# What’s the story with Amapiano? **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [January 5, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887 "2022-01-05T15:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/elzorro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/1 "2022-01-05T15:02:30Z")
What’s the story with Amapiano? I’m a bit behind the times on this. Keen to learn more as it sounds like it might be nice mid tempo deep house to me. Currently enjoying this Teno Afrika track Where You Are. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FXBT78Nfak4/maxresdefault.jpg "Teno Afrika — Where You Are") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXBT78Nfak4) What else should I be checking out? ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/chris/32/13168_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/2 "2022-01-05T15:05:02Z")
Had to google it…warm pads ---
**Author:** ![TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/thenightlark/32/2549_2.png) [@TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/TheNightlark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/3 "2022-01-05T19:33:13Z")
It’s been around for a hot minute, the style/genre/whatever itself is interesting, but can become a little bit cheesy. It started to influence other things around it like Afrobashment, Afrohouse, Afrobeats etc. All these styles do have their own followings, and events, but you will find that djs will mix them all up together sometimes as well. These was a bit of a trend of djs speeding the songs from the 113bpm (or thereabouts) to 120bpm to play it next to Afrohouse and UK Funky offshoots. This had a lot of the scene’s djs and producers complaining about the scene getting diluted. I think the cat was too far out of the bag to prevent that by the time they all started complaining, but people are allowed to complain if they are unhappy… It can be a bit hard to follow it because there is a South African sound and a London sound, but also loads of other people just fold their own sound into the formula now as well. But similar to Gqom the vibe seems to be one of building anticipation with the music. A lot of the big UK djs/mcs are the original UK Funky and sometimes even UKG ones. [The Women Of Amapiano Article](https://pan-african-music.com/en/the-women-of-amapiano/) [The Independent Cover It Here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/amapiano-afrobeats-music-south-africa-b1850972.html) [OK Africa Cover It Here](https://www.okayafrica.com/amapiano-uk-summer-sound-opinion/) [Mixmag Article](https://mixmag.net/feature/amapiano-south-africa-house-music-movement-gauteng) I noticed (normally based in) NYC DJ Moma released two eps of Amapiano influenced music, though whether any of it is getting spins at his Everyday People parties, i couldn’t say. I think the side of it that will work for most people in this forum would be the stuff that edges towards the more traditional afrohouse stuff. Documentary [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_B9frOKUwz0/maxresdefault.jpg "SHAYA! Amapiano Documentary (FULL)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B9frOKUwz0) Here’s a mix from a year ago of where the sound was at. [https://youtu.be/kII-uGSLPjM](https://youtu.be/kII-uGSLPjM) > **[AMAPIANO grooves](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX5mILnBJLA26)** > > AMAPIANO grooves · Playlist · 51 songs · 566.2K likes > **[Amapiano Now](https://open.spotify.com/album/4utVlAAihkM0AmxX0pddst)** > > Various Artists · Compilation · 2021 · 17 songs. This should get you started. ---
**Author:** ![elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/elzorro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/4 "2022-01-05T21:19:38Z")
Brilliant thank you. Very comprehensive! ---
**Author:** ![boxedjoy](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@boxedjoy](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/boxedjoy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/5 "2022-01-06T12:14:37Z")
apart from Amapiano Now, what are the essential compilations/mixes? I feel like a lot of this stuff exists in ephemeral Youtubes more than anything ---
**Author:** ![elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/elzorro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/6 "2022-01-06T12:56:39Z")
There’s one on Awesome Tapes From Africa by Teno Afrika which I got a couple from on Bandcamp. I think I came across that from someone’s collection in the Bandcamp thread on here. https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3397974530/size=large/tracklist=false/artwork=small/ Lerato La Bass and Chants of Africa were the tunes that caught my ear on the comp. And that’s the entirety of my knowledge on Amapiano! ---
**Author:** ![TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/thenightlark/32/2549_2.png) [@TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/TheNightlark)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/7 "2022-01-07T18:10:19Z")
> [@boxedjoy](#): > > apart from Amapiano Now, what are the essential compilations/mixes? I feel like a lot of this stuff exists in ephemeral Youtubes more than anything https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1143429100&show_artwork=true&maxheight=166 https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=false&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1113118381&show_artwork=true&maxheight=166 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ijD8knjIxd8/maxresdefault.jpg "Vigro Deep DJ Set | Keep Hush Live London: Mina Presents") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijD8knjIxd8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y2Psv-WVB6M/maxresdefault.jpg "Mak 10 B2B Scotti Dee Hosted By Rodney B | Mode London") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Psv-WVB6M) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nWy_JCbEvhs/maxresdefault.jpg "Amapiano Balcony Mix Africa Live with Sir Trill | S3 | EP 5") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWy_JCbEvhs) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pLTpdjxSaN0/maxresdefault.jpg "MAJOR LEAGUE DJz Amapiano set in The Lab LDN") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLTpdjxSaN0) ---
**Author:** ![TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/thenightlark/32/2549_2.png) [@TheNightlark](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/TheNightlark)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/what-s-the-story-with-amapiano/2887/8 "2022-08-02T13:30:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LDf7G9-ngA0/maxresdefault.jpg "This is Amapiano - 1Xtra Africa 2022 (Full Version on BBC iPlayer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDf7G9-ngA0) 1xtra doc on Amapiano for anyone still interested. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h0LTQtSeTqo/maxresdefault.jpg "Alewya - Play (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0LTQtSeTqo) My fave Amapiano influenced jam so far, more of an R&B thing tho tbh.