The boundary-breaking musician discusses anime, Format Festival, and her early 2000s fashion obsessions.
. Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s Toiletpaper magazine refashioned a barn into a dance club with their signature prints. Two founders of the iconic activist group the Guerrilla Girls held court at an installation that allowed festivalgoers to lodge their general complaints about the world. Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Alanis Morissette, and Jamie XX all had slots on the lineup. Yet, on Saturday afternoon the hottest attraction was undoubtedly Sudan Archive’s set.
The musician’s fans turned out to Format in droves—fitting, since the musician née Brittney Parks perfectly represents the art-meets-music ethos behind the multiday festival. After all, the self-taught musician blends various genres of violin with experimental electronica and pan-African melodies to stunning effect. Her most recent album,on Pitchfork’s, which cited the records “musical daredevilry and lyrical honesty.
Although the inspiration for her music may stem from different corners of the globe, the main inspiration for the powerful image she wields on stage is mainly inspired by princess-warrior characters from Japanese anime. Here, the musician talks her fashion inspiration, collaborations with the Los Angeles label No Sesso, and her off-duty style.I get the feeling you knew it was going to be hard for people to easily categorize the music you were making.
Onstage, I just need to feel comfortable. Also, I feel like: I have on no clothes, and I’m free. I don’t like when clothes me. I really don’t like feeling like they’re stopping me from jumping, or if I move a certain way something’s going to pop out.I kind of like to look like I’m ready to fight. I love Princess Leia’s looks, and outfits worn by princess-warrior anime characters.
They’re really good friends of mine. It started off with them styling me, and then they had a lot of special pieces they would just put on me. I like their take on fashion, how they’re making something that’s super familiar to me. They’re giving ghetto-fabulous chic a platform.When I’m offstage, at the house, I would say it’s not so stylized. It’s more yoga pants and gym outfits.I was very into what people were wearing on BET.
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