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- Summary: The third full-length release for the London-based electronic producer is the first to feature him singing in Spanish.
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- Record Label: XL
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental Electronic
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Desafío | |
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Tócame de primera vez Mátame una y otra vez Ámame y átame y dególlame Búscame y penétrame y devórame Yo te siento por dentro Mira que... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Apr 6, 2017Exquisite opener Piel captures the interplay between poise and prostration that has made Catholic ritual such a rich artistic seam, while arch humour is provided by Whip--hyper-real lashing accompanied by the sound of a powering-down robot--and Desafío, which takes disposable Eurotrash pop and makes it worthy of pious contemplation.
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Apr 10, 2017Arca likewise refuses to ossify into a legible and easily recognizable shape, defying our expectations of the artist’s output while remaining untethered even to a clearly delineated internal logic. All of this evasion paradoxically pays off, and the resulting album is both emotionally enrapturing and conceptually thrilling.
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Apr 13, 2017The anguished sentiments of the songs resonate whether you understand Spanish or not, with the celestial tones of the tracks serving as an illuminating pathway to either heaven or hell.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017There are echoes of other singular vocal talents such as Jonsi and Anonhi, but Ghersi here occupies a sonic multiverse of his own creation. [Jun 2017, p.102]
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May 26, 2017Even the wordless tracks on Arca are among the producer’s most powerful vignettes.
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UncutApr 20, 2017This intensely personal touch humanises his alien sound design, casting him as a kind of sensual mutant whose comradeship with Bjork makes perfect sense. [Jun 2017, p.23]
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Apr 10, 2017Words make Arca’s tense, sad hyper-modernity a little more accessible, if no less strange.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 35
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Mixed: 2 out of 35
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Negative: 1 out of 35
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Apr 13, 2017
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Nov 10, 2022a truly amazing trip through arca’s soul, who is singing in spanish as a way to portrait her true self, very deep and sad, 10/10 would cry again
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