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- Summary: One of the four releases on the same day for Arca's KICK anthology features influences from reggaeton.
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- Record Label: XL Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Jan 4, 2022Taken together, the albums are overwhelming in their stylistic diversity; one minute, she’s serving up clattering electro on the likes of iii’s ‘Skullqueen’ or ‘Ripples’, and the next, we’re hearing her break classic ideas of what ambience should mean to fit her own mould on the Oliver Coates-featuring ‘Esuna’.
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Dec 3, 2021Even though Arca narrows her focus on Kick ii, it's still the product of an artist who can't help but break boundaries as she creates the space she needs to innovate.
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Dec 3, 2021It’s a brilliant reimagining of 21st-century pop as a space in which the traditional and experimental can cohabit.
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Dec 8, 2021Here she pushes things in a more aggressive direction: on "Tiro," her vocals become increasingly scattered and dramatic, as the percussion warps into a mash of cracking whips, laser shots and grinding metal. On its back half, KICK ii dips into abstract territory, sounding more like a tangled web of overactive synapses than anything immediately recognizable as pop.
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Dec 3, 2021The differing self-states explored across the KICK anthology are manifested in the overall sonic palettes of each record, whether it be the bombastic reggaeton of KICK ii or the orchestral minimalism of kiCK iiiii. ... They all work together to support the vision of Arca, whose voice cracks, malfunctions, and explores the flux of its existence in tandem with the music.
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Dec 7, 2021The first three proper songs delve into crisp, clipped percussion arrayed into loping dembow rhythms. All three feel like clear extensions of KiCK i’s “Mequetrefe” and “KLK,” but they also stand on their own. ... The shift midway through from glitch beats to turbocharged four-on-the-floor is the rare case where Arca’s maximalist instincts miss the mark.
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The WireDec 22, 2021Having all this material together is bittersweet – rather than four distinct sets, couldn’t these styles have been brought together in a more innovative way? Arca’s work is invariably surrounded by much chatter about disrupting musical forms, but four albums divided into four distinct moods feels like an unusually conservative vehicle for her ideas. [Jan 2022, p.59]
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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Dec 14, 2021Incredible, i loved the album! Arca is creating new worlds with her songs..
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Aug 23, 2022
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Dec 3, 2021
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Dec 19, 2021by this album, you can feel the reggaeton, the strech 1/2, in this album. Although the album has a lot of track i don't like but still a great album
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Jul 3, 2022
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Dec 7, 2021
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Dec 7, 2021These albums are absolute garbage. Someone trying to be cute and eclectic with little result.
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