Brittney Denise Parks - born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 29, 1994 – is a
violinist and vocalist who performs under the name Sudan Archives. Parks writes,
plays, and produces her own material. Growing up in Cincinnati, she taught
herself how to play violin in the fourth grade, eventually discovering the
playing style of Sudanese violinists. The turning point in her career is when
she began fusing the Sudanese folk music with electronic production, creating a
sound that was truly her own. Moving to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to study
ethnomusicology and music technology, she ...