The sound of Amapiano is like prolonging moments when, in South African townships, the sounds of everyday living merge with the music that forms the bedrock of daily life there. Before dawn, a hymn sung while sweeping might match the rhythm at a nearbylala vuka (all nighter). One afternoon, the rain overhead might intensify to match an aunty or uncle's favorite part of a jazz song. Nobody's dog could bark an ad-lib to the bassline playing in a passing car. Amapiano plucks what is almost in the [...]
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