The Fridge
Resident band at The Loft on Seventh Avenue in Melville, The Fridge are a neo-jazz band who refrain from taking a conventional approach to the standard form of jazz, instead fusing African folk, soul, rock and dub.
The band was born in July 2010 when the original Fridge [Mothusi Thusi and Adey Omotade] played with singer Samkelo Mdolomba at The Loft. The Fridge had split from playing with Bongeziwe Mabandla and were looking for a singer, while Mdolomba was looking for new avenues to explore his singing.
The Fridge, who are based in Johannesburg, have played at various venues within the city, such as House of Nsako, where they had their own slot on Wednesday evenings, Bassline, Moshito Music Conference and Darkie Cafe.
The three-piece band has Thusi on bass and electrical guitar and Omotade on drums.
The band launched their first EP on November 20.
