KwaZulu Natal Afro Soul artist releases debut album

Young up and coming Afro Soul artist from Ulundi, northern KwaZulu Natal believes he will teach fellow South Africans a lot through his music. He says his music will motivate the youth.
Ntuthuko “Mthuthu” Ndebele says he is not here(in the music industry) to make money but to educate, “I just want to teach fellow South Africans a few tricks of surviving in life, money would be just a bonus.” He says it was the experiences in life and the challenges he has faced that made him to write music.”I have gone through a lot in life so I would like to tell all that through my music,” said the 23-year-old.
Like all other boys, Mthuthu grew up playing soccer and says he was captain of his primary school team.”At primary I was playing soccer and I was captain of team B but when I got to grade seven things changed, I joined the school choir,” he recalled. He added they were compelled to join the choir, “As time went on I realised I had passion for music and talent and that is why I did Drama in high school just to get the basics.”
Mthuthu says he started as a Hip Hop artist with one of his friends from high school, Vusi and recorded two songs. “I first did Hip Hop with Vusi and recorded two tracks but when I moved to Durban in 2005, I was influenced by Kwaito and Afro Soul. That is why my upcoming debut album has a mixture of Kwaito and Afro Soul,” he said.
He says he has signed with Stano Productions, “We were just chilling with my boys siziculela (singing) so we thought why not we do a demo cd. So we did it and took it to Stano Productions Studios and they liked our style.”
Initially they started as a group of four members. ”We were four but due to other commitments my partners had, they couldn’t balance their time so I was left alone. At first it was tough but I moved on,” he sadly said.
The musician says he is busy with his debut album expected to be released at the beginning of May,” The album will be out in May and we are busy doing the final touch ups, people should go support local talent.”
“The album will be titled Life goes on which I think is motivational to anyone.”
According to Mthuthu people love his music, “when we visit radio stations like Zululand FM and Nanda FM, people calling in loved my music. Even those who saw my performance on SABC One’s Kids News, they enjoyed it.”
“I write my music and there’s a track about love, where I come from, and there is also tracks which are inspirational like Life goes on.
He has worked with a number of artists in his album including Deejay Stan who is the producer, Subzero, Piladu, S-kay and Da Marz. “If you notice these names my man you’ll see that these people I have worked with sing different genres of music. Take Piladu and S-kay for examples, Piladu sings Kwaito and S-kay does Hip Hop and I sing Afro Soul, I wanted to cater for all sorts of markets,” he said.
“I believed if you’re an artist you have to be versatile,” he added.
Mthuthu has also worked with AmaGroovies which is a group under TZZ Entertainment, Sosha, Bullustic and Piladu. “I have travelled with a number of artists just to get stage experience, in stage some people like to see how you perform not just the lyrics of your song,” he said.
He concluded by saying people should buy his album and support our national team,” Support Bafana Bafana in this 2010 world cup and don’t forget to buy my cd, most importantly stop piracy.”
Your can catch Mthuthu this Friday performing at Umgababa Department of Sports Music Show, then the following Friday he will be in Ulundi and Nongoma.