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History of Amapiano music
Amapiano (isizulu for “the pianos”) is a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in 2012. It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music characterized by synths, airy pads and wide percussive basslines.
MFR Souls is the chief originator of the amapiano style and since then have been making name for himself
The genre used to be called ‘number’. But MFR Souls came up with the name ‘amapiano’ and popularized it. They are the ones who started it.”
MFR is the king of amapiano while other Kings have started making names for themselves in their different kingdoms.
How Amapiano style was formed
Much like its predecessors, amapiano was initially a byproduct of the manipulation of house tracks, through slowing them down to a lower BPM. As an unorthodox offshoot of soulful and deep house in its infancy, many purists used to shun the sound and its sonics. The South African amapiano has given birth to other Amapianos round the world and across Africa. Nigerian music industry have produced an amapiano style for themselves and adding much flavor to the game to suit the Nigerian people.
What inspired amapiano?
Amapiano genre traces its roots back to Kwaito which was an Afro Pop genre-blending musical beats from Zulu folklore. Zulu is a revered culture in South Africa and its sounds have inspired several music genres in South Africa including gqom which has been overshadowed by Amapiano.
What language is amapiano
The Zulu language
In the Zulu language, amapiano literally means ‘the pianos’ but it’s a genre that’s much more complex in composition than the name implies
Amapiano style has found its way into many afro beat, hip hop and thus influencing the beat or rather complimenting the beat and most times take over completely.
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