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Afro House (also spelled as Afro house or Afro-house) is a sub-genre of electronic and dance - house music mainly developed as well as engraved with root origins in South Africa. Comparable to other similar South African sub-genres such as, afro tech the genre's prominence became pre-eminent in the 2000s and has developed over the years.

Characteristics

The sub-genre is principally a blend of traditional house, kwaito, deep house,tribal house and soulful house. Inclusive of various South African languages or often described as 'soulful',vocals.

Musical structure

Alongside the components of tribal house there exists ,the most predominant tempo in music, commonly known as allegro. The BPM shifts from 80 to 122 and on occasion, 124. Music software as well as actual typical instruments used are snares,high-hats, congas, shakers and kick drums.

History

The exact origin year as well as city is debatable and adjudged to various narratives. It is thought to have already seeded in the early 90s due to the heavy presence of House and Kwaito, locally. In the 2000s ,the sub-genre seemed to have developed and become widely oustpread in various parts of South Africa, such as Durban, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town. Subsequently becoming popularized in international regions such as the United States, South America, Europe and Asia.

Ostensibly before it was 'officially' named and categorized as a sub-genre,it was just referred to as still, 'House'. There are early traces of the genre having being popularized in Angola alongside South Africa's timeline due to the local dance culture attributed to Kuduro and the slight however far different, resemblance..

Highlights

• In, 2017 Beatport updated it's platform with an additional, Afro House,category
• In 2019, six South African, Afro House DJs were nominated at the Ibiza ,DJ Awards. Da Capo bagged the Afro House, award.

Present-day upturn

Over the past decade the sub-genre's maturation accelerated and has also been blended with other genres as well as sub-genres.Between specifically the years, 2022 to 2023 there was a surge in releases and popularity.

Notable artists

Considered notable Afro House artists comprise of ;

• Black Coffee
• Mobi Dixon
• DJ Tira
• Djeff (formely known as 'Djeff Afrozila')
• Bucie
• Osunlade
• Heavy-K
• Pablo Fierro
• Culoe De Song
• Boddhi Satva
• Da Capo
• Shimza
• Floyd Lavine
• Themba
• Hyenah

Notable record labels

Considered notable Afro House record labels comprise of;

• MoBlack Records
• Keinemusik
• Innervisions
• Sondela
• Get Physical Music
  

External links

The global rise of afro house music | DW Documentary

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