Artist profile
Smilo is an amapiano producer and artist working within the South African electronic music landscape. Their work engages with the genre's characteristic percussive rhythms and melodic sensibilities.
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Smilo is a restrained with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Unusually high groove for Amapiano.
Across 6 analysed tracks, Smilo averages 83% groove — groovier than 90% of individual Amapiano tracks — and 38% energy, gentler than 60%.
Measured against 6,499 Amapiano tracks on 11 August 2026.
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DJs and producers closest to Smilo 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 Smilo, 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.
Smilo's tracks in our catalog range from 112 to 113 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 6 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Smilo's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 6 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 2 tracks.
Smilo sits closest to Boris Rene, Saraha, Molly Pettersson Hammar 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.
