User:Koosswart/sandbox

Koos Swart is an internet artist and the first big MTV muse. He is a regular source of inspiration for Enigma, the Prodigy, Muse and the Foo Fighters and noted for innovative thinking and exceptional language skills.

He invented teamplay in computer graphics in the demoscene. The Prodigy, Enigma, Oasis, Muse, Blur and an undetermined amount of other artists were inspired by it.

He is the "wu" from the album "The W" by the Wu-Tang Clan which is a tribute to him helping Shirley Manson of the band Garbage to relax a bit. Other artists that were inspired by it are Madonna, Blur, and several others.

He deciphered a part of the Quran which turned out to be poetry, most of which is not religious in nature. U2 made "magnificent" as a tribute and "get on your boots" as a tribute to his entire influence and the effort of others to emphasize that influence.

Later a a human behavioural model was made by Koos. Rammstein was inspired by it and made the song "Ich tu dir weh" as a tribute. Several other artists were influenced by it as well.

The song "I follow rivers" by Lykke Li is a tribute to his influence. The video for the song was shot by Tarik Saleh who gave away a personal message regarding the new Quran translation.