ARCA

Description

Arca is a Venezuelan artist, DJ, composer, and producer who presents himself here as a singer on his new album and first on the XL label. With two albums and arrangements for Kanye West (Yeezus), Björk (Vulnicura), Kelela, and FKA twigs, Arca is undoubtedly one of today's most influential producers in the electronic music scene. Arca follows Xen, released in the fall of 2014, and Mutant the following year, both on the prestigious Mute label. The prolific Alejandro Ghersi, who hides behind this pseudonym, delivers his latest work, a personal experience made from an assemblage of emotions and physical states, all performed for the first time, and in Spanish to boot! In a statement, he affirms: "Here are my voice and my guts: it's up to you to judge" and "It's like bullfighting; you are a spectator of emotional violence for pleasure. So it's a character who, almost mockingly, digs to the point of discomfort, to self-mutilation. You want gore? Here's gore." Everything is said; ARCA is a great record that adds a new stone to the edifice of this genius producer's career.