Silence Is Loud Vinyl – Nia Archives

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Available with Vinyl records London. New Vinyl Records Nia Archives Nia Archives is not interested in being one fixed thing. Since emerging in 2020, the 24yearold producer, DJ, singer and songwriter has been at the forefront of the latest era of jungle.The Bradfordborn, Leedsraised artist has garnered accolades including placing third in theprestigious BBC Sound Poll for 2023, alongside a nomination for the Brit Awards Rising Starprize, plus wins at the DJ Mag, NME, the MOBOs and Artist and Manager Awards. She hasalso toured the world be it North America, Europe or Asia and even opened a show inLondon as part of a little something called Beyoncs Renaissance World Tour. Shesrenowned as a partystarter in her own right, too, with takeovers at Glastonbury, WarehouseProject and her own Bad Gyalz day event. Shes done official remixes for the likes of JorjaSmith, had a huge summer hit with her Yeah Yeah Yeahs rework Off Wiv Ya Headz, andworked with brands like Corteiz, Nike, Flannels, Burberry, FIFA and Apple. In just threeyears, its fair to say that Nia Archives has become a needtoknow name in dance music.On Silence Is Loud, her muchanticipated debut album, Nia Archives sounds thrillingly freeas she looks to make music for beyond the rave. Working with Ethan P. Flynn known for hiswork with FKA twigs and David Byrne Nia is intent that Silence Is Loud is taken in as a fullbody of work of something more songfocussed, putting interesting sounds on jungle. Itmeans that this is a record which finds gloomy Britpop, warm Motown, soaring indie, a lovefor Kings of Leons Aha Shake Heartbreak, skittering IDM, Madchester, classic rock, oldskool hardcore and more, woven and fused into her ragga and junglist tapestry, all layeredwith feeling, imbued with her songwriterly lyricism about loneliness, relationships, family,navigating her 20s, and the intense potential power of silence.Sitting in the push and pull between melancholy and euphoria, Nias work is always asnapshot of where shes at when shes making it. This might not be the debut album youwere expecting, but thats what makes Silence Is Loud so special. Nia Archives has learnedthe rules of her sound, and is unafraid to break them, pushing jungle and herself into new,unchartered territories that, in turn, go some way to map the history of the greats of Britishdance music. More than that, it plants her firmly in that lineage.