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In late 2001, Wormstorm was invited to submit music to the production music libraries of African Dope Records. This resulted in a number of minor synchronisation licenses, which Wormstorm spent on hand-made demos, which he then handed out at gigs and to friends. This brought him to the attention of Waddy Jones, front man of Johannesburg hip-hop group Max Normal and later frontman for the band Die Antwoord. When Jones disbanded Max Normal in early 2002, he and long-time DJ partner Sibot invited Wormstorm to collaborate on Waddy's The Constructus Corporation project, which resulted in the concept album and graphic novel The Ziggurat (ADOPECD009 African Dope Records 2002).[2]
Another copy of Wormstorm's demo reached Alex Threadgold, owner of New York-based electronic label Sound-Ink, which resulted in a three-album deal for Wormstorm. His first album for the label, Rachel the Bear, was released in digital-only format in 2006.[citation needed]
Together with Simon Ringrose (Sibot) and his brother Duncan Ringrose, Wormstorm formed the corporate sound design agency 'SAYTHANKYOU', which has won sveral Gold and Silver Loerie Awards for composition and sound design. Wormstorm's work has been used in advertising campaigns for Metro FM, VR Brandy, Audi, Ford, Nokia and local mobile network Cell C.[citation needed]
In December 2004, African Dope Records and management label Sshadoworkss released Wormstorm's self-titled debut South African album, bundled as part of a three-CD pack entitled The Real Estate Agents.[citation needed]
Wormstorm is also a writer and music producer for the animation collective The Blackheart Gang, which creates short films. The group's film The Tale of How (2006) toured with Resfest in 2007 and has won several animation awards, including the Canal+ Award at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in France. The film was nominated for the Annecy Cristal and won the Special Distinction Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
In 2006, Wormstorm launched a collaborative project with vocalist and long-time collaborator Spoek Mathambo called Sweat.X, described as "Afro-electro". Sweat.X signed a deal with the UK label Citinite in March 2007, and toured Europe in June/July 2007.
Wormstorm features in the 2010 South African documentary, The Creators, touring South Africa's Karoo with Sweat.X colleague Spoek Mathambo.[citation needed]
In 2013, he released a 12-track album, Not I, but a Friend.
In 2013 Wormstorm founded Honeymoon Studios, in Cape Town.
In 2014, he appeared in the documentary Future Sounds of Mzansi, interviewed as one of the pioneers of electronic music in South Africa. In that year, he also created an online store called 'The Wormstore' and Honeymoon Podcasts.[further explanation needed] His studio created three episodes with author Lauren Beukes and historian Max du Preez. In April 2015, Wormstorm won a Safta Award for Best Achievement in Original Score for his work on the feature film Four Corners.[3]
Later that year, he released a self-titled EP under the pseudonym of Akira on his own label, Biblo Records, for digital download.
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