Tresor has a fantastic album out with Kabza & Maphorisa - get thee to the Tresor thread!
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
another slightly unexpected teamup: Makhadzi joins forces with Mlindo the Vocalist on the very pretty "Mjolo":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U4S6FxVh3E
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
quite disappointed by the new Semi Tee album with MDU a.k.a TRP. it’s that tech thing again I’m afraid, which is what MDU brings to the table. hope this is a one-time collab.for a dense sound that’s actually thrilling instead of kinda boring I guess the new Team Mosha album might be the way to go, if their current hit is any indication:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMW3mL1qDzwTeam Mosha ft. Mapara A Jazz & Colano • Phuzi Mali Yakho
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 11:09 (three years ago) link
some great *dense* jams on the Team Mosha album, but they said to expect the unexpected:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4JPlSyjgPQTeam Mosha ft. Shimza & Twist • Shugela
beautiful.
tip if you're in the mood for more beautiful amapiano: the Soa Mattrix album Sounds of Africa. Nabozo posted some tracks upthread.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
What does "dense" mean in this context?
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 11 April 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
it's these previous Semi Tee tracks that prompted me to reach for that description a year ago on the Amapiano thread:
For all fans of "Labantwana Ama Uber" and/or "Lorch":Semi Tee ft. Ma Lemon • Lemonadeand/orSemi Tee ft. Miano, Kammu Dee & Ora Dee • Gabadiya"Gabadiya" in particular is **dense** and there are some percussive things going on in both of these that seem new in amapiano.― breastcrawl, maandag 2 maart 2020 20:13*dense* is the word. I have not quite warmed to these yet but I believe I'm on my way.― human and working on getting beer (longneck), donderdag 5 maart 2020 22:49
Semi Tee ft. Ma Lemon • Lemonade
and/or
Semi Tee ft. Miano, Kammu Dee & Ora Dee • Gabadiya
"Gabadiya" in particular is **dense** and there are some percussive things going on in both of these that seem new in amapiano.
― breastcrawl, maandag 2 maart 2020 20:13
*dense* is the word. I have not quite warmed to these yet but I believe I'm on my way.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), donderdag 5 maart 2020 22:49
also:
Dense, Dense, Dense (Yebo, Yebo, Yebo):Semi Tee ft. Kammu Dee & Njelic • Stayla― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), vrijdag 12 juni 2020 20:07
Semi Tee ft. Kammu Dee & Njelic • Stayla
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), vrijdag 12 juni 2020 20:07
I guess for me it means layer upon relentless heavy synth layer every which way you look or listen, combined with that hard-hitting bottom end - for me this is where amapiano (which is often quite floaty/light on the top end) comes closest to gqom soundwise
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
Ah, thanks, I hear what you mean on "Gabadiya", and maybe also "Madibuseng", which both definitely have a different low end...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, those famous bottom and top-end theories... *bangs head on desk*
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
the welcome return of King Monada, one of *the* voices of Limpopo - playing this on a loop rn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_i2yatoMMKing Monada ft. Mack Eaze, TNS & Leon Lee • Ngifuna Yakho
(and hey, it's TNS involved in an amapiano track!)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
also loving this live performance of Kwiish SA's "LiYoshona", one of the songs of the year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facNvokcbtg
Njelic and MalumNator on vocals.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
no, you've never heard it all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrrIxmE1htUVico Da Sporo ft. Sibusiso Makhoba • When I Meet Unobuhle
feel i did my myself a real disservice by never listening to the four (!) albums Vico released last year in full.
the full version, because you need all 5 minutes and 31 seconds of this
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
not sure about the context here:
Not in my wildest dreams have i ever thought this could happen, Bandlase omkhulu 😭.Thank you to @Usher his team for the recognition on our song Luthando.Soulgiftedmusic Rec. 🙌🙏And thank you for supporting us. pic.twitter.com/Fum0AuUwyf— Vico da sporo (@Vicodasporo) March 4, 2021
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 16 April 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
came across this very charming early amapiano performance on an SA breakfast show in May 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BqD0t57C8Team Mosha • Sofa Silahlane
(TIL that Shuffle Muzik - the guy in the back - is half of Team Mosha)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 April 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
I was away for two weeks and I have only started to catch up but GUYZ, Folasade - Soro !!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFu_4bhsqkYKabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Folasade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ugtgezOCsKabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Soro
True to form, Kabza de Small has also a DJ mix out called In Session (under the name Scorpion Kings) which has LiYoshona, Catalia, and Umsebenzi wethu in good place among others (Kelvin Momo, Dj Stokie, Semi Tee, yada yada).
― Nabozo, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
here, my dear:
TRESOR, the Congolese-South African singer with the heavenly voice
(man, this is one hell of a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 13:14 (three years ago) link
(and it's not that it's even any use... this is what I posted upthread)
Tresor has a fantastic album out with Kabza & Maphorisa - get thee to the Tresor thread!― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), vrijdag 9 april 2021 23:58
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), vrijdag 9 april 2021 23:58
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
anyone else hear this album by dj black low? dark, hard-edged, vicious amapiano, kinda along the lines of "john vuli gate" but probably not as tiktok friendly lol.
good stuff: https://djblacklow-southafrica.bandcamp.com/album/uwami
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 22 April 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
I heard a few tracks, it’s some raw shit. this one is pretty wild:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-4A_-nwXUDJ Black Low ft. DJ Saxo Boy • 9 Days
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 April 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
yes definitely. this was my highlight from the project tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8JWkqlvWV0
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 22 April 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
I already playlisted it!
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 April 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
loving this South African rap jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65HxZ2q_VcDr Peppa ft. Blxckie, Aux Cable, Lord Script & Chang Cello • Mntase
also posted this one earlier last year on the Rolling worldwide rap thread 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBQhHgzNHQYDJ2WNTY ft. Lani , BANDSMIDNIGHT & 6ixty Jonas • Oorkant
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
but amapiano is the biggest genre in SA. you want proof?these are today’s 30 most streamed tracks on Apple Music:
1. amapiano2. amapiano3. amapiano4. amapiano5. amapiano6. amapiano7. amapiano8. amapiano9. Justin Bieber • Peaches10. amapiano11. amapiano12. amapiano13. Lil Nas X • Montero (Call Me By Your Name)14. amapiano15. amapiano16. amapiano17. amapiano18. amapiano19. Young Stoner Life (Young Thug & Gunna) • Solid20. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) • Leave The Door Open21. Giveon • Heartbreak Anniversary22. amapiano23. Tiësto • The Business24. Lil Nas X • Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (yes, again)25. amapiano26. amapiano27. amapiano28. The Weekend • Save Your Tears29. amapiano30. Young Stoner Life (Young Thug & Gunna) • Ski
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
one of these tracks is "Banyana" from DJ Maphorisa & Tyler ICU's new EP, see the Kabza/Emcimbini thread.
there's also several from the number one album in SA right now, Mr JazziQ's Party With The English, with "Woza" (see upthread) the biggest hit of those.
this is just one of the many killer tracks on that mysteriously titled (or is it?) album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqnn_BCRFIMr JazziQ ft. Kabza De Small, Zuma & Reece Madlisa • Le Tin
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
I would not have found it by myself despite listening to the album some weeks ago, but that vocal line in Banyana is straight from Afro-Colombia (Bullerengue): El Pescador. Interesting intercontinental dialogue here.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 25 April 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
ah, I saw it mentioned that it was a cover, meant to investigate later.
actually there’s a much more direct connection, “El Pescador” was turned into an international club hit in 2009 by Michel Cleis, under the title of “La Mezcla”. a remix by Charles Webster (British, but active in the SA house scene as well) was/is very popular in South Africa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvShTiE1QOMMichel Cleis ft. Totó La Momposina • La Mezcla (Charles Webster's Club Mix)
(more about Totó La Momposina's legacy here)
Someone else in amapiano land had the same idea as Maphorisa::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsNikc-5iYsDJ Melzi ft. Mkeyz & Mphow69 • La Melza
Melzi may have been first actually, his version’s been around since December last year at least.
“Banyana” for comparison:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xp8P40eyYDJ Maphorisa & Tyler ICU ft. Sir Trill, Daliwonga & Kabza De Small • Banyana
I played both these tracks today and didn’t notice the similarity – also I’m sure I’ve heard “La Mezcla” out back in the day, but didn’t make the connection.
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 25 April 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
love this fantastic amapiano (sort of) comeback by veteran rapper Khuli Chana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nMVq4M8umsKhuli Chana ft. Tyler ICU, Stino Le Thwenny & Lady Du • Buyile
scenes
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
from the ILM awesome oldies archive:
Khuli Chana • Mahamba Yedwa/Mo Tsipe (2015)
Khuli Chana ft. Sho Madjozi, DJ Buckz & Shareen • Tlekeke (2017)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
this thread also desperately needs some kuru kuru kuru kuruku-chiki-chiki-chi (qo qo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naiD6DfQKrEMusa Keys ft. Sir Trill & Nobantu Vilakazi • Vula Mlomo
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
hard-hitting - keeping gqom current:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tb5YsE2lUcSkillz ft. DJ Tira, Mampintsha, Beast & General C'mamane • Inhlokohlela
smooth - this would previously have gone to the Sun-El thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMKGzdFoLeEShimza ft. Darque & Sino Msolo • Kethiwe
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 May 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
told you I'm a boss you've ignored that - yes, Muzi's always been very good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjBtguG6JDIMuzi • Interblaktic
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 22:13 (two years ago) link
are you that Sumbody?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16VuAYgFUADJ Sumbody ft. Drip Gogo & The Lowkeys • Iyamemeza
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 06:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMKi85xkgtwFocalistic and Mr JazziQ - GUPTA feat. Lady Du, Mellow & Sleazy
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
GUPTA owns my soul right now.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 13 May 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
Also... Liyoshona, not to mention Banyana.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 13 May 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
hold up - no one has posted de mthuda's gorgeous John Wick yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06_9LOj75g4
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 13 May 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
holy hell at “Gupta”
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
Proper beat and chorushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBQx5O0_PIoKhuli Chana feat. Tyler ICU, Stino Le Thwenny, & Lady Du - Buyile
Se ka buyileSeng'shiya more, and ziwa more, wang' feel-a moreWa tseba, wa tsebaBanana bantshwere ma ayi yeboAyi yebo, ayi yebo, ayi yebo!
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
Of course it was already posted :) my bad. Let's say it was for the video.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 16 May 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
The new Vigro Deep album, Baby Boy 4, is good. Here's "Take It Slow" with Sha Sha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYpxUG8OuQ
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 16 May 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
Slowly trying to piece-together an amapiano-and-adjacent playlist to convert my dancehall and soca-loving friends that amapiano isn't all endless shaker-intros and polite, un-kinetic rhythms. Need things with strong hooks and big donks. This si what I have so far: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Aq1aR62T7j0pWqGBF975F?si=2de5fbee91524a95 What's missing?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
actually Take It Slow should be on there (can't find a spotty link though)
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
tyla - "getting late"busiswa - "makazi"busta 929 - "ekseni"
"skeleton move"'s genre is bolo house if you want to find more in that vein specifically, i don't think it's that closely related to amapiano but i'm sure there's crossover these days
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
prince kaybee - "banomoya"sho madjozi - "jamani"
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
ah, didn't know about "bolo house" although clearly it's a slightly different beast. I'm conscious Sk'Ngiding is from Mozambique, but it certainly sounds in line with the other tunes. It's one of my faves
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
thanks for the recommendations, will take a listen!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
amapiano has certainly spread far beyond just south africa now, there's been a bunch of nigerian amapiano tracks lately (though i don't remember them off the top of my head)
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
whole lot of examples if you search this year's afrobeats thread, i need to catch up on them all
― ufo, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
the dj black low songs i posted upthread fit the bill, imo: "9 days," "jaiva low," "emonate oe bethela de vosho"
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
I'd forgotten how much I love "Majesty" by Busiswa and DJ Tunez. What a track!
Loving the Sho Madjozi track. I'd heard some of her other stuff and really enjoyed it but it wasn't in the amapiano style.
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
you're not wrong about DJ Black Low. I love this weird rippling almost drill'n'bassy thing the producers are doing at the moment
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link