Arca
from Caracas, Venezuela ✦ based in Barcelona, Spain ✦ she/they
who she is
Arca is Alejandra Ghersi, born in Caracas and based in Barcelona. She started putting music out as a teenager and was producing for other people by her early twenties.
Her production credits run from Kanye West's Yeezus (2013) and FKA twigs' EP2 and LP1 to Björk's Vulnicura (2015) and Utopia (2017) and Kelela's Hallucinogen and Take Me Apart. The sound people borrow from her is the one that keeps breaking: voices stretched and shattered, rhythms that fall apart and put themselves back together.
Her own records are their own world. Xen (2014), Mutant (2015) and Arca (2017) came first, then the KICK series, five albums released between 2020 and the end of 2021, each one a different self: reggaeton on KICK ii, industrial noise and ballroom on KICK iii, wave and shoegaze on KICK iiii, ambient on KICK iiiii. XXXXX followed in 2026.
by the numbers
counted from her credits below, listeners via last.fm
in her own words
“There was a clear intention to allow every self to express itself. Not to decide how much air time each self would get, but to allow for modulation between them in a spontaneous way. There is no such thing as normal.”
“Instead of trying to have an idea of what I'm going to make beforehand, I try to create circumstances for my consciousness to enter these different trance-like states, and then I come out with an editing brain and try to translate that to the world.”
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✦ she has also worked with Frank Ocean, Madonna, The Weeknd, and Sia
her own music
Her KICK series runs from KiCk i (2020) through KICK iiiii (2021), five albums in a row, each a different side of her.
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about Arca
Who is Arca?
Arca is an experimental electronic producer and artist from Caracas, Venezuela, based in Barcelona, Spain. Her name is Alejandra Ghersi.
What has Arca produced?
Arca's credits include Kanye West's Yeezus (2013), FKA twigs' EP2 (2013), FKA twigs' LP1 (2014), Björk's Vulnicura (2015), Kelela's Hallucinogen (2015), and Björk's Utopia (2017).
Who has Arca worked with?
Arca has worked with Kanye West, FKA twigs, Björk, Kelela, ROSALÍA, Frank Ocean, Madonna, The Weeknd, and Sia.
What does Arca's production sound like?
The producer behind Björk's Vulnicura and FKA twigs' LP1, and one of the defining voices of experimental electronic music.
Where should I start with Arca?
Start with her album KiCk i.
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