KiCk i
On the first album of a four-part series, the Venezuelan-born, Barcelona-based artist offers her most accessible music to date, channeling her signature sounds into sharply focused avant-pop.
With an all-star cast including Rosalia and Bjork, this project confirms the Venezuelan artist as a great of the contemporary alternative scene
Arca is finally front centre with her unique and imitable musical blend
“I do what I wanna do when I wanna do it / B****, I got the bags to prove it”. Arca has every right to sound so self-assured on the opening two lines of KiCk i — the Venezuelan’s work with Frank Ocean, FKA twigs and others marked her out as one of the most influential producers of the 2010s.
With help from a few famous pals – Bjork, SOPHIE, Roaslia – Arca continues to push her forward-thinking sound to new places. Read the 'KiCk i' review.
Following the gorgeously moody catharsis of 2017's Arca, Alejandra Ghersi embraces all of herself and her music on KiCk i.
Alejandra Ghersi's world isn't like our own. It's a deeper and more complex place – liberated from binary notions of beauty and ugliness, of...
Musical multi-hyphenate Arca understands more than any artist in the public eye that flux is a natural part of the human condition. It’s illuminated in her music, performance, visuals, and whatever medium she uses to illustrate facets of her self-expression. The world Arca has created through her art defies any sort of binary, be it of gender, genre, or form itself. In-between states are explored endlessly, and liberation is found in entropy and chaos.
The Venezuelan electronic innovator adds guests and party tunes to her trademark glitchy sounds
Arca continues to revolutionise her art on stunning new album KiCk i, a boundary-breaking, contradictory and glorious celebration of life
'KiCk i' by Arca album review by Adam Williams. The full-length comes out on June 27th, via XL Recordings and various streaming services
Alejandra Ghersi’s new set is a subversive and mischievous fusion of aural fireworks and psychedelic lyricism aided by Björk, Shygirl, Rosalía and Sophie