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. 

Video: FKA Twigs – “Papi Pacify”

As you might have noticed we have been supporting Twigs over here since day one, she deserves it; her first ep made my best of the year list in 2012 and with the recent name change and release of ep #2 her star is only rising. “Papi Pacify” was written and produced by Twigs and Arca and maintains that same sultry and smokey vibe established on ep #1 with a slightly harder edge production wise; the visuals come from Tom Beard and continue what seems to be a perfect streak in the video department for the mysterious UK based artist.

Video: FKA Twigs – “Water Me”

U.K. singer Twigs, who recently changed her name to FKA Twigs at the request of an artist who shares the same name, has got a new tune and video out today by the name of “Water Me.” Like “How’s That” the song was co-written by Arca and sports a fantastically moody beat for the unique looking songstress to lay down her sultry vocals.  “Water Me” is taken from FKA Twigs' EP2 which will be released on the  9th of September 2013 via Young Turks. Jesse Kanda handles directing duties once again on the simple yet striking video…

Video: Twigs – “How’s That”

It’s been a minute since we heard from U.K. singer Twigs, who’s EP made my best of 2012 list, so I was excited to see that she has been keeping busy in the studio working on new material. The smooth “How’s That”, which was co-written by Arca, makes its debut with yet another great Jesse Kanda video to boot, check it below…