Thabiso Thabethe

BIO

Born in 1994, the African Alien aka Thabiso Thabethe is a  singer-songwriter, music producer and red wine painter from a township called Winterveld in Pretoria South Africa. Despite being an afropop artist , Thabiso doesn’t limit himself to the genre as he enjoys to fuse styles, sounds and genres for his intricate and well thought out musical and artistic expression. 

Thabiso has managed to build a solid name for his brand as a local independent musician performing at prestigious events like: 

• MTN Bushfire Festivals (2018)
• Smoking Dragon Festivals (2017, 2018, 2021)
• Ginapalooza (2018)
• Mafalala Festivals (2018)
• Youth Expressions Festival (2018)
• Fete DeLa Musiq (2016, 2017, 2018)
• We One Music Festival (2018)
• Market @ The Sheds (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• Lauries (Brand SA Master class 2019)  
• Black Labone (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) 
• Won 2nd Place for Artist On The Rise At Homecoming Events (2022)
• Roar Bistro & Bar (2023)
• Bears Palace (2023)
• Find The Chill (2023)
• Tiny Town (2023 - 2024)
• Pata Pata Maboneng (2024)
• Open Window (2024)
• So Cafe (2024)
• NewTown Junction Bantu Kraal (2024)

The young artist started getting a lot of media attention when he discovered red wine painting in 2017 after producing 10 different portraits (1,5metres x 1metre) for his Messages From a Bottle mobile art exhibition. The exhibition was featured in:

• Lesotho (Cafe What? in Maseru)
• Johannesburg (New Acropolis Philosophy School)
• Mozambique (Mafalala Festival in Maputo)
• South African State Theatre's (Youth Expressions Festival) in Pretoria.

Different media houses took interest in his story including 

• Incub8t Mag
• Rekord News Paper
• CGTN
• Radio 702's South Africans Doing Great Things
• Destiny Magazine and other smaller media houses
• Daily Sun
• Sgandi Mag

Thabiso released his debut music project African Alien

 https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thabisothabethe/african-alien in 2020 and followed up with a second EP titled Born In Sgandi 

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thabisothabethe/born-in-sgandi on March 2021. His third offering Sgandi Revolution  

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thabisothabethe/sgandi-revolution  on November 2021 then followed by a phenomenal single release March 2023 titled Leboha

https://bfan.link/leboha

Thabiso followed up 2024 with the following singles…

https://bfan.link/for-me-3

https://bfan.link/dipatje

https://bfan.link/leboha-1

https://bfan.link/shine-24

https://bfan.link/amen-16

After a good streak of afropop singles, Thabethe followed up 2024 with a joint hip hop album titled BET ON YOURSELF with Muvhango actor Tebatso Mashishi, where Thabiso Thabethe is a producer and Mashishi aka Prodykal Son is the main rapper.

https://bfan.link/bet-on-yourself 

https://bfan.link/dangerous-16

Besides being on stage or in the art studio, Thabiso usually hosts monthly events called  SIZA PHUMELELA to provide a platform for artists in the township and developing emerging talent as an initiative to make a change in his neighborhood.

Connect with Thabiso Thabethe:

https://linktr.ee/thabisothabethe