmoyaâ is where it becomes interesting. (then again, donât take my word for it, track 4 (âFool Meâ), which I find rather dull honestly, is currently the most streamed track in SA - almost all of the albumâs 26 tracks are in the Apple Music top 100 (whereas thereâs nothing by Vigro).)
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
but instead of grumpin' around, let me highlight some of the highs, and they are very high when listened to in isolation:
"Izono" (ft. MaWhoo, Babalwa M & Chley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfta9KV2u7Y
"Sukakude" (ft. Babalwa M & Sfarzo Rtee): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouYmLAk6OxM
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
UPDATE: just playing the tracks I playlisted during my first pass of the album, Iâm left with a truly fantastic 12-track version (only 1h32!)the phrase âon a corner called jazzâ popped up in my head more than once, and fans of Mr. Fingersâ 1992 Introduction album should definitely give this a go.I made a Spotify playlist: đŠ kelvin momo ⢠amukelani (album essentials) this is one of the instrumentals on it:âOâKetsangâ (ft. Mick Man): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5KeIcwj2I
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 December 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
Thanks, breastcrawl. In other news, I just finished listening to the Busta 929 album, Fearless, which is surprisingly uneventful. He has clearly discovered the joys of French Kiss, as there are a few tracks that slow down in the middle but itâs hardly enough to keep my interest up over 20 long tracks.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:03 (one year ago) link
Also, I just discovered he has apparently been cancelled for having sex with underage girls. Oh well.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
I like Fool Me, btw. Itâs summertime in SA, and it would sound perfect with a sundowner.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
The Fader 100 list has some interesting inclusions btw: https://www.thefader.com/2022/12/15/the-100-best-songs-of-2022
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 16 December 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link