“reflective jungle from an essential new star”
“Judging by the cameraphone footage, Nia Archives’ support slot at the last of Beyoncé’s 2023 London gigs was not an unqualified success. Archives has suggested she “got a lot of hate for playing jungle” at the show: the audience certainly look like it’s the last thing they want to hear. Then again, you could divine much from the fact that she was there at all: drum’n’bass producers from Bradford r”
“The British producer’s debut full-length illustrates her gift for rewiring jungle into arena-sized pop catharsis.”
“Over the last few years, Nia Archives has been pushing the boundaries of what jungle can be. From sharing her early songs and remixes during her SoundCloud days in 2019 to releasing her Headz Gone West, Forbidden Feelingz and Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against tha Wall EPs in the following years, the 24-year-old Bradford-born artist has already covered plenty of ground as a producer, DJ and singer-songw”
“Nia Archives uses Silence Is Loud to bring jungle's latest era to a new generation”