Released via XL Recordings, the self-titled record is the first to feature the Venezuela-born, London-based producer’s untreated singing voice. She sings in Spanish. It stands as a defiant, delicate statement of intent, and cements her position as one of this turbulent decade’s defining musicians. Previous work has incorporated snatches of song and Arca’s rapping, but on Arca, her voice is front-and-centre on eight of the album’s 13 tracks. Frequently, she has used his first-takes, untreated and without post-production: clicks of saliva and burrs of the throat carry melodies of staggering richness and delicacy.
