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Sludge Underground Podcast

Your number one portal to South Africa’s most must-see emerging creatives. Join us on a thrilling journey through the creative landscapes of South Africa as we shine a spotlight on the nation's unsung artists, bands and untapped talents

Recent Episodes

May 16, 2024

Daisy Arson On Launching A New Project, Influences, And Musician Skillset

Let us know what you thought of this episode and we’ll put it up on our pages✍️ EP345: Marcel has a chat with local hyper-pop Artist Daisy Arson. Support the Show. Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhe…
May 7, 2024

Rocc Lobsters On The Durban Music Scene, Playing Festivals, And Being Authentic

Let us know what you thought of this episode and we’ll put it up on our pages✍️ EP344: KZN is legendary for epic festivals like Splashy Fen & Ballito Pro, but what about building a sustainable scene for artists? The awesome …
April 30, 2024

Sunken State on Relocating, Dealing With Lineup Changes, And Making Music You Enjoy.

EP343: Marcel has a chat with the rapidly growing Sunken State and their journey so far. Support the Show. Sludge Underground Podcast + Helps us continue making great content for listeners everywhere. Consider subscribing🔌 W…
April 23, 2024

The Ultimate Guide To Copyright & IP For Musicians with Legal Practitioner Beth Larriva

EP342: Learn the legal ropes of protecting you music with Beth Larriva of Farzanah Manjoo Attorneys, a boutique law firm that specialises in Intellectual Property Law, Civil Litigation, Deceased Estates, Wills, Contracts and…
April 16, 2024

From Bars to Cribs: Chyna The Artist on Fatherhood, Loss, and Durban Hip-Hop

EP341: Twins, rhymes, & prison times?! Chyna The Artist gets real on fatherhood, the Durban Hip-Hop scene, and more! Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere with Sludge Underground Podcast + Website ht…
April 9, 2024

Glamping Gone Wild, Clive vs Johni Holiday: Last Week's Recap

EP340: Hold onto your crockery, it's tea time! Marcel and Nasiphi dive headfirst into the crazy world that is the South African music scene. Buckle up as we dissect the exorbitant ticket prices for the upcoming event, Daisyl…

Recent Blog Posts

Sunken State On Relocating, Dealing With Lineup Changes & Making Music You Enjoy

In a recent episode, Marcel spoke to an unavoidable favourite in the local metal scene, Sunken State. Here’s some of what the band had to say about their journey so far, from the full interview. Assembling the Band Sunken State has gone thro…

Splice It Up: The Future of Sampling with Zain Wolf

In a recent episode Meagan King and Nasiphi Zwane had the pleasure of chatting to Zain Wolf, a talented sampler for Splice, Audeobox, and Saturate Records. Here are some of the points we touched on in the full interview. Future of Sampling As musi…

This South African Band Is Poised To Change The Game: Read Why

Shameless, a three-piece band hailing from Soweto, South Africa, made waves with the release of their inaugural album, 'Nkabi Rock,' a little over a week ago. Here’s everything you need to know about why this release could be a game changer. …

About the Hosts

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Nasiphi Zwane

Founder

Nasiphi founded Sludge Underground back in 2016. He hosts, edits & mixes the majority of the episodes, shoots & edits any visual content, designs & runs the social media content across Instagram/all social media pages & more

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Meagan King

Host

Meagan is one half of reclusive duo from Johannesburg, Lemon Dove & she jumped on the show during lockdown 2020. In addition to hosting & curating episodes like WOMANITY, 5 Years of Sludge, Goodbye 2021/Hello 2022 & more, she also edits episodes, co-produces some of the music you hear within our content, structures the annual schedule & more. She also made these beautiful illustrations of us

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Marcel Smuts

Host

Marcel has been involved from the very first episode back in 2016. He is the guitarist of Thorns Of Ivory and has a booming YouTube channel. He generally hosts and edits some of the band/alt episodes

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Andile Lunathi Phila Mathonsi

Host

Lunathi got involved in 2018 and he is a rap artist under The Remedy. He’s also a language practitioner by profession & hosts some of the Hip-Hop episodes

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John Allen Marks [Jeronimoh]

Musician

Musician, Composer, Audio Mixing Engineer