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South African popular music began in 1912 with the first commercial recordings. Marabi's melodies found their way into the sounds of the bigger dance bands, modelled on American swing groups, which began to appear in the 1920s; Marabi added to their distinctively South African style.
This tradition is still alive today in the isicathamiya form, of which Ladysmith Black Mambazo are the foremost and most famous exponents. This vocal music is the oldest traditional music known in South Africa.
South Africa is the only country in the world where house music is popular, mainstream music. South Africa is the biggest purchaser of deep house music per capita in the world. The record sales are massive here. House music first became popular in South Africa in the 80s.
Amapiano pioneer Kabza De Small stated: I don't know what happened. I don't know how he figured out the log drum. Amapiano music has always been there, but he's the one who came up with the log drum sound.
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