℗ 2014 Alejandro Ghersi under exclusive license to Mute Artists Limited
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1.1
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Now You Know
Arca |
3:58 | ||
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1.2
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Held Apart
Arca |
1:20 | ||
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1.3
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Xen
Arca |
3:18 | ||
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1.4
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Sad Bitch
Arca |
1:55 | ||
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1.5
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Sisters
Arca |
2:21 | ||
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1.6
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Slit Thru
Arca |
2:12 | ||
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1.7
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Failed
Arca |
3:40 | ||
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1.8
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Family Violence
Arca |
2:13 | ||
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1.9
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Thievery
Arca |
2:33 | ||
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1.10
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Lonely Thugg
Arca |
2:56 | ||
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1.11
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Fish
Arca |
2:07 | ||
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1.12
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Wound
Arca |
2:09 | ||
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1.13
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Bullet Chained
Arca |
2:51 | ||
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1.14
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Tongue
Arca |
2:59 | ||
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1.15
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Promise
Arca |
2:52 | ||
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Total Playing Time 39:24
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"So far, Arca is best known as a producer. He's already produced some of FKA twigs' best work, he's co-producing Björk's next album, and he had a hand in four songs on Kanye West's Yeezus. Despite his high profile collaborations, his excellent debut album Xen is doggedly experimental, perhaps the strangest music he's made."
- Pitchfork
Xen is the debut studio album by Venezuelan electronic musician Arca, released on 4 November 2014 through Mute Records. The album was recorded over a largely improvised six-month period in 2014.
The title of the album is a reference to Arca's "feminine spirit" as portrayed in the album artwork and videos. According to the artist, the designer Jesse Kanda asked "if I had a girl's name when I was a kid, I told him that I have this image in my head when I listen to a song of mine that I really love or that I feel happy with. I move really slowly in a very effeminate way [and] close my eyes and I see this naked being who exists in front of an audience. Everyone is simultaneously attracted to it and repulsed".
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