Listen: Arca – “Soichiro”

Experimental electronic producer Arca shared some new music from his forthcoming record titled Mutant earlier this week. “Soichiro” is a wild ride of glitchy, scattery percussion and twisted synth sounds juxtaposed in moments of stark, minimal hums and swooshes. 

Mutant does not currently have an official release date but should be out before year’s end.

Download/Listen: Arca - "Sheep" Mix

Arca returns to the fold today with some new music and it comes less than 24-hours after Björk officially announced her new LP which as previously reported heavily features the Venezuelan producer. We will have to wait till March until Vulnicura officially drops but luckily for fans Hood By Air had Alejandro put together Sheep, a score to accompany a Florentine fashion show for the widely overpriced, uninspired and often hideous fashion line.

The eleven-track playlist features bits and pieces from FKA Twigs, Björk, and Lana Del Rey.

Track List:

1:Mothered
2. Pity
3. Drowning
4. En
5. Faggot
6. Submissive
7. Umbilical
8. Hymn
9. Don’t / Else
10. At Last I Am Free (interlude)
11. Immortal

Video: Arca – “Xen”

Arca and Jesse Kanda continue their creative partnership with another new video, this time for the stellar title track from Arca’s Xen LP.  Much like the visuals we have seen so far, “Xen” keeps things dark, distorted, atmospheric and odd in the best way possible.

Video: Arca – “Now You Know”

Arca has been keeping pretty active as of late and with the release of his new LP, Xen on November 4th, it only makes sense to be out their promoting the material with appearances, remixes and videos. “Now You Know” is the latest song from the forthcoming LP to get the video treatment and it stays true to the Venezuelan’s aesthetic matching the producer’s creepy alien like sounds to a T. Jesse Kandra once again handles the animation on this one, choosing to find inspiration from fireworks.

Video: Arca - "Thievery"

Arca returns to us today with a Jesse Kandra directed video for his latest single, “Thievery.” I shared an audio stream of the tune several weeks back but Alejandro isn't the type of cat to just phone in his visuals, often providing the viewer with something as equally strange and wonderful as his music tends to be. The tune will appear on the Venezuelan’s forthcoming LP, Xen, which is scheduled to drop on November 4^th via Mute records.

In addition to working on his own music, Acra has also been named as the sole producer for Björk’s new album. 

Listen: Arca - "Thieves"

24-year-old Venezuelan recording  artist, Arca, real name Alejandro Ghersi, is in-demand as ever after making a name for himself in 2013 with his production credits on Kanye West’s Yeezus. Of course I’ve also praised the producer for his work on early FKA Twigs material in 2012 where he also lent some of his signature uneasy production. Though Ghersi has issued a couple of full-length releases before; 2012's Stretch 2 for UNO and last year's &&&&& for Hippos In Tanks; Xen is being billed by Mute Records as his official debut album. It'll arrive on digital, CD and vinyl formats. Limited to 500 copies, the vinyl edition comes sealed in black PVC with a bonus 10-inch of exclusive material and will drop on November 3rd.

You can get a taste for Xen below via a stream of  "Thievery”.