Who's Nia Archives
A proud young British black woman who grew up in a predominantly white area, it’s important to Nia to take up space in jungle as a young Black woman, representing her Jamaican roots and carving out space for other Black women to see themselves in the genre. Heavily influenced by soundsystem culture and carnival - the good vibes, energy and uniting quality of which undeniably teems through her music, she’s also inspired by artists and icons like Erykah Badu, Angela Davies, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Maya Angelou and more - all women who in their own way have represented and pushed forwards generations of black women.
Born in Leeds where her earliest memories of music are deeply rooted in her Jamaican heritage, after moving out at 16, she relocated to Manchester, where her way of getting to know people was through raves and house parties. Forming a close community of like-minded ravers, she felt emboldened to take the mic at house parties to sing and freestyle, soon dabbling in production with a downloaded crack version of Logic. A quintessentially British scene and moment in electronic music history, Nia is inspired by and identifies with the imperfect old-skool grit of rave tapes from the late 80s and early 90s; taking reference from and adding her own unique spin.
Making a euphoria inducing, club ready productions self described as a ‘bit of a melting pot’ - Nia fuses different sounds together with a production style that is heavily influenced by everything from UK rave and dance culture such as old skool jungle, hardcore, UKG and Dubstep, as well as gospel, soul, R&B and jazz. Working with the likes of Redlight, P-Rallel, Jakwob, IZCO, V Recordings and more, the future is bright for this exciting new artist on the Jungle and Drum & Bass scene.
Born in Leeds where her earliest memories of music are deeply rooted in her Jamaican heritage, after moving out at 16, she relocated to Manchester, where her way of getting to know people was through raves and house parties. Forming a close community of like-minded ravers, she felt emboldened to take the mic at house parties to sing and freestyle, soon dabbling in production with a downloaded crack version of Logic. A quintessentially British scene and moment in electronic music history, Nia is inspired by and identifies with the imperfect old-skool grit of rave tapes from the late 80s and early 90s; taking reference from and adding her own unique spin.
Making a euphoria inducing, club ready productions self described as a ‘bit of a melting pot’ - Nia fuses different sounds together with a production style that is heavily influenced by everything from UK rave and dance culture such as old skool jungle, hardcore, UKG and Dubstep, as well as gospel, soul, R&B and jazz. Working with the likes of Redlight, P-Rallel, Jakwob, IZCO, V Recordings and more, the future is bright for this exciting new artist on the Jungle and Drum & Bass scene.
