Vigro Deep Reveals His Bigger Picture And Plans For Amapiano. Born in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Kamogelo Phetla actually started music with the goal of being a rapper. In 2018, while watching his dad, a founder of the Godfathers of Deep House collective, compose music on Fruity Loops, he decided to try it with the genre-making waves in his school: amapiano. Four years later, the apprentice has become a pillar in his country and has earned the respect of global electronic music superstars such as Skrillex or DJ Snake.
His sound is not the mellow and loungy amapiano you will play to relax on a Sunday; based on ultra-dark chords, tense and nervous melodies, shocking breaks and powerful sub-bass, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear it in a Berlin underground club or at the Dour alternative music festival.
His latest album, Far Away From Home (2021), was released following the “Baby Boy” project series, aptly named, leading him to a European tour through Amsterdam, London and all the cities are known for appreciating dance music.
Vigro’s sound is different from the rest. Speaking on his plans with amapiano, the 21-year-old said; “Right now, we are running radio stations, TikTok and whatsoever but I’m actually looking at the bigger market, trying to take it to Ibiza or to festivals where we have our own genre. Right now they just call it dance music, it doesn’t have a genre on social platforms, but I want it to have its own name.”
“That’s the kind of place I wanna take the sound. And actually, this thing is not about amapiano, it’s mostly about being musical. I feel like many kids in our hometown have music but don’t know how to put it out because amapiano is pressuring people. But it should be about just bringing out whatever you can. Music is the language,” he added.
