Arca — who was just announced as the sole producer of Björk’s upcoming album — is releasing his new album Xen on November 4, his follow-up to last year’s &&&&& mixtape (which made it to #9 on our year-end list). To get us properly lubricated, the Venezuelan producer and frequent collaborator Jesse Kanda have released an incredibly sensual video for “Thievery,” a song that we first heard back when the album was announced. Now, however, Arca’s sort of sterile, enclosed version of tarraxinha is complemented by an unsettling depiction of sexuality in the digital realm, featuring the digital, dancing “embodiment” of the titular Xen, who is also, according to the label, Arca himself as a “meta-modern self-projection.”
Check out Arca and Kanda’s November dates here, and look for Xen on November 4, courtesy of Mute.
• Arca: http://www.arca1000000.com
• Jesse Kanda: http://jessekanda.com
• Mute: http://mute.com
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