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Sudan Archives Releases 'The BPM,' A High-Tempo Dance Pivot Under Gadget Girl

Drawing on Chicago and Detroit foundations, the record turns her Midwestern lineage into high‑tempo club music presented with an interactive, tech‑led stage show.

Overview

  • Out now on Stones Throw Records, the album prioritizes fast tempos and club forms—house, techno, drum and bass, and trap—woven with her signature electric violin.
  • Parks centers a tech alter ego called Gadget Girl, which informs both the album’s sound and a live setup with no traditional band and bow‑triggered lighting and transitions.
  • Sessions in Detroit and Chicago involved family collaborators and Chicago’s D‑Composed string quartet, with arrangements by Ben Zucker to amplify the strings against electronic production.
  • Taking the helm as executive producer, Parks describes a firmer, boundary‑setting approach to protect the clarity of her vision.
  • She is preparing U.S. and European dates, including a Feb. 5 performance at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, with a video‑wall element tied to the album’s concept.