{"product_id":"arca-artist","title":"Arca |  Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlejandra Ghersi Rodríguez aka Arca is a Venezualan electronic dance music musician born 1989 in Caracas. A boundary-breaking musician, producer and visual artist, her work as Arca is at the cutting edge of those fields. Her fluency in different media and genres defies easy classification: the rumbling, rattling percussion that became a hallmark of her style had roots in hip-hop, noise, IDM, and Venezuelan party music. Her distinctive sound was recognizable even when she produced music by artists as prominent as Kanye West, Björk, and Frank Ocean. Ghersi's father, Henrique Ghersi Rossón, is a wealthy Venezualan investment banker and founder of VIP Capital. The family relocated to Darien, Connecticut when Ghersi was three years old, before returning to Caracas when she was nine years old. She started producing music on the digital audio workstation FL Studio. As an adolescent, she released music under the name Nuuro and gained local popularity, with praise from national artists such as Los Amigos Invisibles. She collaborated with Venezuelan rock band La Vida Bohème, programming the synthesizers on their Grammy nominated album \u003cem\u003eNuestra\u003c\/em\u003e. She later attended the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. After graduating, Ghersi released the EP Baron Libre (2012) under the name Arca and subsequently released the EPs Stretch 1 and Stretch 2, the latter of which experimented with hip hop music. In 2013, she was credited as additional producer, programmer and consultant for American rapper Kanye West's album Yeezus and as a producer on all the tracks on FKA Twigs' EP EP2 (2013). Ghersi's production was also featured prominently on Björk's studio album \u003cem\u003eVulnicura\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). After releasing two experimental music albums \u003cem\u003eXen\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMutant\u003c\/em\u003e, her breakthrough came with the eponymous third album, \u003cem\u003eArca\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), which was 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), the former of which was noted for its foray into avant-pop. She has also contributed production work for artists such as Kelela, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Planningtorock, Rosalía and Sia. Her discography currently stands at nine studio albums, including the five volume \u003cem\u003eKick\u003c\/em\u003e series, plus several excellent Mixtapes and DJ Mixes. Standout albums include \u003cem\u003eArca\u003c\/em\u003e (2017), \u003cem\u003eKick III\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eXXXXX\u003c\/em\u003e (2026), \u003cem\u003eEntrañas (Mixtape)\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and the monumental \u003cem\u003eKick: The Complete Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e compilation (2022). Arca's music has been compared to that of electronic producer Aphex Twin, while the album \u003cem\u003eArca\u003c\/em\u003e was compared to compositions by German romantic composers Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn, due to its prominent use of lyricism. She frequently incorporates themes of psycho-sexuality, science fiction and gender identity into her music. While accepting her British Dance Act award at the Brit Awards 2025, Charli XCX shouted Arca out in her speech, among other dance acts she had been influenced by. Ghersi cites infulences such as Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Björk. 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