委内瑞拉音乐制作人Arca在她开创性的同名专辑发行三年后公布了最新录音室专辑 KiCk i，通过XL Recordings于6月26日以数字专辑形式发行，而7月17日将发行实体黑胶唱片和CD唱片。
After releasing lead single “Nonbinary” alongside a cybernetic music video earlier this month, Arca has now shared the release details of her forthcoming studio album, KiCk i. Arriving via XL Recordings, the follow-up to her groundbreaking self-titled album from 2017 will release digitally on June 26, with physical vinyl and CD options coming on July 17.
“I don’t want to be tied to one genre,” Arca explains about KiCk i. “I don’t want to be labeled as one thing.” Produced and recorded by the Venezuelan artist, singer, and experimental composer, KiCk i boasts a stacked list of features from fellow boundary-pushers. Björk, Rosalía, Shygirl, and SOPHIE will all make cameos on the album, the first time Arca has collaborated with other artists on her solo material.

Arca has shared a new song, “Mequetrefe,” from her forthcoming album KiCK i, scheduled for release on July 17 via XL. In a statement, Arca s aid “Mequetrefe” is about “the tenderness behind expressing who you are without shame, and the confidence and bravery it requires, because expression of gender-nonconforming self-states in a public space can often result in static within your environment.”
“Mequetrefe” follows the previously released singles “Nonbinary” and “Time.” Arca also recently teamed up with Shygirl for “unconditional,” a Bandcamp-exclusive single whose proceeds went to Black Lives Matter and Inquest UK.

After releasing lead single “Nonbinary” alongside a cybernetic music video earlier this month, Arca has now shared the release details of her forthcoming studio album, KiCk i. Arriving via XL Recordings, the follow-up to her groundbreaking self-titled album from 2017 will release digitally on June 26, with physical vinyl and CD options coming on July 17.
To commemorate the news, Arca has shared the project’s second single, “Time,” which originally premiered in her four-part “Mutant:Faith” performance last September. The track deep-dives into the realms of synth-pop and electropop, adding Arca’s signature twists and turns with lengthy reverbs, scintillating synths, and more. The single’s release comes alongside a Carlos Sáez and MANSON-directed music video for the track, which was filmed in front of a live audience at NYC’s The Shed and on the city’s streets.
“I don’t want to be tied to one genre,” Arca explains about KiCk i. “I don’t want to be labeled as one thing.” Produced and recorded by the Venezuelan artist, singer, and experimental composer, KiCk i boasts a stacked list of features from fellow boundary-pushers. Björk, Rosalía, Shygirl, and SOPHIE will all make cameos on the album, the first time Arca has collaborated with other artists on her solo material.

Last month, Alejandra Ghershi released a 62-minute single called @@@@@, her first new music since 2017's Arca. Broadcast on NTS, visualized on YouTube and finally put on streaming services as one long track for XL Recordings, it's yet another release from Ghershi with an experimental format. @@@@@ operates in the same vein as 2013's &&&&& and 2016's Entrañas, records that are not quite albums nor mixes, but perhaps serve as outlets for the artist's many ideas in between. After all, Ghershi tinkers with a lot of new music without official release. Since her last studio album, she has toured extensively, performed for Burberry and created a four-part immersive performance for New York art center The Shed. (The artist also just announced her next LP, KiCK i.) It's possible that music from these projects inspire bits of @@@@@—but with few performance videos and strict no-phone policies at her shows, part of Ghershi's work is, at least in the iPhone era, ephemeral and untraceable.
This way of being fits the new single's concept: sci-fi pirate radio. "@@@@@ is a transmission broadcasted into this world from a speculative fictional universe in which the fundamentally analogue format of FM pirate radio remains one of few means to escape authoritarian surveillance," she posted. Though it may be a fantasy framework for @@@@@, reality is not far off. We already live in a dystopian world where culture is dictated by machine-learning algorithms. By delivering a single, 62-minute piece of sound, Ghershi protects her individual tracks—which each have a title and time stamp—from becoming part of the data mining system. This move, however subtly, reminds us that taste should not be codified and rules aren't always right. Who better to deliver that message than Ghershi?
@@@@@ is another test of limits, made up of 30 short, surreal and, most characteristically, jarring sketches. Similar to past mixtapes, where one track ends and another begins is hard to parse. Meanwhile, the rhythms are erratic and the sound design marries extremes—sharp and airy, mystical and mutant, psycho and serene. Standout moments show the best sides of Ghershi's production work. "No Lo Digas," at 34 minutes, aches with the poignant singing revealed on Arca. "Membrane," at 39 minutes, shows the idiosyncratic beatmaker, a soft instrumental that's as pretty as it is ragged, topped off with sensuous masculine whispering. "Apuro," at 42 minutes, and the following "Saintly Pride," also found in a 2018 Primavera Sound live show, are rambunctious rave bangers with Ghershi's industrial-sized drums.
The single may be full of these kinds of highlights, but over its hour-long jumble of ideas—twice the length of Ghershi's other mixtapes—I wished more than once the "next" button were an option. @@@@@, much more casual and freeform than the artist's albums, is not so much a defining musical moment as it is another spectacular show of Ghershi's personality: the creature of chaos, the matriarch of experimental club, the artist who authentically straddles playful and profound. After repeat listens, I find myself enjoying @@@@@ most by starting around the 20-minute mark, with "Psychosexual," a track where Ghersi flaunts her attitude. "You can shake that pussy, bitch," she busts out over a slimy beat. "I don't care what genitals you were born with!"

Towa Tei (テイ・トウワ（鄭 東和）, Tei Tōwa, born Dong-hwa Chung (Hangul: 정 동화); September 7, 1965) is an artist, record producer and DJ born in Yokohama, Japan. Towa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the US label Elektra Records in 1990 and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated back from New York to rural Nagano prefecture in Japan

Towa Tei (テイ・トウワ（鄭 東和）, Tei Tōwa, born Dong-hwa Chung (Hangul: 정 동화); September 7, 1965) is an artist, record producer and DJ born in Yokohama, Japan. Towa debuted as a member of Deee-Lite, from the US label Elektra Records in 1990 and shot to fame via their international hit single, "Groove Is In the Heart". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated back from New York to rural Nagano prefecture in Japan

Anthony Child claims that the inspiration for his seventh artist album came from using hardware to receive transmissions from far-flung galaxies. He then hooked up with astrophysicist Dr Andrew Read - a former collaborator - to work out the bewildering track titles. That's the concept. The reality is that From Farthest Known Objects is a dense, grainy work. It feels like Child has deconstructed or in some more extreme situations has hacked away at tropes like minimalism, clicks and cuts and dub step to reveal an inner, hidden world. On the first few tracks, this alternate reality resounds to a sluggish pace, amid the crackle and groan of cleaved percussion and tortured subs, but it gradually comes round to stepping, broken beat techno and lunging rhythms. That these also descend into pulverising walls of white noise and nausea-inducing frequency shifts at times also serve as a reminder that Child has tuned into something other or inner-worldly.

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The sample that gives track 8 its title is Gene Wilder in the movie 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory', although the line originally comes from a poem called 'Ode' by Arthur O'Shaughnessy.

Tunisian leftfield experimentalist Deena Abdelwahed returns with an EP that ‘s taking her message back to the dancefloor. Straying away from personal identification, these tracks keep on focusing on sonic influences from her home region, be it in terms of rhythmic structure, sampling or other local sources. A highly versatile package for any forward-thinking DJ and further proof of this producer ‘s unique ability to fuse Arabic music references with club music.

London based experimental producer and composer, Leifur James announces his return with news of a six date EU tour and the release of ‘Wise Old Man’ - the first single taken from his highly anticipated second album Angel in Disguise which is due for release on the 24th April 2020 via Late Night Tales original artist label Night Time Stories.
Driving, melancholic electronica, ‘Wise Old Man’ is a nod to what can be expected of James’ second album, Angel In Disguise, showcasing a more experimental side to his production. Traversing through musicality, progressive synths and introspection, this first single unveils the producer’s distinct sound with disorientated vocals; speaking of the interplay between reason and emotion, the lyrics repeat “Wise old man in my brain, soul bursting through my veins”, opening the gates to this captivating electronically steered opus.
This news comes after an incredible few years for the artist. 2018 saw James release his esteemed debut album A Louder Silence on Night Time Stories and follow up remix EP that championed upcoming electronic talent including Bruce, FaltyDL and Whities producer, Coby Sey, on rework duties - projects which captured the attention of key tastemakers including Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, Mixmag, Electronic Sound, Future Music UK.
An aesthetically driven artist dedicated to marrying powerful visual backdrops with sonic explorations, James teamed up with Hungarian director, Balázs Simon; producing the critically acclaimed, ‘Wurlitzer’ project which saw widespread support from the likes of Boiler Room, CLASH, Directors’ Notes, Motionographer, the UK and Berlin Music Video Awards, the London Short Film Festival, Dublin International Film Festival and more.
A highly anticipated body of work, Angel In Disguise promises to explore the themes of love and loss through a masterful blend of harmonic vocals from James himself, nuanced electronic soundscapes and vibrant percussion - punctuated by bespoke visuals, directed by Balázs Simon. This exciting project is expected to make waves and see James step up, exhibiting his discerning ear and painstakingly honed production craft on a seminal label.
Delving into intimate UK and European venues to showcase his ever-evolving live show, James’ tour will kick off May 2020 in Copenhagen, before heading to Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Manchester.