Sweat.X are Spoek Mathambo 'The Kool Disco Okapi' and Markus Wormstorm 'The LAN Lord' operating out of Cape Town, South Afrika. Mathambo plays the Ndebele counterpoint to Wormstorm's exuberant Afrikaaner: 'We're like a 20ft painting of a black hand holding a white hand against a bed of fur and wires.' Over the last years Sweat.X have developed their self described 'future-primitive' and 'black sweat' brand of patois littered electro. We had a quick word with the guys from Sweat X.
"I am really enjoying Johannesburg for the fact that my Grandmother lives there and refuses to leave because she is neither a bird or a fish - Spoek"
Who are you guys?
Spoek: nervous newly wed south african royalty...
Markus: the girl next door
What got you into music, and what makes you keep on doing it?
Spoek: family...dad*s a jazz fiend...mum loves to sing...so does my sister...my elder brother and sister were coming into their teens in the late 80s so i was influenced by all tht mess.
Markus: ….
If we'd like to trade something for an exclusive track, what should the CFYE delivery man bring to your door?
Spoek: send a cheque...or a rack of ribs
Markus: that will have to be pretty obscure.... maybe a autecre' / fela kuti colab.
What's your favourite item to take on the road with you?
Spoek: wife...or laptop
Markus: my tophat....though its often the bane of my existence
Something really fun about us:
Spoek: i sit when i pee...it allows me the freedom to write raps or play games on the loo without having to drop the kids off at the pool
Markus: im addicted to jogisip, though my ears itch when i drink it.
Best venue / location we should check out?
Spoek: me mum*s house gets really live!
Markus: where globally.... panama jacks bar in cape town... though i doubt you'll ever find it..kekekeke
Which dance move do you rock on or off stage?
Spoek: i don*t really dance much anymore since i got married...it*s like the mating dance i been doing all these years has coome to it*s conclusion...washing dishes. my favourite move is the God-step though...my dance mentor is DJ Sibot, he*s fucked...youtube him.
Markus: the producer
Which track can you guys play over and over again?
Spoek: hmmm...DJ Clock *AFRICANISM* IS SIIIIIIIICKLY..I LOVE IT TO BITS...EQUAL PARTS CLUB TROPICANA AND POST PUNK ANGST;
Markus: at home she's half by american analogue set, in a club: hugo and daniel.. papini softuer
What does your equipment setup looks like?
Spoek: Right now since i dropped my kaos pad 200 times, my setup is a nose over a mouth under a set of bleedy eyes
Markus: like a little city built my a super conducting light based pan dimensional beings.
If you had to give your music a candy flavour, which would it be?
Spoek: Salty liquorice
Markus: grenadilla jogisip
Who is your favourite movie/gaming/cartoon character?
Spoek: the banshee bitch from mortal combat two
Markus: White from Tekkon Kinkreet
Which artist would you like to work with?
Spoek: Fine artist AthiPatra from Johannesburg...or the art collective Avant Car Guard...they are all my favorite visual artists right now...musicians...I love Douster*s stuff...i have done a tune with him...and a kid out of Warsaw called Sekta...he is MESSSY!! my fantasy lineup is Prince, Sun Ra, LVIS1990 and Fela Kuti
Markus: er... ray ceasar? ree treweek?
If you could fill a swimming pool with something, what would it be?
Spoek: PORK RIBS!!
Markus: the corpses of agency creatives.
Favorite city, and coolest thing about it?
Spoek: I am really enjoying Johannesburg for the fact that my Grandmother lives there and refuses to leave because she is neither a bird or a fish.
Markus: a town becomes a city when it gets a cathedral right?
so my favorite town is Nieu-Bethesda in the Karoo (a desolate landscape in sa.) the silence and the owls.
What can we expect from you in the future?
Spoek: Sweat.x is working on a choral project with blind kids from just outside of Johannesburg...this should be interesting.
Markus: probably a nervous breakdown, maybe ill find religion... i dont know....im very busy... making music videos with daniel levi... publishing books....making short films..... building monuments (really)....... so i guess keep you eyes peeled...or better yet check out my site mysterio.tv
- a special photography thanks to NikaNika.com
