Sudan Archives
As Sudan Archives, Brittney Parks has combined left-field strains of R&B, hip-hop, folk, and electronic music with the fiddling style of West Africa. The musician has advanced her unique approach with a pair of EPs and the full-lengths Athena (2019) and Natural Brown Prom Queen (2022), all of which have been released on the Stones Throw label.
The self-taught violinist, singer, songwriter, and producer started playing violin as a youngster in her native Cincinnati, Ohio. Parks' stepfather, Derrick Ladd -- a former music executive who had worked with L.A. Reid and Babyface as manager of the Deele and at LaFace Records -- primed Parks and her twin sister to become a teen pop act, but the effort was short-lived. After Parks moved to Los Angeles to study music technology, she started producing beats on a tablet computer with the addition of her vocals and strings, the latter increasingly inspired by immersion in Sudanese music.
While attending a Low End Theory party in her adoptive hometown, Parks met A&R/producer Matthewdavid, which led to a deal with Stones Throw. The label released the artist's self-titled debut EP in July 2017. Another EP, Sink, followed ten months later. For her first LP, she took a more collaborative approach and worked with a group of fellow producers who included Paul White, Rodaidh McDonald, and Wilma Archer. Parks and company recorded enough material for at least five albums, but the artist pared down the results for the concise yet stylistically expansive Athena, released in 2019.
Throughout the next few years, Parks' output took the form of standalone tracks and remixes. 2020 brought remixes of Athena tracks by Velvet Negroni and Nidia, and the next year Parks remixed the Automatic track "Strange Conversations." For her second Sudan Archives album, Parks retained some of her previous collaborators while branching out considerably with the likes of Hi-Tek, Nosaj Thing, and MonoNeon. The resulting Natural Brown Prom Queen landed in September 2022.
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16 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Athena
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 1 nov. 2019
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Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)
Electrónica - Editado por Ninja Tune el 16 abr. 2023
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Sudan Archives
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 14 jul. 2017
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Water
Electrónica - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 28 sep. 2017
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Natural Brown Prom Queen
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 9 sep. 2022
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Home Maker
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 16 mar. 2022
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Selfish Soul
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 18 may. 2022
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Nont For Sale
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 5 abr. 2018
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Iceland Moss - A COLORS SHOW
Soul - Editado por COLORSxSTUDIOS el 21 ene. 2020
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Freakalizer (The Egyptian Lover Remix)
Sudan Archives, The Egyptian Lover
Electrónica - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 28 sep. 2023
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NBPQ (Topless)
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 29 jun. 2022
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Black Vivaldi Sonata - A COLORS ENCORE
Soul - Editado por COLORSxSTUDIOS el 25 jun. 2020
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Glorious (Nídia Remix)
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 16 oct. 2019
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Confessions (Velvet Negroni Remix)
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 28 ago. 2019
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OMG BRITT
Soul - Editado por Stones Throw Records el 7 sep. 2022
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