This Is The Deep

Formed by visual artist and musician Ranny Macdonald, This Is The Deep inhabits the fertile territory between music, art and theatre. Uniting musicians from across the UK, Brazil and Japan, the collective create richly layered songs that pair Brill Building songcraft with bold experimentation, evoking vibrant soundscapes of the contemporary London art-folk underground. As a collective, This Is The Deep extends beyond the music at the centre of the project. Painted sets, animation, theatrical storytelling and surreal visual design are woven into every aspect of the project, creating a fully realised universe that feels equal parts art-rock spectacle, folk tale and strange seaside dream. Inspired by the imaginative worlds of Terry Gilliam, Studio Ghibli and The Mighty Boosh, future live performances will see Everything brought to life through inflatable whale costumes, belly-of-the-beast stage designs, dancers, rafts and immersive theatrical elements that blur the boundaries between concert and performance art. Combining alt-rock, orchestral folk, chamber-pop and psychedelic pop with a fearless sense of adventure, This Is The Deep have built a reputation for creating immersive worlds where beauty, absurdity and emotional depth coexist.