''Entrañas'' () is the second

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by Venezuelan

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producer Arca. It was released for free download on 4 July 2016 through Arca's

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page and Mediafire. It features contributions from Total Freedom, Massacooraman and Mica Levi, who is also known as

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. Even though 14 tracks are listed, the entire mixtape is in sequence as a single track. The music video for the track, "Sin Rumbo", debuted one day prior to mixtape's release.

Critical reception

Upon release, ''Entrañas'' received universal acclaim from music critics. '' Consequence'' critic David Sackllah described the record as "purely visceral, constantly obliterating conventions" and thought "the underlying frenetic nature of ''Entrañas'' makes it all the more unsettling when the mix reaches its final track, the four-minute 'Sin Rumbo'." Philip Sherburne of '' Pitchfork'', who considered the mixtape as "heavier and more unrelenting" than Arca's previous release, ''

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'' (2015), described it as a "quintessential Arca recording, commingling pleasure and terror and beauty and ugliness in the most thrilling ways possible."

Accolades

Track listing

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''. * "Baby Doll" contains a sample of "Beatrix", written and performed by the

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from their 1984 album, ''

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''. * "Think Of" contains a sample of " Boyfriend", performed by Ashlee Simpson from her 2005 album ''

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Personnel

* Arca – performance, production *

Mica Levi Mica Levi (; b. 28 February 1987), also known by their stage name Micachu, is an English singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Levi is classically trained and since 2008 has released experimental pop music with their band Good Sad Happy Bad ...

– performance (tracks 6, 8) * Massacooraman – performance (track 8) * Total Freedom – performance (track 11) * Jesse Kanda – artwork

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Entranas 2016 mixtape albums Arca (musician) albums Albums produced by Arca (musician) Self-released albums Albums free for download by copyright owner Spanish-language albums