SWEAT.X

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The Ebony Ivory Tron. Kool Disko Okapi plays the charismatic Ndebele counterpoint to the LAN Lord’s exuberant Afrikaaner. They’re like a 20ft acrylic painting of a black hand holding a white hand against a bed of fur and wires…Afrika on Blast!! Sweat.X are Spoek Mathambo, ‘The Kool Disco Okapi’ and Markus Wormstorm, ‘The LAN Lord’. They are The Ebony & Ivory Tron. 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.” Mathambo, aka The Royal Disco Knife, elaborates: “My real name’s Nthato Mokgata. I like to think of myself as the Ndebele prince (and I don’t mean prince like diamante studded one piece lycra suits and hi-heels, but I mean Maraba royal family of Polokwane). My connection to the crown is somewhat remote, but it makes me feel fun inside. “I’m the singer, dancer, songwriter, fashion-face in Sweat.X, along with the incredibly talented Markus Wormstorm. Now 22, I live in Johannesburg with my family and have been writing songs since I was ten. I never thought I could be a professional rapper – I wanted to become a ninja, a computer programmer and a doctor – but eventually went to med school and ditched the whole ninja thing. I then ditched the whole med school thing and learned to make pictures on the computer… graphic design. I’ve now decided I will become a professional rapdancer.” Over the last two years Sweat.X have developed their self-desc

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