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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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Natural Brown Prom Queen
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 9 Sep 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)
Electronic - Released by Ninja Tune on 16 Apr 2023
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Sudan Archives
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 14 Jul 2017
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Water
Electronic - Released by Stones Throw Records on 28 Sep 2017
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Home Maker
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 16 Mar 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Selfish Soul
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 18 May 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nont For Sale
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 5 Apr 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Iceland Moss - A COLORS SHOW
Soul - Released by COLORSxSTUDIOS on 21 Jan 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
NBPQ (Topless)
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 29 Jun 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tall Tales
Kennebec, Hemlock Ernst, Sudan Archives
Ambient - Released by Night Time Stories on 6 Jul 2022
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Black Vivaldi Sonata - A COLORS ENCORE
Soul - Released by COLORSxSTUDIOS on 25 Jun 2020
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Freakalizer (The Egyptian Lover Remix)
Sudan Archives, The Egyptian Lover
Electronic - Released by Stones Throw Records on 28 Sep 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Glorious (Nídia Remix)
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 16 Oct 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Confessions (Velvet Negroni Remix)
Soul - Released by Stones Throw Records on 28 Aug 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo