Amapiano and Maskandi from the south, Bongo Flava and Gengetone from the east, Afrobeats and Alté from the west, Ndombolo out of Kinshasa. BlaqueSoul performs the idea and hands you the stems, the WAV and the MIDI — you make the record in your own DAW.
Not “African music” as one preset. Each profile carries its own tempo band, its own instrumentation and its own arrangement rules — a Sungura track is built differently from a Gengetone one, and the model is told how.
West Africa
Lagos, Accra, Abidjan
8
Afrobeats (Lagos)
100–112 BPM
Lagos, Nigeria
talking drum · shekere · log drum accents
Zouglou
95–120 BPM
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
djembe · congas · metal scraper
Alté
85–110 BPM
Lagos, Nigeria
dreamy guitar · lo-fi drums · warm bass
Coupé-Décalé
112–130 BPM
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
heavy percussion loop · synth brass · chanted group vocals
Ghanaian Highlife / Afro-Highlife
96–112 BPM
Accra / Kumasi, Ghana
clean electric guitar · horn section · congas
Mbalax
118–160 BPM
Dakar, Senegal
sabar drums · tama talking drum · xalam
Palm-Wine / Maringa
85–115 BPM
Freetown, Sierra Leone
fingerstyle acoustic guitar · hand percussion · shaker
Wassoulou
105–125 BPM
Wassoulou, southern Mali
kamale ngoni · calabash percussion · violin
Southern Africa
Joburg, Harare, Durban
6
Amapiano (South African)
110–115 BPM
Johannesburg / Pretoria, South Africa
log drum · shaker · rim shot
Afro House
118–126 BPM
Cape Town / Johannesburg, South Africa
four-on-the-floor kick · djembe · marimba
Sungura
125–145 BPM
Zimbabwe
lead electric guitar · rhythm guitar · snare-driven kit
Private School Amapiano
110–114 BPM
Johannesburg, South Africa
Rhodes piano · jazz chords · soft log drum
Kwaito
100–112 BPM
Soweto, South Africa
deep bassline · analog synth stabs · drum machine
Maskandi
100–125 BPM
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
picked acoustic guitar · concertina · bass guitar
Central Africa
Kinshasa
1
Ndombolo / Soukous
118–138 BPM
Kinshasa, DR Congo
soukous lead guitar · rhythm guitar · congas
East Africa
Nairobi, Dar es Salaam
3
Gengetone
98–112 BPM
Nairobi, Kenya
hard 808 · sparse synth · group chant vocals
Bongo Flava
92–108 BPM
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
soft synth lead · finger-picked guitar · light percussion
Ethio-Jazz
70–110 BPM
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
vibraphone · electric piano · krar
Pan-African
Across the continent
2
Afro Gospel
90–120 BPM
Lagos / Accra / Nairobi / Harare
massed choir · Hammond organ · hand claps
Afro Soul
70–100 BPM
Pan-African
live drums · Rhodes · upright bass
Lyrics are written natively in Swahili, Amharic, Zulu, Yoruba, Twi, Wolof, Bambara, Krio, Lingala and more — not translated from English, which is why the stresses land where a singer would put them.
Where BlaqueSoul stops
An instrument, not a record label.
Think of it the way you think of a session player who turns up with ideas at four in the morning. They play the part. You still have to make the record.
What it does
Writes and performs a full idea from a sentence, in the African genre you actually make — not a generic beat with a djembe on it
Gives you two takes per generation, so you're choosing rather than re-rolling
Splits any track into up to eight stems — vocals, drums, bass, keys, guitar and more
Rebuilds a section you don't like without regenerating the whole song
Exports 44.1kHz WAV, stems and MIDI, licensed for commercial release
What it doesn't
Mix or master. Levels, EQ, compression and glue are yours to do
Replace your DAW. There is no automation, no plugin chain, no bounce-to-picture
Guarantee a release-ready file. Some takes are close; treat that as luck, not spec
Own your arrangement. Once the stems are out, the record is your work
Amapiano — one prompt
Private School Glow
What you take with you
Vocals
Drums
Bass
Keys
Guitar
Strings
Brass
Other
Plus the full mix as 44.1kHz WAV and MIDI transcribed from any stem. Drag them into your session and the arrangement is yours to rebuild.
Live from the feed
What comes out of the front end.
Real tracks from the BlaqueSoul community, made across the continent. Press play, then imagine them as eight stems on your own timeline.
From a sentence to a session folder. Everything here is in service of the hand-off at the end.
Step 01
Say it in plain language
Pick a sound profile — Amapiano, Sungura, Mbalax, Ethio-Jazz, Bongo Flava — and describe the record you can hear. Lyrics can be yours or written for you, natively in Swahili, Amharic, Zulu, Yoruba, Wolof, Bambara or Krio.
Step 02
Choose the take with the right feel
Every generation returns two versions for one charge. You are picking a performance, not rolling dice until something sticks.
Step 03
Take it apart
Split the track into up to eight stems, rebuild a section that isn't working, extend an ending, or open the Studio timeline to comp takes and set the arrangement.
Step 04
Open it in your DAW
Export WAV, stems and MIDI, drag them into Logic, FL, Ableton or Pro Tools, and make the record the way you always have. This is the step BlaqueSoul is built to reach — not to replace.
Everything here is either about getting the idea right or about getting it out cleanly.
01
Stems, WAV and MIDI
Split vocals from the instrumental, or the whole track into drums, bass, keys, guitar and more. Export 44.1kHz WAV, and transcribe any stem to MIDI when you want the part rather than the audio.
02
Sound profiles, region by region
Amapiano and Maskandi, Sungura and Kwaito, Bongo Flava and Gengetone, Highlife, Alté, Ndombolo, Coupé-Décalé. Each carries its own tempo band, signature instruments and arrangement rules, so the model is told how the music is actually built.
03
Edit before you export
Rebuild a weak section, add vocals over an instrumental, extend an ending, or open the Studio timeline to comp takes and set the arrangement before anything leaves.
04
Two takes, one charge
Every generation returns two different performances, so the decision in front of you is which feel is right — not whether to spend again.
05
Lyrics in your language
Written natively in Swahili, Amharic, Zulu, Yoruba, Twi, Wolof, Bambara, Krio, Lingala and more — not translated from English, which is why the stresses land where a singer would put them.
06
Clips that carry a link
Render a vertical lyric video for WhatsApp status or TikTok in about ten seconds. Every clip links back to your track page.
Voice Marketplace
Sung by a real artist. Who gets paid.
African music runs on features. License a real vocalist's voice for your track — with their consent, and with a royalty going back to them every time it's used. Nobody else in AI music does this.
01
They consent, on the record
An artist clones their own voice and reads a verification phrase aloud to prove it's theirs. A human reviews every listing before anyone can use it.
02
You sing with it
Pick a licensed voice on the Create page like any other persona. The per-use fee is shown before you choose, and the track credits the artist.
03
They get paid
The artist keeps 80% of every use — and is paid when the track succeeds, not when you're charged, so a failed generation costs nobody anything.
Start free, then unlock the whole studio for one monthly price — exports included, because a plan that locks the stems away is a plan that keeps your work hostage.
Top up any time. No second subscription, no upgrade — the credits just land in your wallet.
500
credits
€3.99
≈ 13 generations
1,500
credits
€9.99
≈ 41 generations
4,000
credits
€19.99
≈ 111 generations
Purchased credits never expire.
Converted to your local currency at checkout. Full plan details and subscription management on the pricing page.
Questions
The ones worth asking first.
Is the output a finished record?+
No, and it is not sold as one. Treat a generation the way you would treat a strong demo or a session player's take: the performance and the arrangement are there, the mix and master are not. Some tracks are shareable as they come out, but the intended path is to split the stems, export the WAV, and finish in your own DAW. That is what the exports are for.
Do I still need a DAW?+
To release a record, yes — Logic, FL Studio, Ableton, Pro Tools, Reaper, whatever you already use. BlaqueSoul has a Studio timeline for choosing takes, rebuilding sections and setting the arrangement, but it does not mix, master, or run your plugins. It gets the idea to the point where your DAW takes over.
Do I own the music I make?+
You own your inputs (prompts and lyrics you write). With a BlaqueSoul Membership you get a worldwide, non-exclusive commercial license to use, distribute, and monetize the generated audio — including releasing to Spotify and Apple Music. Free-tier output is for personal, non-commercial use.
What happens if a generation fails?+
Your credits are refunded automatically. You only ever pay for output that actually gets made.
Can I export stems and WAV files?+
Yes, with a membership. That includes WAV export, vocal/instrumental separation, full stem splitting — drums, bass, keys, guitar, and more — and MIDI transcription of separated stems. There are no feature tiers: one membership unlocks all of it.
Is there a free plan?+
Yes. Every new account gets 72 free credits — two full songs — so you can hear the quality before paying anything. Free-tier output is for personal, non-commercial use.
What currency am I charged in?+
Plans are listed in euros, and Stripe converts to your local currency at checkout — so you pay in your own money, at Stripe's rate, with no separate conversion fee from us.
Which genres does it actually do well?+
African music, across the continent rather than one corner of it. Southern Africa: Amapiano and Private School Amapiano, Maskandi, Kwaito, Afro House and Sungura. East Africa: Bongo Flava and Gengetone. West Africa: Afrobeats, Ghanaian Highlife, Alté and Coupé-Décalé. Central Africa: Ndombolo and Soukous. Plus Afro Gospel and Afro Soul, which are sung everywhere. Each of those is a sound profile with its own tempo band, signature instruments and arrangement rules — not a generic generator with an African preset on top.
Do I need to play an instrument or produce?+
Not to get an idea out — you describe the sound you want in plain language and BlaqueSoul performs it. To turn that idea into a release you will still want someone who can mix, whether that is you in your DAW or an engineer you send the stems to.
Bring us the idea.Take home the stems.
72 free credits — two full songs, in any sound on the continent. Hear what comes out, split it, export it, and open it in the DAW you already know before you decide anything.