About

Sludge Underground was founded by Nasiphi Zwane in Durban, in September 2016, with the aim of profiling local Alt bands that weren't getting mainstream radio coverage in the 031. Over time, the podcast started getting an influx of Hip-Hop artist submissions and eventually started profiling artists and creatives of all genres. 2020 was the year the podcast started experimenting with online interviews thanks to COVID, which opened up opportunities for the hosts to profile creatives from other provinces as well as international artists. The podcast has a very raw & conversational kind of approach to its interviews, that, combined with diverse guest appearances only means Sludge Underground truly lives up to its slogan 'Alternative & First Of Its Kind'

About the Hosts

Nasiphi Zwane

Founder

Nasiphi is the founder of Sludge Underground. He started the podcast in 2016. He hosts, edits & mixes the majority of the episodes, shoots & edits any visual content, designs & manages all Sludge social media pages & more

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

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

Andile Lunathi Phila Mathonsi

Host

Lunathi joined Sludge 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

John Allen Marks [Jeronimoh]

Musician

Musician, Composer, Audio Mixing Engineer