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New amapiano documentary released by BBC Radio 1Xtra: Watch

BBC Radio 1Xtra has shared a new documentary about amapiano music.

'This Is Amapiano' looks at the genre's rise from South Africa's townships to a...

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MOVES Recordings releases second compilation spotlighting Nigerian Freebeat sound': Listen

MOVES Recordings has released a second compilation spotlighting the Nigerian Freebeat sound, which marries elements of techno, gqom, amapiano and more.

'CRUISE! 2' follows on...

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Hagan and Aymos link up on new Afro house single, ‘Sise Ntweni’: Listen

Hagan has teamed up with South African vocalist Aymos for a new single, ‘Sise Ntweni’. Check it out below.

"'Sise Ntweni’ is a club-ready track...

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Amapiano added as genre on Beatport

Beatport has added amapiano to its official genre tags.

Previously found under the "Afro House", "Deep House" and "Dance/Electro Pop" tags, the South African house...

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Tribal Brothers announce new EP, ‘Formation’, on Livity Sound

Tribal Brothers have announced a new EP on Livity Sound, 'Formation'.

The release marks a return to the celebrated UK imprint for the London club...

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Album Of The Month: DJ Lag ‘Meeting With The King’

DJ Lag’s thrilling debut album is a testament to gqom’s versatility, and its ability to cross-pollinate with the sounds of amapiano and deep house

Lwazi Asanda Gwala, better known as Durban artist DJ Lag, is a pioneer of the gqom genre: a unique South African style that strips out...

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DJ Lag releases debut album, ‘Meeting With The King’: Listen

Gqom trailblazer DJ Lag has unleashed his hotly anticipated debut album, ‘Meeting With The King’, via Ice Drop and Black Major. Check it out below...

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These are the most exciting amapiano producers right now

Amapiano has become a world-conquering genre since emerging in South Africa over a decade ago, with the sound mutating in recent years to solidify its place as an embedded dance music culture. Here, Shiba Melissa Mazaza asks: who are the South African artists carrying the torch for amapiano right now?

Amapiano (also known as ipiano or ’piano) began in the streets of Gauteng, South Africa, in the early 2010s. The now world-conquering sound is a...

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Manchester's Pie Radio announces amapiano and Afrobeats event tour series

Manchester-based, youth-led radio station Pie Radio is organising an events series that will showcase a number of figures from across the amapiano and Afrobeats music...

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Selections: DJ Neptune

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, Nigeria’s DJ Neptune spotlights his recent favourite Afrobeats, Afropop and amapiano tracks

Lagos’ DJ Neptune has been at the forefront of Nigeria’s music scene for over a decade. The award winning artist rose to prominence as backing...

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New London mini-festival, Sounds of African Electronic Music, announced for March

A new mini-festival dedicated to African electronic music will launch in London next month.

Presented by Drums Radio - the UK’s only 24/7 online platform dedicated...

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Jumping Back Slash releases new single on Swak Catalog: Listen

Taken from the album, 'A Map of the Hills I Chose To Die On'

Jumping Back Slash has a new single on Swak Catalog, taken from the album 'A Map of the Hills I Chose to Die On': eight...

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Cooly G returns to Hyperdub with new EP, ‘Save Me': Listen

The artist's first release for the label since 2017 features vocoliast Ruth Brown and Marcus Damon

Cooly G has announced her return to Hyperdub with the 'Save Me' EP. You can hear the lead track, 'We Can Find Love Too', below. ...

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DJ Lag remixes his own track with Lady Du, 'Lucifer': Listen

'Lucifer' is the first single to be unveiled from forthcoming album 'Meeting With The King'

DJ Lag has shared an amapiano remix of his track with Lady Du, 'Lucifer'.

The original was first unveiled last month, alongside news of the...

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Recognise: Mina

Joining the dots between sounds from the UK, Ghana, South America and beyond, Mina makes tracks driven by a spirit of collaboration, demonstrated in her...

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DJ Lag announces debut album, 'Meeting With The King'

He's also shared lead single 'Lucifer'

DJ Lag has shared details of his debut album, 'Meeting With The King'.

Due out in November, the 15-track album sees the producer team up...

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DJ Lag: the gqom king conquers the globe

Durban’s DJ Lag is a pioneer of the world-conquering South African dance music genre, gqom. He’s toured the world and worked with superstars, but he’s...

In 2017, during his 21st rotation around the sun, DJ Lag was experiencing a moment that every artist dreams of but few ever reach. Gqom...

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Selections: Juba

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...

In her 2020 interview with DJ Mag, Juba described the importance of dancing to her expression as a DJ. “I dance behind the decks...

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Amapiano artist Mr JazziQ drops video for new single, ‘Woza’, dedicated to Mpura and Killer Kau: Watch

Mpura and Killer Kau died earlier this month in a car accident

Amapiano artist Mr JazzIQ has shared a video for his new single, 'Woza'.

The clip, which you can watch below, is dedicated to the late...

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Compilation of the Month: Various Artists ‘Amapiano Now’

NTS Radio, Shannen SP and Joe Cotch compile essential tracks that capture the unique and unifying sound of amapiano, South Africa’s world-conquering dance music style

With artists and fans from around the globe proclaiming “Amapiano to the world”, this evolving new genre has defied expectations that it’s just another passing...