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3-Step: Why Afro house’s latest evolution is more than a sound, it’s a movement (Mixmag)

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3-Step: Why Afro house’s latest evolution is more than a sound, it’s a movement (Mixmag)

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3-Step: Why Afro house’s latest evolution is more than a sound, it’s a movement (Mixmag)

By Michele Sensale|2025-11-21T23:44:56-05:00November 21st, 2025|3Step, Amapiano, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, International, MixMAg, producer, Report, South Africa|

Afro house’s newest evolution 3-Step originated in South Africa but is having a powerful and unifying impact across borders. In the first of a three-part series exploring the cultural shift 3-Step is spearheading, Shiba Melissa Mazaza analyses the climate of fear and toxic nationalism that was pervasive during its emergence, and speaks to the [...]

AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: HOW KWAITO OPENED THE DOOR FOR AMAPIANO’S EVOLUTIONS (MIXMAG)

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AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: HOW KWAITO OPENED THE DOOR FOR AMAPIANO’S EVOLUTIONS (MIXMAG)

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AMAPIANO’S SECOND WAVE: HOW KWAITO OPENED THE DOOR FOR AMAPIANO’S EVOLUTIONS (MIXMAG)

By Michele Sensale|2024-05-31T22:11:51-04:00May 31st, 2024|Amapiano, DJ, South Africa|

Amapiano’s lineage can be traced back to the kwaito music which emerged in apartheid South Africa. In the first of a three-part series exploring Amapiano's Second Wave, Jake Colvin examines what those roots mean for the sound today THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT “Amapiano is winning all over the gaff,” Marcus Nasty tells me. “But where it [...]