Artist profile
Shakes is an amapiano producer and artist working within the South African electronic music landscape. His work engages with the genre's rhythmic and percussive foundations.
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Shakes is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Amapiano pocket.
Across 5 analysed tracks, Shakes averages 52% energy — harder than 79% of individual Amapiano tracks — and 45% groove, straighter than 77%.
Measured against 6,499 Amapiano tracks on 11 August 2026.
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DJs and producers closest to Shakes by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Shakes, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Shakes's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 135 BPM, with a median of 88 BPM. Across 5 tracks, the most common range falls in the 90–95 BPM bucket.
Shakes's tracks are mostly in minor keys (80% minor across 5 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 1 track.
Shakes sits closest to The Albert Square, K1, Jurgen Driessen in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
