Artist profile
Zuma is an amapiano producer and artist working within the South African electronic music scene. The project centers on the genre's characteristic piano-driven rhythms and percussive arrangements.
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Plan a set with Zuma tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
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Zuma is a restrained and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Amapiano pocket.
Across 21 analysed tracks, Zuma averages 39% energy — gentler than 57% of individual Amapiano tracks.
Measured against 6,499 Amapiano tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Zuma’s 21 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 154 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.
165 of the 840 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.8. They come from 20 different Zuma tracks.
Beke Le Beke → SDUDLA No Slenda feat. Mgiftoz SA · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
93 of the 840 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.8. They come from 21 different Zuma tracks.
Megalo feat. Spura and Classic Deep → Amabomu · 11B → 11B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
94 of the 630 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.6. They come from 20 different Zuma tracks.
Saka → Shuck n Jive · 5A → 5B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
130 of the 840 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.8. They come from 20 different Zuma tracks.
101 of the 840 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.8. They come from 21 different Zuma tracks.
Beke Le Beke → Manyonyoba · 3A → 3A · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
102 of the 735 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.2. They come from 21 different Zuma tracks.
Beke Le Beke → Samba Nabo · 3A → 3A · −2 BPM · 93 chemistry
96 of the 672 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 21 different Zuma tracks.
Danko (feat. TitoM, Yuppe, PRVIS3, Eltee & Senjay) → THATHA BAMBA · 7A → 6A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
96 of the 672 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 20 different Zuma tracks.
Thula feat. Knowley-D → Bagejile · 3A → 2B · +1 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 Zuma 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 Zuma, 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.
Zuma's tracks in our catalog range from 112 to 114 BPM, with a median of 113 BPM. Across 21 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Zuma's tracks are mostly in minor keys (81% minor across 21 tracks). The most common single key is 5A (C Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Zuma's 21 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 154 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Busta 929, DJ Maphorisa, 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: Beke Le Beke into SDUDLA No Slenda feat. Mgiftoz SA, 3A to 3A, 93 chemistry.
Zuma sits closest to Alexander Stenerud, Alexander Stensrud, Jahn Teigen 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 Zuma releases spanning 2021 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
