Arca Band

Alejandro Ghersi, better known by his stage name Arca, is a Venezuelan record producer, consultant, mixing engineer and DJ based in Dalston, London. To date he has released two full length records, Xen (2014) and Mutant (2015), and later this year he'll be putting out his third full length titled Reverie. His breakthrough release was 2013's &&&&& mixtape which followed the release of Yeezus, which he worked extensively on. In addition, he is also known for his work with FKA Twigs, Kelela, and Bjork. He is doing huge things in the genre and giving a voice back to the LGBQT+ community in electronic dance music.

 

essential listening:

 

I like Arca!

 

this is the newest thing he's released. god i cant wait for his new record. his music is just so emotionally devastating to me, his music borders on relentlessly ugly and joyfully beautiful at the same time. so many contradictions coming together in such a perfectly crafted way. he is immensely talented behind the boards, he's had a huge influence on me ever since i heard yeezus and &&&&&. this song tho...just wow

 

and here's a stand out from mutant

so you get the picture of what he sounds like. disjointed club music thats been taken through the ringer until all that remains is the memory of something that's beautiful

 

god damn 'front load' is good. i need to listen to his albums.

 

@Jake Jenkins can you tell me what 'Xen (????? Edition)' is? it's the only version of Xen on spotify.

 

There's two bonus tracks on that one

 

hes a genius

 

imagine getting a random call from Björk to work with her on an entire album

 

saw Mutant at the record store and I don't think I've ever seen an album cover where I felt "I don't know what this is but I need it" as much as this lol. This record is pretty amazing though, every convention of electronic music sort of goes out the window haha

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/63960-arca-announces-new-album-shares-new-song-piel-listen

 

wow that is going to be sick

 

hyped for the album but seems like a weird track to lead with

 

I never got into Mutant for some reason, but Xen is

 

And nasty cover art.

 

This song is haunting

 

give mutant another shot. its fucking brilliant, heartbreaking, funny, intelligent, etc. its one of my favorite pieces of art ever

 

Video out today!

 

Anoche is cool too. This is really gonna be a different album, huh?

 

Can't say I'm loving the direction this is taking but I'll go into the full thing with an open mind

 

Another one

 

V weird but I'm at least enjoying the production on these songs

 

My goodness....

 

I am so into these songs.This album is going to be like a beautiful, Bjorkian, operatic nightmare.