Low-tempo bass, scattered piano melodies, pounding percussion dotted with synth - there's a chance, if you're into house music, that you've heard of an emerging subsect called amapiano. Fusing deep Kwaito house with lounge and jazz sounds, the bubbling genre derives its name from "the pianos" in Zulu and less than a decade ago, had yet to exist. In the short time since amapiano first surfaced in South Africa in the mid-2010s, Major League DJz - the musical duo of twin brothers Banele and Bandile...
Low-tempo bass, scattered piano melodies, pounding percussion dotted with synth - there's a chance, if you're into house music, that you've heard of an emerging subsect called amapiano. Fusing deep Kwaito house with lounge and jazz sounds, the bubbling genre derives its name from "the pianos" in Zulu and less than a decade ago, had yet to exist. In the short time since amapiano first surfaced in South Africa in the mid-2010s, Major League DJz - the musical duo of twin brothers Banele and Bandile...
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