Goya Presents Amapiano With A Dash Of Soul

Amapiano is a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in 2012. Amapiano is a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music characterized by synths, airy pads and wide and percussive basslines. It is distinguished by high pitched piano melodies, Kwaito basslines, low tempo 90s South African house rhythms and percussions from another local subgenre of house known as Bacardi. Although the genre gained popularity in Gauteng, there's a lot of ambiguity concerning its origins. It originates with various accounts of the musical styles in the Johannesburg townships - Soweto, Alexandra, Vosloorus and Katlehong. Because of the genre's similarities with Barcadi, some people assert the genre began in the Pretoria area with DJ Mujava which was made popular by Pretoria taxi drivers and has been an on going debate about the origin of Amapiano. In 2020 the genre experienced increased popularity across the African continent with noted increases in digital streams and chart successes in countries far from its South African origin. Source: Wikipedia