Sudan Archives

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Brittney Denise Parks , better known by her stage name Sudan Archives , is an American violinist, singer, songwriter and producer .

biography

Parks grew up in Cincinnati , Ohio . In the fifth grade ( 4th grade ), that is, from the age of 9 to 10, she began to play the violin; she taught herself the instrument. She also played the violin in the church choir.

Her stepfather, a music producer, wanted to set up Parks as a pop duo with her twin sister. When that failed, Parks went for a solo career. At 19 she moved to Los Angeles , where she was able to get hold of a contract with the Stones Throw Records label .

After two EPs (2017 and 2018), her debut album Athena was released on November 1, 2019 , which received consistently positive reviews.

Musical style

According to Yuki Schubert ( taz ), Sudan Archives created “a hyper-modern version of R&B, in which the classical instrument becomes a hypnotizing rhythm generator.” This is accompanied by self-programmed beats and their own singing, “sometimes gently vulnerable, sometimes challenging and daring”. The basis of this sound comes from Africa, particularly Sudan and Ghana , although Parks never lived there.

Discography

album

  • 2019: Athena

EPs

  • 2017: Sudan Archives
  • 2018: Sink

Singles

  • 2017: Water
  • 2019: Confessions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rebecca Haithcoat: Sudan Archives: She's Different . Pitchfork Media , August 17, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c d Yuki Schubert: Can you cover me up, please? taz , November 1, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Julia Lorenz: Sudan Archives: Athena . Music Express . October 31, 2019
  4. ↑ a b Arno Raffeiner: "I use my violin like a sword" . Spiegel Online , November 1, 2019
  5. ↑ Jon Pareles: Sudan Archives Is Making R&B Deeper and Stranger . New York Times , November 4, 2019 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Sudan Archives
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brittney Denise Parks (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American violinist, singer, songwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century