Johannesburg's Spoek Mathambo (real name: Nthato Mokgata) first hotwired our world with a series of collaborative projects-Sweat X, Playdoe-that placed his smart, dirty vocals on top of electro-rap bangers that activated dance floors across the globe. Things went darker and deeper with his 2010 debut album, "Mshini Wam", a record which took Spoek's love affair with South African culture and his coined "township tech" as a starting point. As always, he pulled those influences in a direction all his own (incl. a pitched-down wobble-house cover of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control"). With the arrival of his second album, "Father Creeper", Spoek Mathambo makes the Afro-futurists look old school. Each song arrangement is a statement in and of itself. ... read more