World music talent comes no finer than that from the Shabalala family. The Shabalala family from eMnambithi is a music dynasty. Sibongiseni and Thamsanqa Shabalala, form the core of this hot, maskandi act. Already singing with the Ladysmith Black Mambazo on a full-time basis, the brothers met with Durban guitarist Maqhinga Radebe and started laying down some maskandi-style tracks. Shabalala Rhythm was originally formed in 1998. "We started talking about it while we were on tour in America, when we discovered that we had a lot of time on our hands. When we got back home that year, we started rehearsing a few songs that I had written; the first song[s were] "Ubuhle Bakho" and "Intombi Ingalile. We rehearsed a few weeks and called Maqhinga to come and join us with his guitar. Later that year we recorded three songs as to just [test] how they sounded and then I wrote more songs. We kept working on them until we had ten songs all together. Producer Mthandeni Mvelase, who partnered with Sibongiseni, in the production of the album, joined them. He has worked with artists such as Jabu Khanyile, Mbongeni Ngema and many other renowned artists. It was great working with him, he added many great ideas to the album and he didnt want to change what we had." The groups first album is called "Ubuhle Bakho," which directly translated means "Your Beauty".