feeling Jozi Night too
― saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
Madlamini is lush
― saigo no ice cream (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 October 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
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
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 17 October 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
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
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
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
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
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.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 November 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
still enjoying this concept a lot, thank you :D
― StanM, Thursday, 3 November 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
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)
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 4 November 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
“M’nike” is fantastic!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SLXPZjvkw
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 November 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
a few others ...
ESK Musiq-Stop n goDon Edward & Xduppy - Skeem Saka (feat. Stay C & Senjay)
^^^these are both pretty rad to me
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 4 November 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
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=38iZlLaaXDkToxicated Keys ft. GemValleyMusiQ & Tupla Double 0.7 • Shiki (Piano Anthem)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
(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!)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
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
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Monday, 7 November 2022 20:18 (one year ago) link
aw man, I'm not ready. Still have 7 possible winners in my list (starting with 3 A C N P Q T)
― StanM, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 12:42 (one year ago) link
but you need to get this done! completely new alphabet sets have aligned themselves over the past couple of weeks alone. amapiano moves fast!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
I will, I promise :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
Waiting for the inevitable comprehensive 3xLP comp of this stuff to materialize somewhere. I can't keep up with the rushing digital river!
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
the only way this idea might make any kind of sense is if these 3xLP comps came in monthly instalments
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
Well, it probably won’t be very comprehensive.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
https://n-t-s.bandcamp.com/album/amapiano-now-2
??
― sleeve, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
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.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
AmaPiano *Grooves*very useful playlist, tip of the hat to Spotify
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
yeah, sorry bout the "vibes". And thanks, breastcrawl!
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
never be sorry about the vibes, longneck!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
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 :-)
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
plus, the light parts made me like the soulful part of amapiano more than I would have predicted in the beginning. So that, too.
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 11 November 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
I think I voted for Paris but I regret not voting for Asijabule really
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 11 November 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
I voted for Paris, as it is in my top 5 songs of the year. There are other songs I love in here though (Mmapula and Isphithiphithi in particular!) and quite a few I discovered through this poll, so thanks a lot, breastcrawl! Let's do it again soon.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 11 November 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
last call! 58 minutes left to vote for your favourite piano track!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 November 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 12 November 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
14 votes? boo! but still, all good tracks :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 12 November 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
14 votes ain't bad, think about it. We should do one of these every 3 months
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 12 November 2022 04:42 (one year ago) link
result that someone else loves “Crush Yam”.
ace poll - it introduced me to lots of grest music. what dog latin said....
― stirmonster, Saturday, 12 November 2022 05:01 (one year ago) link
I started my DJ set last night with some amapiano and got a good bunch of the early doors crowd grooving. My co-DJ whomst I was going B2B with followed it up with some more straight-up (but great) house and people just sort of shrugged and walked off. I couldn't have conceived of something like this happening just a year or so ago
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 12 November 2022 10:38 (one year ago) link
….and we have a result!thanks to everyone who participated in this. I loved the enthusiasm everyone seemed to be feeling about this awesome genre!special thanks to the 13 voters (I was nr 14). “Paris” is a worthy winner and there’s a nice spread of votes, with eight killer tracks receiving love, highlighting the awesome variety in the genre - because no, not every amapiano track sounds the same, like at all.is 13/14 votes a lot? hard to say, 43 people followed the playlist, so I may have expected more, but I have no idea what the going ratio is. I’m 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 voted “Asijabule” myself, out of the 29 options it was my most played track. it’s going to be extremely high on my EOY ballot. it was wonderful to see people warming to it over the course of this poll. but I have to say, when I played the eight vote-getters just now, I was all in for “Crush Yam” - what a track!(oh, in case you were wondering about the cinderella option, 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 “Xigubhu” by Welle SA (<1000 streams on Spotify) - and even that one is good!)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
Thank you again for 2 Months of fun with this, please do more :-)
thanks a lot, breastcrawl! Let's do it again soon
We should do one of these every 3 months
ace poll - what dog latin said....
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link
any links to Bandcamp pages for any of this stuff would be very much appreciated, seems like most of this is streaming only?
― sleeve, Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
I’m not really a Bandcamp user myself. my guess is that most of it won’t be found there - the Awesome Tapes stuff (Teno Afrika, DJ Black Low) being the exception to the rule, targeted as it is at a different (Western, indie-leaning, for want of a better word) audience.but perhaps other posters have different information/experiences?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
beatport has more and more ama lately. couldn't find a lot of this poll but some artists are there.
― ę™® (map), Saturday, 12 November 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
“Asijabule” 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 “Xigubhu” 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
I’m currently being hypnotized by this track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2LGkIAh7okCh’cco 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
I’m 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