Arca

Alejandro Ghersi, better known by her stage name Arca, is a Venezuelan electronic producer, songwriter, mixing engineer and DJ based in Dalston, London. She has released three studio albums to critical praise and has produced for artists such as Björk, Kanye West, and FKA twigs.

On February 1, 2012, Arca released her debut extended play, Barón Libre, through UNO NYC. Later that year, she released the Stretch 1 and Stretch 2 extended plays on April 19 and August 6 respectively.

In 2013, Arca was credited for additional production, programming and songwriting for five of the songs on Kanye West's Yeezus. She also served as one of the three production consultants. That same year on July 23, she released her &&&&& mixtape through SoundCloud and Hippos in Tanks. The project included an audio-visual performance alongside Jesse Kanda, who contributed the visuals, at MoMA PS1 in October 2013. On September 17, FKA Twigs' EP2 was released, on which Arca produced and co-wrote every song.

Her debut studio album, Xen, was released on November 4, 2014 via Mute Records. Arca made significant contributions to Björk's ninth studio album Vulnicura which was released on January 20, 2015. She was credited as the co-producer of seven of the tracks, and the co-writer of two. Her second studio album Mutant was released on November 20, 2015. She released the Entrañas mixtape on July 4, 2016 which was supported by the single "Sin Rumbo". On April 7, 2017, her third studio album, titled Arca, was released through XL Recordings.