Artist profile
Zakes Bantwini is a South African producer and DJ working in the Afro House genre. His production blends deep house elements with contemporary African sounds and rhythmic sensibilities.
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Zakes Bantwini is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Afro House pocket.
Across 24 analysed tracks, Zakes Bantwini averages 87% groove — groovier than 62% of individual Afro House tracks.
Measured against 12,606 Afro House tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Zakes Bantwini’s 23 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 530 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.
84 of the 920 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 17 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
Girl In The Mirror → Coconti · 4A → 3A · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
104 of the 713 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.1. They come from 19 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
88 of the 920 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 19 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
93 of the 920 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 22 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
Amanga - Da Capo Remix → Mai Vanochema · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
77 of the 920 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 20 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
iMali → Moko - Extended Mix · 11A → 11A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
83 of the 920 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 18 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
Love Again → Omama Feat. Lizwi · 11B → 10B · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry
86 of the 874 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 16 different Zakes Bantwini tracks.
Wena Baba → Davul - Amine Ben Remix · 3B → 3B · same BPM · 90 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 Zakes Bantwini 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 Zakes Bantwini, 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.
Zakes Bantwini's tracks in our catalog range from 118 to 149 BPM, with a median of 121 BPM. Across 23 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Zakes Bantwini's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 23 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Zakes Bantwini's 23 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 530 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Darksidevinyl, Djeff, Double Drop 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: Girl In The Mirror into Coconti, 4A to 3A, 88 chemistry.
Zakes Bantwini sits closest to Kasango, Drega, Da Africa Deep 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.
Our catalog has Zakes Bantwini releases spanning 2020 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
