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Stretch 2
''Stretch 2'' is an extended play by Venezuelan producer Arca. It was released on 6 August 2012 by UNO NYC, following its predecessor ''Stretch 1'' in April. Composition Primarily an electronic hip-hop album, ''Stretch 2'' features avant-garde time signatures, warped pitches, and "a kind of post-millennial take on trip-hop with a debt to Aphex Twin", as well as influences from gangsta rap, garage, and new age. Critical reception Andrew Ryce of ''Resident Advisor'' called ''Stretch 2'' "a mood record, unforgivingly dark and antisocial" and that "Though erplayful hip-hop vignettes are nice little curios, the album's real eye-openers are when hestretches out." Ryce praised the EP's "beautifully tortured production", use of harsh effects, and Arca's "sometimes (unsettlingly) legible" vocals. Birkut of ''Tiny Mix Tapes ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' (also ''TMT'' or ''tinymixtapes'') is an online music and film webzine that focuses primarily on new music and related news. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arca (producer)
Alejandra Ghersi RodrÃguez (born 14 October 1989), known professionally as Arca, is a Venezuelan musician and record producer based in Barcelona, Spain. She initially began releasing music under the name of Nuuro. After attending the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Ghersi first released the EP ''Baron Libre'' (2012) under the name Arca and subsequently released the EPs ''Stretch 1'' and ''Stretch 2''; the latter experimented with hip hop and brought her attention from prominent music publications. She released her first two albums, ''Xen'' and ''Mutant'', in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Her eponymous third album, '' Arca'' (2017), became the first to prominently feature her vocals. From 2020-2021, Ghersi released the ''Kick'' quintet, starting with the album ''Kick I'' (2020) and ending with ''Kick IIIII'' (2021); these recordings drew from styles such as IDM, reggaeton, avant-pop, and techno. Ghersi has frequently incorporated themes related to gender identity, non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |