September 7, 2025
Page Auditorium
Presented by Duke Arts Presents
“some of the most viscerally gorgeous music put to record”
The New Yorker
“Sudan Archives’ music celebrates digging. With infectious curiosity, her oddball collages of hip-hop, electronic and globally sourced folk bridge worlds and tramp through them, encouraging you to forge your own routes as well.”
NPR
For the final performance in Duke Arts Opening Week, Sudan Archives brings her genre-blurring, soul-shaking sound to Durham. Described as “the violin’s domme” by The New Yorker, Sudan doesn’t just play the violin—she commands it, looping riffs into whole orchestras, flipping classical training into raw, radiant funk.
There’s a little of Durham’s own Betty Davis in her wild originality, dazzling stage presence, and Afro-futurist vibes. With every live performance, Sudan Archives redefines what it means to be a one-woman powerhouse.
Please note: the evening kicks off at 6:30 PM with an opening set by Gemynii, a Durham-based DJ and cultural force known for her genre-blending, high-energy dance floors.
As Sudan Archives, Brittney Parks has combined left-field strains of R&B, hip-hop, and experimental electronic music with hypnotic string loops and the fiddling style of West Africa, as heard on her critically acclaimed album Natural Brown Prom Queen (2022). The self-taught violinist, singer, songwriter, and producer started playing violin in her native Cincinnati, Ohio. 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.
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Page Auditorium
402 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC 27708
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Gemynii is a powerhouse on the decks and a cultural force in Durham, NC. As co-founder of The Conjure, she curates unapologetically Black, queer-centered dance floors that celebrate freedom, joy, and community. Known for her genre-blending sets that move from house to hip hop to global rhythms, Gemynii has shared stages with groundbreaking artists like Oshun and Miguel, and most recently lit up the crowd at Raleigh Pride, opening for the legendary Crystal Waters. With every set, she transforms the dance floor into a space of liberation, connection, and pure magic.
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