UMngomezulu is a South African DJ/Producer whom his passion for music began at an early age while he was playing around with music software.
Thulasizwe Mngomezulu known as “UMngomezulu” formally known as “Deepland” originally from Kwa Zulu Natal based in Johannesburg (South Africa) his musical touch evokes emotions and stands out from the crowd as it is influenced by organic/down tempo/deep melodic house.
He enrolled in a music production institute to get a full professional understanding of how to produce music in 2009 when he used a different alias “Deepland”. Growing up he was influenced by different African musical genres such as Maskandi, Umbhaqanga and Afrobeat.
Before learning how to produce professionally he did take piano and guitar lessons at the age of 15 which lead him to be more interested in arranging music than playing instruments. Even thou understanding how to play musical instruments does come in handy for him when his in studio, however he plans to collaborate with instrumentalists this year as he plans on releasing his debut album.
It will be his first time releasing an album as “UMngomezulu” yet again he did however release his first album as “Deepland” titled “Deepland presents Deep Inside” in 2010 under a label called Music, Myself and I. In 2018 he changed his stage name from “Deepland” to “UMngomezulu” which is his ancestral Clan name, the reason for change was to make the world understand that it’s okay to use your real African name given by your ancestors as it’s a surname used by many people from the same Clan. After releasing as “Deepland” he took a break from releasing music to focus on his studies in radio broadcasting and post production at the Academy Of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg, during that period he worked part time in a record shop called vinyl joint which happened to be a good thing for him since it’s the same record shop which signed him under its record label Music, Myself and I. From selling records and promoting music inside the shop the inspiration to release music again was revived as he came back with his first Ep independently as UMngomezulu in 2019 which received lots of love and support.
While releasing independently some of his music appears on well know record labels such as Deepershades Recordings, Candid Beings, Deep Obsession and Afromove Music. 2022 is going to be a busy year for UMngomezulu.
You can follow UMngomezulu at:
- Facebook: @UMngomezulu
- Twitter: @UMngomezulu_
- Instagram: @UMngomezulu
- Soundcloud: user-316742686
