''Entrañas'' () is the third

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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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. It features contributions from Total Freedom, Massacooraman and

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, 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

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'' 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 ''

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'', 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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Personnel

* Arca – performance, production *

– 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 mixtape albums Albums free for download by copyright owner 2010s Spanish-language albums