5 Things You Should Know About Amapiano Producer SeeZus Beats. We are officially halfway through 2023 and the reign of amapiano isn’t showing any signs of losing steam. Seeing amapiano acts billed at esteemed international concerts and festivals has become less of a shocker. The genre also continues to
1. The star was born in Mpumalanga and raised in Kwazulu Natal where he now lives.
2. SeeZus Beats, as he calls himself, discovered his passion for music during High School. “I got into music when I was in high school in 2013, through listening to a lot of hip hop music on YFM and there was a show called Siz n Scoop where rappers would showcase their skills and they were coming with their own-made beats and through listening to them I was inspired and curious about how they were making the beats. I started learning how to make beats through watching YouTube videos. I learnt consistently and, fast forward to today, I am still improving but have come tops in a competition,” he explained.
3. He is a self-taught musician without formal training who draws on a wide range of Western and African genres and musical spheres to create his distinct African sound.
4. Sandile (SeeZus Beats) is a Record Producer and DJ won the Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s Amapiano remix competition of their song Takeaways From Nature. “The inspiration comes from trying to be creative, taking something from an entirely different genre and made from a different approach and twisting it into Amapiano. How I approached remixing Tru-Cape’s song Takeaways from Nature was to firstly find the tempo of the original song, secondly I stretched the vocals to the Amapiano tempo then found the direction of the mood of the beat (Emotional or Dance).”
5. The star does not want to be boxed in one genre. “I produce a lot of genres and in most cases Amapiano uses the same sounds, so what sets me apart is using sounds from other genres into my music.”
