Chronical Deep

Chronical Deep Biography

Chronical Deep was born in Soweto, South Africa, part of the first generation to grow up after Apartheid had been overthrown and replaced with equality under the law, and majority rule under the leadership of Nelson Mandela. Young Thabo, as his parents called him, grew up in a household of intellectuals, lawyers and music aficionados. He would sit transfixed as his father put on esoteric vinyls like John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, or Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain. His mother, an ANC lawyer, was a die-hard fan of pan-African musical heroes such as Nigerian Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti and Jamaica's Peter Tosh and Bob Marley. But his grandmother had a soft spot for the dance music that emanated from the African diaspora in the US during her youth - disco. Thabo caught Gran's disco fever: always dancing or singing along to hits by Diana Ross, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer. He started learning the piano at age 8 and by 15 got his first laptop, complete with DJ and production software. A quick study, he started DJing parties as Chronical Deep in the neighborhood before he turned 17. In 2008 he started releasing music on South African record labels. Following up on his hit single Neo, he has now released two LPs with South African superstar musician and cultural icon Kid Phonque's record label Stay True Sounds. Nothing is Impossible was released in 2020, and Kumo in 2021. Chronical Deep has hundreds of thousands of monthly streams across the major streaming platforms, tens of thousands of social media followers, and a fiercely loyal fan base in South Africa. The best is yet to come. After his international debuts in Kenya and Zanzibar in 2021 and 2022, respectively, his international management team is organizing a European tour for autumn/winter 2022-2023, culminating in a summer playing the European festival circuit in summer of 2023. Plans for tours to North America and Latin America follow.