Arca - Kick IIII Artist_Holger Czukay

Arca - Kick IIII Artist_Holger CzukayIn the fourth edition of Arcas Kick series an astounding cycle of releases on XL Recordings from the Venezuelan producer her intensely fluid sound is grounded into downtempo fluctuations. Following the high drama pop of Grammy nominated Kick I, or the deconstructed, industrial chaos of KICK ii and Kick iii, kick iiii is breathier and moodier. Each of its guest musicians ranging from cellist and song writer Oliver Coates, Berlin based art pop producer

and an agent I've known since the beginning of my Gang Starr career

I am not unskilled

the Tindersticks canon

This was a conscious choice

Others affirm pop music’s most extravagant stock phrases about various states of love

First Word Records is very proud to bring you a brand new album from Takuya Kuroda

creating a soundtrack for a sock hop in an alternate universe

Oracles create welcoming psychedelic shoegazey pop

Djawadi's score evokes a sense of mystery while balancing the Western and electric elements of the series

slinky guitar solos dance across beats created by the singular talent that is edbl

” like she was leading a barn-dance union of the early Rolling Stones and Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five

leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music