Amapiano to the World w/ Maglad - 28th February 2025

Discover and embrace the rhythm of South Africa with Amapiano music, a genre that pulses through the veins of its people. It’s not just a choice of style, but a way of life where each beat is a reflection of one’s soul. The music speaks to the body and the dance flows effortlessly, like second nature. No instructions needed, just let the music guide you in a mesmerising celebration of life. Amapiano is the word being used to describe South Africa’s fastest-growing electronic-music movement. Emerging around the townships of Pretoria in 2016, Amapiano is a hybrid of deep house, jazz, kwaito and lounge music with distinct synths, airy pads wide basslines and percussions from another subgenre of house called Bacardi. The name was selected to reflect the melodious piano keyboards that underline fast-pace Gqom beats. It is a combination of the Zulu plural article “ama” and the English noun “piano”. See all shows & tracklists at bit.ly/3BD8uE5

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