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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17 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Natural Brown Prom Queen
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 09/09/2022
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Selfish Soul (ODESZA Remix)
Electronic - Lançado por Ninja Tune em 16/04/2023
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Water
Electronic - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 28/09/2017
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Sudan Archives
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 14/07/2017
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Sink
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 25/05/2018
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Selfish Soul
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 18/05/2022
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Home Maker
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 16/03/2022
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Nont For Sale
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 05/04/2018
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Iceland Moss - A COLORS SHOW
Soul - Lançado por COLORSxSTUDIOS em 21/01/2020
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Tall Tales
Kennebec, Hemlock Ernst, Sudan Archives
Ambient - Lançado por Night Time Stories em 06/07/2022
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NBPQ (Topless)
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 29/06/2022
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Black Vivaldi Sonata - A COLORS ENCORE
Soul - Lançado por COLORSxSTUDIOS em 25/06/2020
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Freakalizer (The Egyptian Lover Remix)
Sudan Archives, The Egyptian Lover
Electronic - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 28/09/2023
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Glorious (Nídia Remix)
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 16/10/2019
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Confessions (Velvet Negroni Remix)
Soul - Lançado por Stones Throw Records em 28/08/2019
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