Deep house slows house music down a few BPM and trades brightness for warmth — Rhodes-style chords, jazz harmonies, soulful or spoken-word vocals, and rounded sub-bass. The template was set in mid-1980s Chicago by Larry Heard (Mr. Fingers), whose tracks like "Can You Feel It" defined the emotional palette. The genre was rebuilt in the 2000s by US labels like Strictly Rhythm and Defected and again in the 2010s as a chart-friendly Pop sound, though the underground returned to the original sensibility. Tempo usually ranges 118–124 BPM. The contemporary deep-house circuit is global — South African scenes around Black Coffee have been particularly influential, fusing it with Afro House textures.