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Afro House

4 artists on Vibes working in afro house, typically 120-128 BPM. Browse the afro house artists and the songs they play, every track listed with its key, BPM and energy.

A subgenre of house.

Afro House tracks by key & energy

252 tracks

Key·BPM

Most played afro house tracks

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What is afro house?

Afro house fuses house's four-on-the-floor structure with African rhythms, layered percussion, and melodic, often tribal vocal elements. Black Coffee and Keinemusik are among the artists who've carried it to global festival stages, building tracks on rich polyrhythmic patterns and organic, non-electronic-sounding instrumentation. It typically runs 120 to 128 BPM and has become one of house music's most influential strains of the past decade.

252 tracks averaging 121 BPM, most between 116 and 124 BPM. The groove sits strong and dancefloor-ready.

How to mix afro house

Afro House sits at 120 to 128 BPM, so most tracks beatmatch without a big tempo pull. Here is how to mix it cleanly by tempo, key and energy.

The sound: african percussion, polyrhythmic patterns, organic instruments, tribal vocals.

Tempo

target 120 to 128 BPM, with 124 as the practical center. With key lock on you can pitch a track roughly 117 to 131 BPM and still beatmatch cleanly.

Harmonics

the most common keys in afro house here are 3A, 10B, 10A. Mix within the same Camelot key or one step around the wheel for a smooth blend, and check the wheel before layering two melodic tracks.

Energy

afro house averages 66 out of 100 here, best suited to the build and mid-set. Sequence tracks so energy rises and dips deliberately rather than staying flat.

Afro House by key

Jump to a single key: every track on these pages sits in the same Camelot key, so they all mix harmonically with each other.

Afro House artists

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Methodology

How we keep this honest.

Ben ModigellReviewed by Ben Modigell, founder of Vibes and a working DJ in Cologne.

From real catalogues

The afro house artists and tracks here come from analyzed DJ catalogues, not a hand-picked list. A genre earns a page once at least two artists carry it.

Data-derived readings

Every BPM, key and energy figure is computed from audio analysis of the actual recordings, not estimated or copied from a third-party API.

Full methodology

How the directory is sourced, gated and kept honest, in depth: read the methodology.

Kept current

Last reviewed June 2026.

Every afro house track you own, sorted by key and energy.

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