Only real music lovers come to the amapiano party Pushin Piano. That’s partly because the more-or-less monthly event charges a cover—and also because the DJs who run the show don’t just play open-format sets. Bonita Appleblunt, DJ Mochi, and Ko Kasi go all in, spinning amapiano deep cuts as well as remixes and flips that run the gamut of rap, R&B, pop, soul, Afrobeats, and Bollywood. This sonic mélange, all of it underpinned by amapiano’s distinctive melodic bass lines, reliably transfixes the crowd.
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