Artist profile
UPZ is an amapiano producer and artist working within the South African electronic music landscape. Their work engages with the rhythmic and percussive elements central to the amapiano sound.
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UPZ is a moderate-energy with strong groove — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Amapiano pocket.
Across 8 analysed tracks, UPZ averages 64% groove — groovier than 64% of individual Amapiano tracks.
Measured against 6,499 Amapiano tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between UPZ’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 121 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
48 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
Believing - Amapiano Mix → Forever Yena · 5B → 6A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
47 of the 280 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
41 of the 240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 8 different UPZ tracks.
Believing - Amapiano Mix → Shuck n Jive · 5B → 5B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
49 of the 240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
Never Be → Tobetsa Remake · 10A → 9A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
43 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
Believing - Amapiano Mix → Qoqoqo · 5B → 4B · same BPM · 88 chemistry
47 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
So Long → Chipi ke Chipi · 6B → 7B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
42 of the 192 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.1. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
Never Be → Bayas'delela · 10A → 10A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
42 of the 256 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 7 different UPZ tracks.
God's Finger → Imali · 3B → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to UPZ 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 UPZ, 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.
UPZ's tracks in our catalog range from 112 to 125 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 8 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
UPZ's tracks are mostly in major keys (25% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 11B (A Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between UPZ's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 121 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Busta 929, DJ IC, Felo Le Tee are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Believing - Amapiano Mix into Forever Yena, 5B to 6A, 90 chemistry.
UPZ sits closest to Jullian Gomes, Musaria, Mobi Dixon 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.
