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Xen
Electronic · 2014 · 16 tracks · 43m

Xen

Arca

A fluid, alien landscape of digital textures that morph between abrasive noise and fragile beauty. The definitive birth of deconstructed club music.

October 29, 2014 · Love Da Records

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A tense, beautiful collision of digital alienation and profound human intimacy.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 43m
01
Now You Know
3:58
02
Held Apart
1:20
03
Xen
3:18
04
Sad Bitch
1:55
05
Sisters
2:21
06
Slit Thru
2:12
07
Failed
3:40
08
Family Violence
2:13
09
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
16
Boyfriend
3:42
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the title track Xen introduces a rubbery, elastic bassline that feels like it is physically stretching.
The sudden, jarring shift into the aggressive, industrial percussion of Thievery that mimics a digital heartbeat.
The fragile, almost classical piano melody that emerges through the digital grime on the track Failed.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Xen sound next to the rest of Arca's catalogue?

Absent+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into absent than the rest of the catalogue.

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