Xen

by Arca

Xen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 November 2014
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Length: 39:31
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking her debut studio album, 'Xen' introduces a highly personal and fluid creative landscape named after a childhood alter ego. The instrumental tracks utilize warped synths, irregular digital percussion, and sudden time signature shifts to craft an anxious electronic sound environment. Developed alongside visual collaborator Jesse Kanda, the record was highly influential in shaping the mid-2010s deconstructed club aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, Avant Garde, instrumental, aquatic, atmospheric, avant-garde, rhythmic, lgbtq, noisy, dissonant, transgender, complex, improvisation, hedonism, scary

Tracklist

  1. Now You Know (3:58)
  2. Held Apart (1:20)
  3. Xen (3:18)
  4. Sad Bitch (1:55)
  5. Sisters (2:21)
  6. Slit Thru (2:12)
  7. Failed (3:40)
  8. Family Violence (2:13)
  9. Thievery (2:33)
  10. Lonely Thugg (2:56)
  11. Fish (2:07)
  12. Wound (2:09)
  13. Bullet Chained (2:51)
  14. Tongue (2:59)
  15. Promise (2:52)

Credits

  • Arca - primary artist
  • Alejandro Ghersi - written-by

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