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Afro Tech is an indigenous, globally outspread subgenre of house music that is predominatly emergent in South Africa. Renowned, South African DJs and Music producers who pioneer or popularized the genre globally are Black Coffee (DJ),Culoe De Song, Zakes Bantwini ,Shimza, Da Capo, Enoo Napa and Punk Mbedzi.

Description

Afro Tech ( not to be confused with Blavity 's Blog and , yearly 'AfroTech' titled, Conference) is a union of Afro House, Techno and Deep house, it has a distinctive, sound.

It often includes a combination of slight classic techno sounds , lead by South African percussion and other various African, instruments.

Popularity

Although the subgenre has been perceptibly present for well more than a decade , in 2015 Black Coffee (DJ) , received the "Breakthrough Of The Year" award at the Ibiza , DJ Awards , primarily due to one of his most famous Afro Tech songs "We Dance Again" ft. Nakhane , immediately highlighting as well as increasing the popularity of the unique sound of, Afro Tech.

In 2023, the world's biggest music platform, Spotify established and added the "AfroTech Now", playlist.

See also

• List of South African musicians

References

1. ^ "What is Afro House". Untitled Music Org. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. ^ Ndlela, Nkosazana (11 April 2023). "An Afro Tech Music Take Over". Zkhipani. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
3. Darangwa, Shingai (27 October 2023). "Zakes Bantwini: 'This is a moment I've been working towards for my entire career'". The Africa Report. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
4. Kriger, Themba (23 January 2018). "Explore Afro Tech with Punk Mbedzi in the mix". Redbull ZA (South Africa). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
5. Rodgers, Josh (7 November 2023). "From Tech Deep Dives To The Music Stage, AFROTECH Conference 2023 Was The Place To Be — Now It's Headed To Houston, TX". AfroTech. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
6. Kidman, Jerome (28 February 2023). "CROSSOVER AND COLLECTIVITY: WHY LONDON'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND IS EVOLVING". Mixmag. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
7. RDM, NEWS WIRE (30 September 2015). "DJ Black Coffee Scores Award in DJ Capital Of The World". Sowetan Live. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
8. Iqbal, Mansoor (2 August 2023). "Spotify Revenue and Usage Statistics (2023)". Business of Apps. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
9. "AfroTech Now". Spotify. 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

• African electronic dance music
• House music genres
• South African styles of music
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