Amapiano: our guide to the music sensation sweeping the world
If you’re even remotely into London’s clubbing scene, it’s likely that you’ll have noticed a fresh new strain of dance music pounding across the capital over the last few years. A bit like bog standard house music if it wasn’t in such a hurry all the time, most of the welly in this viscous, slowed-down genre comes from the bass end; often, a chipper, churchy keyboard noodles jazzily over the top.
Constantly powering things forward is the gutsy, hollow thwack of the log drum, a hollowed out tree trunk which is used as a traditional percussive instrument. Though this sound has been gradually creeping onto the capital’s countless dance floors over the last few years already, in 2024 it is
