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class="mw-redirect" title="Electro music">Electro</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/House_music" title="House music">House</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Techno" title="Techno">Techno</a></li><li>Township tech</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rapper</li><li>singer</li><li>songwriter</li><li>producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2006–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Teka Records</li><li><a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop" title="Sub Pop">Sub Pop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/BBE_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="BBE Records">BBE Records</a> (former)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spoekmathambo.com/">official website</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Nthato Monde James Mokgata</b> (born 14 May 1985), known by his stage name <b>Spoek Mathambo</b>, is a South African artist, producer, singer-songwriter and rapper. Mathambo rose to fame in the late 2000s with his fusion of a wide array of musical influences.<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is known for coining the term ‘Township Tech’,<sup id="cite_ref-macfarlane_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macfarlane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to describe his sound. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mathambo hails from the <a href="/wiki/Township_(South_Africa)" title="Township (South Africa)">township</a> Rockville in <a href="/wiki/Soweto" title="Soweto">Soweto</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a township at the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>. The trombonist <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Gwangwa" title="Jonas Gwangwa">Jonas Gwangwa</a> is his uncle.<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Born in 1985, Mathambo grew up during the state of emergency in the final years of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">Apartheid</a>. In the mid 1990s his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Sandown,_Gauteng" title="Sandown, Gauteng">Sandown</a> an affluent suburb in <a href="/wiki/Sandton" title="Sandton">Sandton</a>, north of Johannesburg, where Mathambo attended <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Johannesburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St John's College, Johannesburg">St John's College, Johannesburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a teenager Mathambo showed an interest in creative writing and music, both of which he kept practicing while first studying medicine at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cape_Town" title="University of Cape Town">University of Cape Town</a> and later studying graphic design.<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Cape Town he became immersed in the local rap and electronic music scene where he gave his first gigs. Here, he also began to collaborate with <a href="/wiki/Watkin_Tudor_Jones" title="Watkin Tudor Jones">Waddy Jones</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Die_Antwoord" title="Die Antwoord">Die Antwoord</a>), producer Simon Ringrose (known as SiBot) and <a href="/wiki/Markus_Wormstorm" title="Markus Wormstorm">Markus Wormstorm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name Spoek Mathambo is derived from the South African sit-com <i>Emzini Wezinsizwa</i> which Mokgata liked to watch as a child<i>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-zvomuya_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zvomuya-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'Spoek' translates as ghost in <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>, 'Mathambo' as bones or skeleton in <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">isiZulu</a>. Together, the name translates as something like 'Ghost of Bones'<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 'Ghost Skeleton'.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006-2010:_early_projects_Sweat.X_and_Playdoe">2006-2010: early projects Sweat.X and Playdoe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2006-2010: early projects Sweat.X and Playdoe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Mathambo and Wormstorm started their electro rap-duo project Sweat.X and quickly rose to national prominence by releasing various mixes on their MySpace site.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year later, they signed to UK label Citinite, released their debut EP <i>Ebonyivorytron</i> and toured Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another of Mathambo's projects in the late 2000s was the duo Playdoe with SiBot (Simon Ringrose). Their debut mini-album <i>It's That Beat</i> was released in 2008 at label Try Harder and followed by a tour through Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, they released the album <i>Sibot & Spoek are Playdoe</i> followed in 2010 by the EP <i>African Arcade</i>, both with label <a href="/wiki/Jarring_Effects" title="Jarring Effects">Jarring Effects</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another album with the title <i>Bubble & Freeze</i> was released on Leonizer Records in 2010. Together with Starkey they released the EP <i>Freeze Step</i> in 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010-2011:_Mshini_Wam">2010-2011: <i>Mshini Wam</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010-2011: Mshini Wam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A series of mixtapes titled <i>H.I.V.I.P.</i>, periodically released on his blog in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> helped build Mathambo's reputation for creatively arranging different styles and genres.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mathambo's collaboration with Richard Rumney aka. Richard The Third called Moleke Mbembe eventually developed into a live band supporting Mathambo on his first album.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Mathambo's debut solo album <i>Mshini Wam</i> was released on Stockholm label <a href="/wiki/BBE_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="BBE Records">BBE Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title is derived from "<a href="/wiki/Umshini_wami" title="Umshini wami">Umshini Wami</a>", which translates as ‘Bring me my machine gun’, an anti-apartheid struggle song popular with <a href="/wiki/Umkhonto_we_Sizwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Umkhonto we Sizwe">Umkhonto we Sizwe</a>, the armed wing of the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a>, in the 1960s. It was also <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zuma" title="Jacob Zuma">Jacob Zuma</a>'s signature song in his bid for power in the late 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding the album's title, Mathambo stated: "My Machine in this case … is my platform to express a new wave of electronic African music blowing through the continent!"<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album includes the widely acclaimed song ''Control'', a cover of <a href="/wiki/Joy_Division" title="Joy Division">Joy Division</a>’s "<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Lost_Control" title="She's Lost Control">She's Lost Control</a>". The track's video was directed by South African photographer <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Hugo" title="Pieter Hugo">Pieter Hugo</a> and Michael Cleary, who received the Young Director Award at the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Festival_of_Creativity" title="Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity">Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The video also won the Gold Award at the South African <a href="/wiki/The_Loeries" title="The Loeries">Lories</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Mathambo was nominated in the Best African Act category for the 2011 <a href="/wiki/MOBO_Awards" title="MOBO Awards">MOBO Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2011, he gave a presentation ad <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a>xSoweto.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012:_Father_Creeper_&_Future_Sound_of_Mzansi"><span id="2012:_Father_Creeper_.26_Future_Sound_of_Mzansi"></span>2012: <i>Father Creeper</i> & <i>Future Sound of Mzansi</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2012: Father Creeper & Future Sound of Mzansi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 Mathambo moved to Seattle label <a href="/wiki/Sub_Pop" title="Sub Pop">Sub Pop</a> and release his second album <i><a href="/wiki/Father_Creeper" title="Father Creeper">Father Creeper</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It received four star reviews by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" title="Mojo (magazine)">Mojo</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Father Creeper</i> gained him a second nomination for Best African Act at the 2012 MOBO Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike its computerised predecessor, <i>Father Creeper</i> also contains live arrangements. For this, Mathambo collaborated with many artists and reviews described Mathambos music as ''a juxtaposing meltdown of styles that transcend even his own self-prescribed label of 'Township Tech'.''<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Mathambo went on a UK tour with <a href="/wiki/Damon_Albarn" title="Damon Albarn">Damon Albarn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nick_Zinner" title="Nick Zinner">Nick Zinner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same year, Mathambo also released his first compilation album <i>Future Sound of Mzansi</i>, consisting of tracks he produced during the last four years.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013-2014:_Escape_from_'85_&_Future_Sound_of_Mzansi_(film)"><span id="2013-2014:_Escape_from_.2785_.26_Future_Sound_of_Mzansi_.28film.29"></span>2013-2014: <i>Escape from '85</i> & <i>Future Sound of Mzansi</i> (film)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2013-2014: Escape from '85 & Future Sound of Mzansi (film)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mathambo published his fourth full-length release <i>Escape from '85</i> in July 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mixtape is a musical hommage to Mathambo's year of birth. A themed video game accompanied the release.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mathambo also contributed two tracks to the 2013 <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Hot_Organization" title="Red Hot Organization">Red Hot</a> + Fela</i> compilation<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and released a collaborative mini-album with US rapper Shamon Cassette calles <i>Wave Crusher</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As in the past two years, Mathambo was again nominated for Best African Act at the 2013 MOBO awards.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mathambo's debut feature-length documentary film, directed together with filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba, was released in mid-2014. Twenty years after the <a href="/wiki/Negotiations_to_end_apartheid_in_South_Africa" title="Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa">end of Apartheid</a>, the three-part series <i>Future Sound of Mzansi</i> presents samples of South Africa's vibrant landscape of electronical music.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'Mzansi' being the <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">isiXhosa</a> and isiZulu term for 'South', thus being the country's colloquial name in youth slang.<sup id="cite_ref-macfarlane_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macfarlane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the film's production, the Mathambo and Rasethaba travelled the country for two years to explored local genres and styles of electronic music.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The film is about the futuristic sounds throughout Mzansi right now," Mathambo explained in an interview. "We tend to get stuck on the radio stuff but in the country's crevices, nooks and crannies there are some really exciting progressive movements happening, from the poorest people to the upper classes."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The documentary features genres like Shangaan electro and <a href="/wiki/Gqom" title="Gqom">gqom</a>, as well as, musicians like <a href="/wiki/DJ_Mujava" title="DJ Mujava">DJ Mujava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(DJ)" title="Black Coffee (DJ)">Black Coffee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okmalumkoolkat" title="Okmalumkoolkat">Okmalumkoolkat</a> and many more. It premiered at the Durban International Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-macfarlane_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macfarlane-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014-2015:_CasaCosmica_&_Fantasma"><span id="2014-2015:_CasaCosmica_.26_Fantasma"></span>2014-2015: CasaCosmica & Fantasma</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014-2015: CasaCosmica & Fantasma"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Early 2014 saw Mathambo releasing material from another side project called CasaCosmica. For their album <i>Dark Arts</i>, befriended artists from six cities around the world had recorded material and shared the files via Dropbox.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mathambo also put out another mixtape of South African rap called <i>Cava The Combo (South African Rap Mix)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After two solo albums and two compilations, Mathambo formed a new five-piece group called Fantasma. The band includes Marvin Ramalepe aka. <a href="/wiki/DJ_Spoko" title="DJ Spoko">DJ Spoko</a> from Pretoria, <a href="/wiki/Maskanda" class="mw-redirect" title="Maskanda">Maskandi</a> multi-instrumentalist Bhekisenzo Cele from Durban, psychedelic rock guitarist André Geldenhuys from Cape Town and drummer Michael Buchanan.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five combine wide-ranging influences from traditional Zulu maskandi music, shangaan electro, hiphop, punk, house and more. They released their debut EP <i>Eye of the Sun</i> on <a href="/wiki/Soundway_Records" title="Soundway Records">Soundway Records</a> with Moonchild contributing vocals on two tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A year after their founding, Fantasma released their debut album <i>Free Love</i> in March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2017:_Mzansi_Beat_Code">2017: <i>Mzansi Beat Code</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2017: Mzansi Beat Code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Mathambo released his fifth solo-album, this time with Teka Records. Unlike in his earlier albums, <i>Mzansi Beat Code</i> contains little vocals by Mathambo himself but has other artists sing over his beats.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Isa Jawards from <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">the Guardian</a> described the sound of <i>Mzansi Beat Code</i> as "less raw and adventurous" and more "club-friendly house beats".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Piotr Orlov from <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> called the album the product of Mathambo's "lifelong pursuit of a pan-Mzansi aesthetic while also widening the garden of SA's delights to incorporate global vibes."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015-present:_Batuk">2015-present: Batuk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2015-present: Batuk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Teaming up with DJ Aero Manyelo and vocalists Carla Fonseca (aka. Manteiga), as well as, Nandi Ndlovu in 2015, Mathambo formed a new collective called Batuk.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Carla Fonseca, the band's name Batuk means 'drum' in Portuguese.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To records its debut EP <i>Daniel</i>, released in early 2016, Batuk set up in Mozambique.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EP was followed by a debut album <i>Musica da Terra</i>, also released in 2016, which was recorded in South Africa, Mozambique and Uganda, comprising collaborations with artists from all three countries.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collective aims to use house music to explore different African sounds and unify them in a pan-African fashion.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview, Mathambo explained: “The point of us mixing up these different cultures and languages is to show unity and to expose people, to make people not say ‘those are the other people’ but to say that ‘those are my people’."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Batuk continued as a duo consisting of Mathambo and Fonseca, who, in 2018, released their second EP <i>Move!</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by a worldwide tour. Later that same year, the duo released its second album <i>Kasi Royalty</i>. After the pan-African approach of their first album, <i>Kasi Royalty</i> focuses on South African township sounds - Kasi is a South African slang term for township.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mathambo lives in <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Ebonyivorytron</i> (2007, EP with Sweat.X)</li> <li><i>It’s That Beat</i> (2008, with Playdoe)</li> <li><i>Sibot & Spoek are Playdoe</i> (2008, with Playdoe)</li> <li><i>African Arcade</i> (2010, EP with Playdoe)</li> <li><i>Mshini Wam</i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Creeper" title="Father Creeper">Father Creeper</a></i> (2012)</li> <li>Future Sound of Mzansi (2012)</li> <li><i>Escape from '85</i> (2013)</li> <li><i>Wave Crusher</i> (2013, with Shamon Cassette)</li> <li><i>Eye of the Sun</i> (2014, EP with Fantasma)</li> <li><i>Free Love</i> (2015, LP with Fantasma)</li> <li><i>Daniel</i> (2016, EP with Batuk)</li> <li><i>Musica da Terra</i> (2016, LP with Batuk)</li> <li><i>Mzansi Beat Code</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>Move!</i> (2018, EP with Batuk)</li> <li><i>Kasi Royalty</i> (2018, with Batuk)</li> <li><i>Instrumental Tales From the Lost Cities of Azania</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Tales From the Lost Cities</i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Again She Reigns</i> (2020, with Batuk)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spoek_Mathambo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Future Sound of Mzansi</i> (2014)</li> <li><i>Burkinabe</i> (2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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