drowning in a blissful ocean of log drums and keys: 🎹🎹 amapiano a-z 🎹🎹 an ilm poll

And on that system…life-changing…

i got to hear some of the above mentioned tracks tonight on a next level system. WOW! i also love the way most of these are arranged - they are a dream to mix.

not many things would get me out to a club but would deffo go if major league djz came to town.

got to hear some of the above mentioned tracks tonight on a next level system. WOW!

Where to man?

thanks for the effort in making this playlist and poll. I don't tend to seek out amapiano songs, so this playlist was a nice listen, everything new to me. probably need one more listen through before I vote

3310
Asijabule
Crush Yam
Isphithiphithi
Lwangempela
Madlamini
Nogxolo
Paris
Qo Qo Qo
Risasekile
Sika Bopha
Trigger
Xigubhu

that's ... 13 tracks still in the running here :-)

“jaiva low” is the true black low banger

I know this isn’t the regular amapiano thread but I wanted to post this new video of Uncle Waffles’ Tanzania:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvxADzZMkEI

ooh, I thought I recognised it - this is the longer version without video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi7kX1jkRuA

hors compétition, but you know, it’s the most beautiful thing in the world right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udjSYr16cqk
Deep London ft. Nkosazana Daughter, Murumba Pitch & Janda_K1 • Piano Ngijabulise

Waht do we think of things like this?
Me, I'm on board but maybe not one for the purists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLz9tvJAgjI

That's Breaka - Dololo ft. Kamohelo

Deep London is too smooth for my taste but Breaka is verrrrry nice

Seems like there's a fairly even split between people who prefer the smooth stuff and those who hanker for a bit more welly.
My regular pub gig was all but empty last night so I amused myself and the bar staff with an extended amapiano set featuring both.
The last few times I've played pout amapiano in Bristol, I've had people come up and enthuse about how excited they are about it.

Screw it, I uploaded the mix to Soundcloud in case anyone's interested. Just a bunch of faves slung together:

CHARLIE STOIC - AMAPIANO EXCURSIONS

https://soundcloud.com/charliestoicdj/amapiano-excursions

Feel Le Tee x Myztro - 66
Feel Le Tee x Daliwonga - Dipatje Tsa Felo
Q-Mark, Tpzee, Afrikan Papi - Paris
Vigro Deep - Asijabule (feat. Murumba Pitch & Lady Du)
Obeey Amor, T-Man SA, Bassie and Lady Du - Qo Qo Qo
Musa Keys - Vula Mlomo
Nandy - Kunjani
Mapara A Jazz - John Vuli Gate
DJ Black Low x DJ Saxo Boy - 9 Days
Teno Afrika - Lerato La Bass
DJ Crown Prince, Walshy Fire, Skinny Fabulous - Bang
Tribal Brothers - Genesis
Breaka, Kamohelo - Dololo
Marcus Damon - Spears Of Fire

Thank you!

ooh, and you enabled downloads too! Thank you x 2

Pleasure! Let's hope I don't get sued

love the mix!

Wonderful!

Aww thank you both. I've had it on rotation all weekend and I'm not bored of it yet. Mixing it and hearing it back is also a nice way to explore the genre. I thought mixing amapiano might be a bit boring seeing as those long shaker intros are all pretty similar, but it ended up being a nice lesson in EQ mixing for me

It's also made me appreciate Asijabule by Vigro Deep a whole lot more. There's this amazing light/dark thing going on in that song, with Murumba Pitch's sweet male vocal sections giving way to Lady Du's tough, breathless bars. Really great

Yes, it really is - I had dismissed it from my list (I'm trying to find out what to vote for in this poll still) because I thought I didn't like the slick/soul type stuff but I had to put it back in there and it might even be the one I go for in the end. Maybe I'm getting used to the smooth stuff, I'm also liking Liyangishonela, the last track on Kabza's KOA Part 1 album, more and more lately.

i've only had a brief listen thru most of these so far but nothing has immediately changed my feeling that the Kabza album is now my favourite thing of the year

Gijima is nicely raw and bumpin' tho

feeling Jozi Night too

Madlamini is lush

Amapiano, to me, reminds me of classic dubstep and minimal house in that even the more understated tunes sound absolutely enormous over big speakers. Watching a receptive crowd going ham to this stuff really is something special, especially if they know the moves

I've listened to doglatin's excellent mix twice since yesterday. I think the fact that my favorites are toward the end (Tribal Brothers, Teno Afrika, Marcus Damon) confirms for me that I tend to slightly favor the harder-edged, less smooth amapiano tracks, but really, there isn't a weak moment here

Cheers PP. I believe the last four tracks are from producers/artists outside of South Africa. Tribal Brothers and Marcus Damon are London-based. Breaka is better known for ravey/garagey/dance bobbins. The DJ Crown Prince / Skinny Fabulous track is out of Trinidad, so kind of a soca hybrid. So not for the purists, but it is interesting to hear more and more producers turning their hands to the style and putting their own spins on it

I haven’t been much of a cheerleader in the last couple of weeks, apologies. glad others picked up the slack, very much looking at you dog latin!

so yeah, time flies, but you all still have nine days of feeling, feel-ling your way around in pianoland left.

it pleases me no end that 20 of the 29 poll options have been mentioned as favourites of some kind by one or more of you.
(that even includes the black sheep on my list, which really is only there because it’s the only track with that specific initial letter that was eligible (that is, I had played it once).)

only six on the list, my D, H, M, O, W, and Y entries, haven’t been namechecked at all - but “Dangerous”, “Hamba Nobani”, “Madiba”, “Obrigado”, “Wamuhle” and “Yini Sdakwa” are all worthy of your attention imho.

still enjoying this concept a lot, thank you :D

noticing a lot of amapiano getting a shazam bump if you will in the US, wonder what thats about:

del ieve P - Ezkhala Kahle (feat. Castro & Senzxo)
Konke, Musa Keys & Chley - M'nike (feat. Sayfar)
Soa Mattrix & Mashudu - Mina Nawe (feat. Happy Jazzmen & emotionz DJ)
king temoso - iNkwenkwezi (with Sami'Kay)

“M’nike” is fantastic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SLXPZjvkw

a few others ...

ESK Musiq-Stop n go
Don Edward & Xduppy - Skeem Saka (feat. Stay C & Senjay)

^^^these are both pretty rad to me

yes! "Skeem Saka" in particular is top of the bill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wxzfrx10fc

another ridiculously good new track is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38iZlLaaXDk
Toxicated Keys ft. GemValleyMusiQ & Tupla Double 0.7 • Shiki (Piano Anthem)

(GemValleyMusiQ obviously are in this poll with their "Jozi Night" - if you haven't, don't forget to vote for any of the 29 this week!)

ESK Musiq-Stop n go

― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, November 4, 2022 5:58 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

this one is exploding on tiktok right now

aw man, I'm not ready. Still have 7 possible winners in my list (starting with 3 A C N P Q T)

but you need to get this done! completely new alphabet sets have aligned themselves over the past couple of weeks alone. amapiano moves fast!

I will, I promise :-)

Waiting for the inevitable comprehensive 3xLP comp of this stuff to materialize somewhere. I can't keep up with the rushing digital river!

the only way this idea might make any kind of sense is if these 3xLP comps came in monthly instalments

Well, it probably won’t be very comprehensive.

https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/amapiano-now-2

??

That works as a snapshot of the genre at a given second in time, but not much else, I'm afraid. My best advise would be to check the amapiano vibes playlist on spotify regularly. It's not totally comprehensive but you do get a feel for the genre and its permutations from week to week.

AmaPiano *Grooves*

very useful playlist, tip of the hat to Spotify

yeah, sorry bout the "vibes". And thanks, breastcrawl!

never be sorry about the vibes, longneck!

Yeah, I voted for Asijabule. It just has so much, that dark/light contrast someone mentioned, it's not just one thing repeating all the time. Thank you again for 2 Months of fun with this, please do more :-)

plus, the light parts made me like the soulful part of amapiano more than I would have predicted in the beginning. So that, too.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.