Aymos Details His Journey In Amapiano And How He Aims To Bring Something Different To The Genre. Do yo remember the South African nghtlife smash track titled ‘Emcimbini’? Well, the vocals are sung by Aymos. The line personifies the genre accompanied by beats from the super duo Scorpion Kings (DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small).
“At that time, I was still new to the amapiano scene. I had just met DJ Maphorisa, and he had asked me to come to the studio. I wanted to prove to them (Scorpion Kings) that I was good for this, I wanna work. I didn’t wanna mess up the opportunity because it was one of my biggest opportunities to be in the mainstream industry and I felt like I really needed to impress them,” Aymos said.
Aymos revealed that he didn’t like amapiano at first and the idea of his song being remixed, but he quickly realised he had nothing to lose. “Within three hours after I had handed the vocals to him, the song was already all over Instagram. People were crazy about it. But the thing is I was so annoyed at that time and I thought these guys have ruined my song, I couldn’t even follow my own lyrics because it was so fast,” he added.
After seeing the response from fans and how much they liked the amapiano version, Aymos figured that he could bring something different to the genre which is to “add the soul, bring meaningful lyrics with a message onto amapiano beats.”
“I write the music the same way as I did with Afro-pop, it’s just that now, what I’ve done is slightly different, it’s just adding a gimmick and repetition here and there,” he explains. However, he understands that the amapiano does not necessarily want conscious lyrics. “They just want to dance and have fun,” he says.
“I am not subject to a certain genre of music, I can literally do anything that I feel comfortable doing. I will give and serve people with all I know, all I’ve been meaning to give them all these years. I have included Afro-pop and amapiano songs,” he reveals.
He now has multiple amapiano songs like “Bambelela”, “Ub’Ukhona” and “Bathethelele”.
