Piano Share

Just heard Kabza De Small dropped a surprise EP last night and the internet has not recovered. Three tracks in and already on repeat. This is why he is the King of Amapiano.

Produced my first beat where the piano chords made me emotional while I was making it. That is the target. That is what the genre is supposed to do.

The new generation of amapiano producers — most under 25 — are doing things with sound design that the originators never imagined. The genre keeps evolving.

Late night, key of Ab major, 114 BPM, log drum in the pocket — there is genuinely no better combination of elements in modern music.

Took a non-amapiano friend to their first dedicated piano night last weekend. By the second track they were dancing and by the fourth asking for playlists.

Young Stunna just announced a UK tour and I am already figuring out how to get to London. The way his vocals sit on top of that log drum is pure magic.

A good amapiano mix is like a conversation — call and response, tension and release, the log drum asking questions the piano chords answer.

Piano night dress code is not just fashion — it is intentional. When the room is well-dressed and the music is great everything feels elevated together.

Lagos has adopted amapiano in a way that even SA did not predict. The Nigerian twist on the log drum patterns is creating an entirely new sub-genre.

Ami Faku collaboration with that London producer is the crossover moment everyone needed. Amapiano soul meeting UK sounds — absolutely beautiful.

Finally figured out how to get that signature log drum decay right in my productions. Two years of practising and it clicked this weekend — incredible feeling.

Paris Piano Nights at La Bellevilloise is now monthly and it sells out within 48 hours every time. France gets it and they get it deeply.

There is something deeply spiritual about how amapiano connects township origins with global reach. Respect the roots, celebrate the branches always.

The international music press is finally catching up to what we have known for years. Amapiano is not coming — it already arrived and it is staying.

The first time I heard amapiano in a foreign country — in a tiny bar in Porto — I actually felt a lump in my throat. The music had followed me across the ocean.

DBN Gogo closing the Ultra SA main stage with 15 minutes of full amapiano was a historic moment. A genre that started in Soweto yards on the biggest stage in SA.

There is a version of me that exists on the dancefloor at 2AM with a log drum in my chest that I am very proud of.

Piano culture teaches you patience. You wait for the drop, you wait for the log drum moment, you wait for the right key shift. Life lessons in the music.

The new generation of amapiano producers — most under 25 — are doing things with sound design that the originators never imagined. The genre keeps evolving.

Nairobi Piano Festival dates confirmed for August — East Africa is fully embracing the sound and local DJs are blending it beautifully with Gengetone.