Noxolo, Leehleza & Semi Tee — CASABLANCA GROOVE (ft. Myztro): A Stylish Amapiano Fusion of Class and Energy

Noxolo, Leehleza, and Semi Tee come together on CASABLANCA GROOVE, featuring Myztro—a refined yet energetic Amapiano record that blends elegance with undeniable rhythm.

From the title alone, CASABLANCA GROOVE hints at something stylish and atmospheric, and the track delivers exactly that. It carries a sense of class in its mood, while still staying rooted in the dancefloor-driven energy Amapiano is known for.

The production is polished and full of movement. Deep log drums, rolling percussion, warm basslines, and layered melodic textures form the foundation of the track. Semi Tee’s influence comes through in the clean structure and addictive bounce, while Leehleza and Myztro inject creativity through sharp transitions and dynamic rhythmic patterns. The result is a beat that feels alive—constantly evolving, yet smooth and easy to follow.

Noxolo’s vocal performance adds another dimension entirely. Her delivery brings warmth, emotion, and melody, giving the track its human touch. Instead of sitting above the instrumental, the vocals blend into it, becoming part of the groove itself. This balance between voice and production makes the record feel complete and immersive.

CASABLANCA GROOVE thrives on that duality—sophisticated yet playful, smooth yet energetic. It’s the kind of track that works just as well on the dancefloor as it does in everyday listening, carrying replay value through both its rhythm and its mood.

You can listen to Noxolo, Leehleza & Semi Tee – CASABLANCA GROOVE ft. Myztro here.

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At the end of March this year, DJ Maphorisa and Xduppy released an incredible collection of songs stretching across two albums. Titled Ngomoya and Rough Dance, the albums cover the gamut of South African electronic music and tip the scale in favor of the country remaining the global behemoth it’s already become.

Ngomoya leans into soulful amapiano, weaving themes of spirituality, longing, and love; the Rough Dance delivers pure, unfiltered ‘sghubu’ – that bass-heavy catharsis tailor-made for dancefloor therapy. Both sides complement each other with specially curated features that energize the music, pay homage to the greats, and collectively imagine a future where the genre is non-existent. Blxckie, Mawhoo, Nanette, Daliwonga, Scotts Maphuma, and many others lend their talents to the project.

Xduppy first met DJ Maphorisa following the success of his 2023 hit, “Bhebha,” a sonic departure from the norm that infused ‘quantum sound’ — a reference to the public transport taxis that would be fitted with the most insane sound system for maximum bass impact, popular among high school students — into the amapiano template.

In an interview with OkayAfrica, the producer says that the album came about as a result of countless studio sessions that happened with no immediate goal in mind besides being creative. “We had planned on dropping an EP but realized we’d made more than enough,” Xduppy tells us. “We do studio [work] every week. It becomes hard to know exactly when we started working on the project.”

Xduppy grew up with a father who was a house music head and a mother who was into gospel. He discovered hip-hop independently and was on that track until he switched it up. However, he still has some rap bangers in the vault.

“I started producing in grade 8 or 9. It was a bit hectic because I didn’t have a laptop. I had to move from one place to another, borrow my friend’s laptop, take it back, skip a few months without producing, and return. This was in 2017/18,” he says. The artist and producer used the bursary money given to students through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme program to buy his first laptop. He installed the music software FL Studio and started producing house and hip-hop songs. That was shortly before the 2020 lockdown.

In Jamaican patois, ‘duppy’ can refer to a malevolent spirit. In his case, it comes from the nickname Dub-G (double G), a reference to the first letters of his name, Gomolemo Gumede. It went from that to just Dub and then Duppy, following the release of Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle.”

Most popular amapiano songs have a gang of artists credited with writing and production duties. Xduppy credits this to the openness of the genre, something he reckons is missing from genres like South African hip-hop. It’s through a phone call to Sleazy of the duo Mellow & Sleazy that he got invited to a studio session that changed the course of his fledgling music career. With time, he met Ftears, Shaunmusiq, and Myztro, with whom he produced “Bhebha.”

“I was just working on some music. I originally made [‘Bheba’] at Sleazy’s just by playing around. He heard it and said that it goes crazy. Myztro’s studio was five minutes away from us. They came through, we worked the song, and let it go. It’s funny; people don’t even know that it’s me singing on it,” he says. “I was just trying to create new sounds. People got a hang of the wave and did their own versions of it.”

The Ngomoya and Rough Dance sessions with DJ Maphorisa didn’t have a linear trajectory. Sometimes, an old song would spark an idea for the feel and approach of whatever they’d work on, or they’d take chords, tweak them, and incorporate them into a song. “In the end, something always came out,” he says.

The results are impressive. In two months, the albums have managed to rack up millions of plays across streaming platforms and introduced music lovers to bangers they’ll bump to until the year ends. “Abantwana Bakho,” featuring Young Stunna and Thatohatsi, is blazing dancefloors, with “Sangena,” featuring Scotts Maphuma and TOSS, closely following behind.

“We were having a hard time deciding which songs would be on the album. We tested them out at our gigs and got people’s opinions online,” he says. “I feel amapiano is gonna be bigger than what it is now. It will keep spreading because it’s also moving with the times.”