Archive

Over three decades of continually evolving line-ups, ever shapeshifting combinations of genres and a dozen studio albums, Archive have established themselves as one of the most enduring and exploring British bands of the last 30 years. They have amassed a huge following in Europe, where they play 3000 or 4000 capacity venues - twice, over consecutive nights, in the bigger cities. However, in much the same way as Seattle’s Jimi Hendrix became a star in the UK before his American homeland and Kraftwerk experienced a slower journey to success in their native Germany than further afield, in Britain Archive remain a relatively-well kept secret. Despite the enormous press acclaim lavished on their genre-busting 1996 debut, Londinium, their profile at home is dwarfed by that in Europe and many of the albums that sell so well on the continent haven’t seen a British release at all.