Amapiano
South Africa's log-drum house
Amapiano est genus dansis Africae australis magnis basslines, cordes piano jazzy et rolantium logrum. Egressus est de civitatibus Gauteng annos 2010 et factus est unum de vocibus maximis Africae conportatis.
Origin & history
Amapiano emerged in Gauteng province — Johannesburg, Pretoria and the surrounding townships — in the early 2010s, drawing on kwaito, deep house and jazz.
It spread first through taxi ranks, WhatsApp and SoundCloud rather than radio, and the log-drum bass that defines it became recognisable far beyond South Africa within a decade.
Artistae invenientes
Creator in Amapiano crescente figuram centralem descriptam.
Productor Sud Africae cuius auxilium auxiliatus est Amapaiano foris.
Ubi vivet
De quo hii artisti veniunt
138 Amapiano artista sunt in TimTim.Live et 131 et ex eis patria publica habent Ibi est unde veniunt.
Patria
- Sud Africa60
- Nigeria29
- Ghana6
- Regno Unito5
- DR Congo3
- Francia3
- Kenya2
- Ruanda2
- United States2
- Zimbabwe2
- Angola1
- Botswana1
Civitatibus et locis
- Johannesburg, Sud Africa6
- Rivers State, Nigeria6
- Limpopo, Sud Africa4
- Pretoria, Sud Africa4
- Soweto, Sud Africa4
- Durban, Sud Africa3
- Lagos, Nigeria3
- Abuia, Nigeria2
- Accra, Ghana2
- Enugu State, Nigeria2
- Kaduna, Nigeria2
- London, Regno Unito2
Artistarum
- Buddy DMLGhana
- DJ MaphorisaSoshanguve
- De CatamonEnugu State
- Dj owamPort Saint John’s
- Evannah VChicago
- Jason DeruloMiami
- LabzSud Africa
- MsakiEast London
- R2BeesGhana
- Sai HleSud Africa
- Samthing SowetoSoweto
- Sun-El MusicianKwaZulu-Natal
- TxCGqeberha
- TylaJohannesburg
- Yann TiersenBrest
- Yemi AladeNigeria
- CollektaAccra
- Cornelius SASud Africa
- DJ K.OGhana
- Donae’oRegno Unito
- IkonikaLondon
- Isaac Prinsly ObinnaIbadan
- MakhadziLimpopo
- ZadomiOgun State
Responsibilia
What is Amapiano?+
Amapiano is a South African dance genre built on deep bass, jazzy piano chords and the log drum — a percussive bass sound that gives the style its signature roll.
Where did Amapiano start?+
In the townships of Gauteng province, South Africa — around Johannesburg and Pretoria — in the early 2010s.
What does amapiano mean?+
It means “the pianos” in isiZulu, after the piano chords at the centre of the sound.