Samthing Soweto

Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba also known as Samthing Soweto is a musician from Soweto, a township in Johannesburg South Africa. Samthing Soweto started his career as one of the founding members of the South African acappella group The Soil. The group released their self-titled debut album in 2011, under record label Native Rhythms. Samthing Soweto dismembered from the group, however is honorably credited for his outstanding vocal appearance, co-writing, composing and producing 8 of 11 songs on their multi-platinum selling album The Soil.

His first solo project was an independently released EP titled This n that without tempo, which featured a tribute to Mama Miriam Makeba titled Peace N Lovely Things. His genre sound has been described as "Pantsula culture meets New Wave World at Amsterdam’s Paradiso and then proceeds to dingy Soweto or Bulawayo shebeens like the South African sounds of Marabi, Isqathamiya, Imbube, American doo-wop or the early Trenchtown Wailers; in HD."

Samthing Soweto is also known for his appearance as front man for Nu jazz band The Fridge" under record label Motif Records. The band consisted of Samthing Soweto on vocals; drummer, Ade Omotade and bassist Muthusi Thusi. The band gained local success playing as the house band at "The Loft" in Melville Johannesburg as well as local shows and festivals. The Fridge have also made television sighting on acclaimed music shows such as Espresso. Their EP Bass Drum & Sam was released online in 2011. The Fridge disbanded in 2015 due to two members of the trio relocating, Thusi to the USA and Ade to Nigeria.

Samthing Soweto also appears as collaborator and producer on a South African poetry Album I Am Not Going Back To The Township released in 2013 by Makafula Vilakazi. The album uses the local dialects (Zulu, Sotho and Tsotsi taal) of the township to communicate and discuss matters of class, poverty, literacy as well as life for a black man in modern South Africa. The LP was released in a sold out theatrical show at the Soweto Theatre.

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