Dom Chronicles Defies Explanation

Intersection is the grey space of abundance. It allows fascinations to become destiny and side hustles to bloom into buildable foundations. Dom Chronicles has become a maverick of deciphering the high and low notes of collaboration found at creative intersections. Since the release of his 2014 freshman album, ATOMS, Dom has grown into the persona of a visionary renaissance man: he’s been rapping, producing, emceeing, and DJing in Kansas City and beyond for the better part of a decade. His collaborative efforts are plenty and impressive, having built an innovative, artistic community that includes the likes of visual artists, filmmakers, radio personalities, bloggers, journalists, music makers, producers, and healing and wellness workers. 

This year, even while promoting and plugging the inspired makers who inspire him, Dom was fixed under the creative focal lens as he released his fourth studio album Let Go Outside: Deluxe Edition. It serves as an expansion on 2020’s Let’s Go Outside and is a study in “spirituality, self-belief, motivation, growth, and abundance” that sounds like a soul-filled, sentimental soundtrack to the summer of a lifetime in a racialized, mid-Covid America. 

“Synchronization, that's all that was about,” Dom said. “I wanted to do a lot of this last year. But, I went through some things in my life and felt like music wasn’t my first priority at the moment. So I rebranded and refreshed it, added more songs—now I’m getting something out there to prepare people for what’s next.”

Not being someone to keep to one corner of the imaginative area, Dom, along with fellow KC-based mastermind Chris Swap, produced a Black-focused “spiritual wellness club” called Grand Rising. The pillars of this non-material work include meditation, practicing gratitude, reading spiritual literature, and spending time in nature. 

“Our biggest goal of Grand Rising has been to offer a safe space for people who want to learn more about spirituality or people who haven't meditated before where they can come and feel comfortable—especially Black people and our Black youth,” Dom said. 

Dom lauds meditation and manifestation practices that allow him to flourish at his own personal intersection of spirituality and musicianship. 

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Read full article in Issue 006 of ByDesign Magazine.

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