Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,162,066 members, 7,849,311 topics. Date: Monday, 03 June 2024 at 06:23 PM

Amapiano Origin - Nairaland / General - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Amapiano Origin (341 Views)

Origin: Who Is The Brain Behind #10YearsChallenge? / Origin Of The Facebook 10 Years Challenge / Facts About Victor Moses And His State Of Origin (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply)

Amapiano Origin by Musicphori: 5:57pm On Mar 10, 2023
lots of people often argue that the trending music genre called Amapiano originated from Nigeria.
today we have decided to make you understand where amapiano originally originated from.

AMAPIANO Is a music genre which originally came from South Africa.
Amapiano (Zulu or Xhosa for "the pianos"[1]) is a subgenre of house music that emerged in South Africa[2] in the mid-2010s. It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music characterized by synths and wide percussive basslines.[3]

It is distinguished by high-pitched piano melodies, Kwaito basslines, low tempo 1990s South African house rhythms and percussions from another local subgenre of house known as Tribal house.[4]

Origins
Although the genre gained popularity in Katlehong, the township east of Johannesburg, there is a lot of ambiguity and debate concerning its origins, with various accounts of the musical styles in the Johannesburg townships – Soweto, Alexandra, Vosloorus and Katlehong. Because of the genre's similarities with Bacardi, some people assert the genre began in Pretoria.[5][6][7] Various accounts as to who formed the popular genre make it impossible to accurately pinpoint its origins.[8]

An important element of the genre is the use of the "log drum", a wide percussive bassline, whose creation has been attributed to MDU aka TRP. Amapiano pioneer Kabza De Small
READ more here https://musicphori.com/music-download/

(1) (Reply)

Rams For Sale At An Affordable Price / Top 7 Incredible Construction Projects In South Eastern Nigeria / Buy Verified Payoneer Accounts

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 7
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.