Host
Andile Lunathi Phila Mathonsi
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
Sludge Underground Podcast
Your number one portal to South Africa’s most must-see emerging bands & creatives. We host super chilled interviews with local musicians in a bid to help you discover the best of them before anyone else. We also occasionally chat to established musos for music industry insights. Join us on this riveting journey highlighting the gritty and alternative musical corners of South Africa
Contributors
Host
Marcel Smuts
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
Host
Meagan King
Meagan is one half of the 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
Host
Nasiphi Zwane
Nasiphi is the drummer of Thorns Of Ivory & a court interpreter by profession. He 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
Guests
Guest
Hi Anxious
Hi Anxious emerged from the depths of Cape Towns scene with a dark heart and a good attitude.
Their first single Untitled.01, marking the start of an album cycle more than 2 years in the making.
The to be announced EP was recorded at LuvBuzz Studios and produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves. The EP features 6 energetic, emotive, and stylistically varying songs, lending sounds and themes from psychedelia, grunge, emo, hardcore, metal and prog.
You wont find Hi Anxious playing your local dive bar two weekends in a row. Instead, the band prefers to carefully curate their live shows, either by mindfully picking a venue and dates that ensures a great fan experience, or they do it the hard way and host their own. This ethos remains a through-line in everything they do, whether its hand-making merch, working with local artists on design, or writing the music. For Hi Anxious, the easy way is rarely the best way.