PrefaceWelcome back, students of the groove. Amapiano School is our living classroom — part archive, part workshop, part dance lab — where the log drum is the metronome and collaboration is the curriculum. Vol. 3 goes beyond showing you what’s hot; it traces how ideas travel: from spiritual call-and-response to street-level bounce, from piano-room subtlety to arena-sized anthems. You’ll hear how motifs echo across artists and eras — a hook returns, a bassline mutates, a vocal texture reappears in a new light — and how producers like Kabza, Maphorisa, Kelvin Momo, and Mas Musiq keep stretching the language without losing its center.



This session is sequenced as a journey. We begin in community — chorus, harmony, and groove as shared ritual — then move through counterpoints and remixes, mood studies and form experiments, before closing with global fusions and late-set elevation. Think of each Lesson as a module: listen for arrangement choices, vocal phrasing, drum programming, and the ways edits and remixes revise the original thesis. Attendance is mandatory. Dancing is encouraged. Reflection is the homework.







Course Outline



Lesson 1: Foundations & Collaborations (Tracks 1–5)



1 → “Asiyeni” — Sfarzo Rtee, Jazzworx & Thukuthela (feat. DBN Gogo)2 → “Ubuhle Bakho” — DJ Maphorisa, Xduppy & Kabza De Small (feat. Phila Dlozi)3 → “Amalanga” — Piano City, Kelvin Momo & Thatohatsi (feat. Major League Djz, Tracy & PW Log Drum King)4 → “Thobela” — Stixx & Babalwa M5 → “As’galavante” — Mas Musiq, Daliwonga & DJ Maphorisa



Lesson 2: Counterpoints & Street Energy (Tracks 6–10)



6 → “As’galavante – Ngibolekeni” — Carbon the Element x Mas Musiq, Daliwonga & DJ Maphorisa x DJ Maphorisa, Xduppy & Scotts Maphuma7 → “Bhampa” — Vigro Deep, Zee Nxumalo & Ch’cco8 → “Mabebuza (Mdu aka TRP Remix)” — Maline Aura, Drega & MDU aka TRP9 → “Lutho” — Dj Jaivane, Smaki 08 & Wesley Keys (feat. De Rose)10 → “Hello” — Sfarzo Rtee & De Rose



Lesson 3: Mood Studies & Remix Theory (Tracks 11–15)



11 → “Hello” — Murumba Pitch & Kelvin Momo12 → “Phephisa” — Stixx, Nvcho & Babalwa M13 → “Flight Mode” — Kelvin Momo & Mashudu (feat. Tycoon & Omit ST)14 → “Eningi (Remix)” — Kabza De Small (feat. Njelic, GL_Ceejay, Mthunzi & Mkeyz)15 → “Ithuba Lam” — Sayfar (feat. Musa Keys, Seekay, Makhanj & Optimist Music)



Lesson 4: Log Drum Labs & Form Experiments (Tracks 16–20)



16 → “10K Yey’nkomo” — Aymos, Mas Musiq & Samthing Soweto (feat. Sha Sha)17 → “10K Dip (Extended)” — Carbon the Element x MasMusiQ x Teejay18 → “Wrong Amapiano Artform (Clean)” — Carbon the Element x Coutain x Babalwa M19 → “Wrong’o” — Stixx, Babalwa M & Boohle20 → “Emhlabeni” — Kelvin Momo & Da Muziqal Chef (feat. Thatohatsi & Tracy)



Lesson 5: Global Fusions & Closers (Tracks 21–25)



21 → “Awake” — Kelvin Momo (feat. Poizen & Earful Soul)22 → “Piano Lisho” — TitoM, Yuppe & Eemoh23 → “Matswale (Scorpion Kings Remix)” — Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa (feat. Caiphus Semenya)24 → “Need You Tonight” — Kabza De Small (feat. Wizkd)25 → “Wah Yo Deh Pan Tonight (Mixdown Edit)” — Carbon the Element x Kabza De Small x Ayetian



Assignment: Listen actively. Note your favourite motif across tracks. Then—study, dance, repeat.From Africa… With Love.