That makes sense. Thanks.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 20 February 2020 09:40 (four years ago) link
how do these guys keep doing it.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 21 February 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
noted, thanks breastcrawl.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 February 2020 23:03 (four years ago) link
I must say though that a huge part of their appeal is how seamlessly the quite different vocal parts are sewn together. In most other genres (rap), someone lays a verse, good or bad, and the producers do their best to make it fit. But these songs sound absolutely composed and organic, with hook following hook. If that’s Maphorisa, he’s doing a pretty decent job.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 22 February 2020 06:32 (four years ago) link
This is fun: an open-air DJ set this weekend, with Kabza playing and Maphorisa as hype man. Unfortunately there’s only a snippet of “Emcimbini” at the start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnuSIfM1SQk
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 23 February 2020 22:13 (four years ago) link
(Whisper it): I've listened to Emcimbini a few times and while it's quite pretty, I'm just not sure what makes it particularly remarkable
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 24 February 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link
i like it, but yeah i'm in similar territory right now
― dyl, Monday, 24 February 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
LISTEN MORE DAMMIT
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 24 February 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
we’ve come too far to give up who we areso let's raise the bar to Kabz’ and Maph’risa we’re up all night 'til the sunwe’re up all night to get somewe’re up all night for good funwe’re up all night to PİANO
― breastcrawl, Monday, 24 February 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
In things I realised shockingly late:a) that beautiful iiii-iiii aaa-aaaa iiii-iiii-iya in the intro is lifted straight from “Thanda Wena Part 2” on Samthing’s album! This may be relevant to what longneck talked about above: Maphorisa knowing (and using) a hook when he hears one? (assuming it was his idea)b) Sha Sha is Zimbabwean! (she was also already on Maphorisa’s Blaqboy roster - he brought her into amapiano)c) the first verse isn’t sung by Samthing, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9QP55Rv71A">by Aymos!My original notes were: “Samthing is using his voice in new and unexpected ways”, but I had no idea, even though it’s right there in the track info: “featuring Aymos, Samthing Soweto, etc...” But their voices are remarkably similar, check “Uvalo” on The Return Of The Scorpion Kings.Aymos is also on another current hit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxsjyNFu53IMas Musiq ft. Aymos, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small • ZakaLove this live performance of it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCy7EIeKZYo His original non-amapiano version from earlier in 2019:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbccWHyuqZYAymos • Zaka(I also posted a brilliant track he’s on on the Sun-El thread over the weekend)
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 09:08 (four years ago) link
I fucked up the link to Aymos’s own announcement of the imminent release of “Emcimbini”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9QP55Rv71A
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 09:18 (four years ago) link
Yeah I’m thinking the voice blending thing is a feature not a bug, lol. This is what I’m talking about. These guys use voices in remarkably seamless ways.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
4’15 = best moment
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 07:58 (four years ago) link
following my last post, I woke up with this in my head today so it's definitely worming its way in
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:14 (four years ago) link
https://s.s-bol.com/imgbase0/imagebase3/large/FC/5/8/8/0/9200000117330885.jpg
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 10:29 (four years ago) link
So many best moments
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 11:39 (four years ago) link
name ‘em!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:14 (four years ago) link
0:34, 0:51, 1:25, 1:29, 1:59, 2:15, 2:24 etc etc etc
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
we need audio gifs!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 13:09 (four years ago) link
I’m not disagreeing
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
the way he says PI AH NO is cool. as a person who plays the PI AH NO, i certainly appreciate sounding cool.
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
Thank you so much for this thread. A miracle of a song.
I am a huge fan of the utterly badass 'Lorch' from these guys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbfdjk51OE
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:39 (four years ago) link
You’re in luck!I made a pseudo-pan-African-pop/not-pop playlist for the rolling afro 2020 thread and all Afro-adjacent threads, generously defined. It’s already 105 tracks deep, so enjoy!(update: now 106, including “Lorch”)ILM rolling ✳️all-inclusive✳️ afro 2020
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:48 (four years ago) link
Other relevant South African threads:
THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists
Thread for the AmaPiano awesomeness that is “Baby Are You Coming?” by Zero12finest feat. ThaMagnificent2
Gqompetition time: two songs, two videos - QDOT vs SHADO M
i love this shit so much!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
such an avalanche of great music coming out of SA, feel like I need a ballot poll just to get a grip on the past 18 mos or so
― rob, Sunday, 1 March 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
okay yeah this song is great
― dyl, Monday, 2 March 2020 05:14 (four years ago) link
Piano! Pi-a-no!― human and working on getting beer (longneck), woensdag 19 februari 2020 1:18 bookmarkflaglink
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), woensdag 19 februari 2020 1:18 bookmarkflaglink
otfm
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 5 March 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
Still the undisputed #1 in South Africa.
Parodies are being made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqfym6iPM88
A car, a drone, dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O75ZIfaQ-wU
Same car, same drone, singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXiTA6-lDmU
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 15 March 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
Corona cancelled The Event, it seems. On the upside, Maphorisa and Kabza are dropping four new projects:
"1st April 2020 we dropping Scorpion Kings Live 2 EpDaliwonga’s Ep Mes Musiq x Aymos’s EpMdu Aka Trp x Bongza’s Ep"
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 16 March 2020 09:17 (four years ago) link
...followed by Amapiano Burnout: The Movie
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 March 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
lol at "the true story"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 March 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
DJ Neptizzle's new Amapiano mix is available to stream as a podcast through Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cmSXOksvSt49qpziMoIUT?si=dIVwpTvlTVOBigEdKNmClg
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 19 March 2020 23:28 (four years ago) link
So this happened last Saturday, after SA had moved into a “state of national disaster” where gatherings of more than 100 people were prohibited:
Let’s Party👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/N7VI6qjkc1— #ThePianoKing (@KabzaDeSmall_) March 21, 2020
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 23 March 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
thanks for this set ... gonna share
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link
this is really some of the most exciting music on the planet to me right now
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
Absolutely, I think we’re in complete agreement there.And btw, thank you for posting that Neptizzle mix, longneck! It’s absolutely fantastic. He doesn’t stray too far from the Kabza path (with a bit of Vigro on the side), but then why would he? Hearing all of these tracks, familiar as most of them are, in a mix like that is something else. It worked wonders for me, truly a balm for the soul.Here’s a Soundcloud link, for those who can’t or won’t Spotify:https://soundcloud.com/dj-neptizzle/amapiano-mix
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 08:18 (four years ago) link
oh wow this Neptizzle mix is vital! I'll even overlook him dropping his producer tag over Samthing's crooning in the opening of eMcimbini
― rob, Friday, 27 March 2020 13:33 (four years ago) link
try their own Quarantine Online Party dj set next
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 27 March 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
Live right now on Maphorisa’s FB:https://www.facebook.com/Djmaphorisa/videos/659972051404416/
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
Man, these guys are NOT running out of steam anytime soon.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
It’s on YT now
https://youtu.be/v79In7ROglk
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 29 March 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I am adding the genre on RYM btw if anyone is there as well.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
doing god’s work ;-)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 29 March 2020 17:02 (four years ago) link
There was a new and excellent live set last night and it's still up on Maphorisa's FB page. It struck me that these guys physically remind me of Asterix (Kabza) and Obelix (Maphorisa) - all they need now is a tiny dog.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 3 April 2020 08:16 (four years ago) link
This would be the link: https://www.facebook.com/Djmaphorisa/videos/2804107232959360/
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 3 April 2020 08:17 (four years ago) link
yeah, that’s a great image lol. Kabza jumping behind the decks while working in his studio or out dj’ing is etched in my brain as a gif already. They’re probably self-isolating together as well, with the work ethic they’re maintaining.Hope I have time to listen to these sets tonight.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 3 April 2020 09:10 (four years ago) link
I have been thinking that Kabza de Small has released about 6 hours of music in 7 months or so between the first Scorpion Kings and Emcimbini. Pulling them together, it's a monumental release. And if leaving out some of the tracks that feel less special, there's a 9-10/10 double album in there. Some of my favorites:eMcimbini, Phoyisa, HellouDriver, Dubai, Koko, Vula ValaLorch, Qoqoqo, Sandton, Hilili, WeimamaAlalahi, Nana Thula
Post yours.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
Btw another person who for sure is Zimbabwean is Mhaw Keys, because I know that Ndinokuda is 'I love you' in Shona. I was listening to his EP and it's really quite good and mature.
And Aymos and Mas Musiq have just released an Ep called Shona Malanga. It's a small step down from the masters, but this is no less than very nice amapiano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADIWNeozpjA
Track featuring Sha Sha: https://youtu.be/IpOHNqnk3JI
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
antifa amapiano....I like it
― Simon H., Sunday, 20 September 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
okay, the people have spoken, so here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMh8ukme6YQNicole Elocin & Tyler ICU ft. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa • Bella Ciao
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 September 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
...I really don’t think “Bella Ciao” belongs on the same thread as “Emcimbini”...people might actually start thinkingI’m posting third-rate gqom or amapiano tracks simply because they’re briefly popular in their respective country
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 21 September 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
Didn't know this about the title of the current Kabza album:
“The purpose of the ‘Sweet and Dust’ title was us trying to separate the types of Amapiano sounds: “dust” is mainly the hardcore drum pattern; the Kwaito influenced sound, and “sweet” is the more soulful and jazzy Amapiano. All in all, this album shows the world that Amapiano is a genre that caters to everyone.”
(from this article posted by Nabozo on the AmaPiano awesomeness thread:https://mixmag.net/feature/amapiano-south-africa-house-music-movement-gauteng)
Also an affectionate chuckle at this:
“This is my first album,” says Kabza.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
(also was blissfully unaware that "Bella Ciao" is riding a new wave of popularity because of the La casa de papel/Money Heist series. I don't netflix)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
Mambisa II, the new Mas Musiq album, is fantastic, as good as any of the Kabza x Maphorisa albums, if not better – for one, it has lots of post-“Emcimbini” tracks with beautiful vocals (Aymos, Daliwonga, and Mlindo all show up, Sha Sha doesn’t, but Nia Pearl and Nicole Elocin do instead), feel free to take your pick and post some...
...but I’ve been looking for this Joni ever since I saw and heard the crew working on it live and direct on Madumane=Maphorisa’s Instagram live stream in early August:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84VuZC2pfLcMas Musiq ft. Madumane, Daliwonga, Vyno Miller, Kabza De Small & Myztro • Joni
It was all of the above (minus Kabza, so the groundwork had already been laid) together in a small studio (no facemasks, shared vaping, aargh), adding verses and ad-libs on the spot. Thought for sure they were going to drop this monster the very next day, but no. Kept checking YouTube to see if someone had posted that session, again no. Guess they were waiting for the “December” season...
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
okay, I'll go ahead and post this absolute stunner as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w3nFHv00ZMMas Musiq ft. Daliwonga • Watermelon
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
In love with Streeeeet Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight-ah! atm
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 13 November 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
Aymos finally releases two tracks of his own, and one is with Kabza:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IezhJlGIL0Aymos ft. Kabza de Small • Iparty Yam
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 November 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
The Daliwonga album is out. Did anyone listen yet?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 21 November 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
oh wow, I didn’t know! he’s great on everything I’ve heard him on this year, so colour me stoked.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 November 2020 23:08 (three years ago) link
listened to it this morning. very good album (another one!), although song-wise I don’t think it’s on the level of the Mas Musiq one. really like the rich percussion on these tracks.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 22 November 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
It's more of a vibe, but it sounds like something that might grow on me if I let it. Daliwonga's voice is pure bliss.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 23 November 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
mas musiq album is very nice but also sooo long
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
New Sha Sha, produced by Kabza & Maphorisa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-khYk8xMNESha Sha • Woza
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
It's December alright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qPiqniM9kMKabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Tresor • Funu
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
goddamn, Tresor, sheeesh
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
so according to iTunes, ^this is from a 14-track album from these three due in February O_O
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
good lord, he also has a solo album coming out in January called Motion
I'm catching up on /revisiting this year's singles and he should really be a big ILM obsession, looking forward to starting a dedicated thread in 2021
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Saturday, 12 December 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
keep it coming, Kabz!Kabza (and to a much lesser extent Maphorisa) is all over the new DJ Stokie album as well, which I have yet to listen to. Lots of Daliwonga on there too.As for Tresor, he dropped several pre-album songs in the past few months - I posted “Zwakala” on the Sun-El thread, but since then we’ve had “Dancing With The Moon” and “Walk Thru Fire”.Meanwhile, there’s a superb new Samthing Soweto EP to enjoy, with De Mthuda producing instead of K&M. Check the Sun-El thread for more!
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 December 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
yeah those three tracks are the "this year's singles" I was alluding to -- excellent stuff. There's also "Thrill," which is maybe a little less exciting.
And don't worry, I have the Sun-El thread bookmarked. I just can't post anything as I've only managed to listen to maybe half a dozen tracks combined from the new Sun-El and Samthing projects :/
― loose Orwellian mobs (rob), Sunday, 13 December 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
a little bit of context:https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/sa-scorpion-kings-makers-and-tresor-announce-new-album-release-funu
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Sunday, 13 December 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
I made a Spotify playlist with (almost) everything posted in the MZANSI MUZIQ 2021 🇿🇦 Rolling South African thread as well as South(ern) African tracks posted this year on other threads, like this one:ILM rolling 🇿🇦 Mzansi MusiQ 2021 🇸🇿 🇳🇦
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
the Rumble In The Jungle album (Kabza x Maphorisa with Tresor) just dropped
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 April 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
interview with DJ Maphorisa on amapiano:
https://www.okayafrica.com/dj-maphorisa-scorpion-kings-interview/
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
her doesn't mention his new EP with Tyler ICU (just three tracks, for a change). this is the hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xp8P40eyYDJ Maphorisa & Tyler ICU ft. Sir Trill, Daliwonga & Kabza De Small • Banyana
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 11:42 (two years ago) link
on collaborating with Kabza:
with amapiano, I didn't want to interfere much by introducing too many new elements. I was already a fan of the sound. Back at the studio with Kabza, I would study him while he did his thing and then step in where I'm mostly good at — songwriting and recording vocals. We had two different chemistries that benefitted from each other. We really vibed in studio, and as a result, composed a lot of music and experimented with new sounds.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 11:43 (two years ago) link
on gqom vs amapiano:
I knew that this was a sound that would take South Africa to the world. There's a lot that you can do with amapiano — you can make it soulful, funky, dusty and hard or jazz it up. At some point, I knew that gqom would reach its sell-by date because it was fast-paced and dark. I find that once a genre becomes dark, the songs end up sounding the same. Gqom was dope but I also felt like it was, only, for certain people. However, with amapiano, I realised quite early on that there was a lot that we could do with it.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 11:47 (two years ago) link
"Banyana" and it's eh... source material(s) are being discussed in the Rolling Mzansi 2021 thread btw
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
master at work:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArU_40irVs
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 June 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
Mambisa II, the new Mas Musiq album, is fantastic, as good as any of the Kabza x Maphorisa albums, if not better – for one, it has lots of post-“Emcimbini” tracks with beautiful vocals (Aymos, Daliwonga, and Mlindo all show up, Sha Sha doesn’t, but Nia Pearl and Nicole Elocin do instead), feel free to take your pick and post some......but I’ve been looking for this Joni ever since I saw and heard the crew working on it live and direct on Madumane=Maphorisa’s Instagram live stream in early August:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0AorbSFXQMas Musiq ft. Madumane, Daliwonga, Vyno Miller, Kabza De Small & Myztro • JoniIt was all of the above (minus Kabza, so the groundwork had already been laid) together in a small studio (no facemasks, shared vaping, aargh), adding verses and ad-libs on the spot. Thought for sure they were going to drop this monster the very next day, but no. Kept checking YouTube to see if someone had posted that session, again no. Guess they were waiting for the “December” season...― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), woensdag 11 november 2020 22:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0AorbSFXQMas Musiq ft. Madumane, Daliwonga, Vyno Miller, Kabza De Small & Myztro • Joni
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), woensdag 11 november 2020 22:36
turns out an excerpt of that session was on YouTube all along, unfortunately most of the recording had been done here already - still, for posterity (and the vapours!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCzqQ3kwGc
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Thursday, 8 July 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
everybody, rock your bodyeverybody, rock your body right*Kabza’s back, alright!*all four tracks on his new Ziwangale EP are greathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MplCQIVI68Kabza De Small ft. DJ Tira, Young Stunna, Dladla Mshunqisi, Felo Le Tee, Beast & Dj Exit_sa • Ziwa Ngale
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Saturday, 23 April 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link