Get Guardian on GooglePianist and music director Samson Adedokun, known as Tobi Soul, took his gospel collective The Xembles Worship to Lightship95 Music Studio in London in May 2025 to record original tracks and live recording for its first releases.
Adedokun founded the group in February 2024. It has 15 singers and musicians from different cultural and racial backgrounds, and it writes original gospel music with a focus on vocal harmonies and arrangements. As Music Director, he works with members on songwriting, arranging and preparing for studio sessions.
The group is one of several strands in his work. Adedokun is primarily a pianist, but he also composes, arranges and produces. Most of his work is gospel, though he has collaborated with musicians and organisations outside the church.
He joined the band Mistaologo in 2022. Beyond playing piano, he works on arrangements and prepares the group for live shows.
In 2024, he played or directed music for CCC Elephant and Castle, Daystar London, Rehoboth Parish, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, and Shiloh Parish. He prepared singers and instrumentalists for services and special events. Some of this work was paid and some was voluntary.
He also arranged Glory, a 2024 song by gospel singer Deyimika, and the two are working on further projects. In October 2024.
