Arca (producer)
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Arca DJing in New York City
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| Birth name | Alejandro Ghersi |
| Also known as | Nuuro |
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October 14, 1989 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Website | arca1000000 |
Alejandro Ghersi (born October 14, 1989), better known by his stage name Arca, is a Venezuelan electronic producer, songwriter, mixing engineer and DJ based in Dalston, London. He has released three studio albums to critical praise and has produced for artists such as Björk, Kanye West, and FKA twigs.
Arca was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His father was an investment banker and his mother studied International Studies. His family moved to Connecticut for a time, before returning to Venezuela, where he was privately educated and was introduced to piano lessons. He describes his childhood as "kind of in a bubble", and had difficulty accepting the fact that he was gay. He later attended the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU.
On February 1, 2012, Arca released his debut extended play, Barón Libre, through UNO NYC. Later that year, he 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. He also served as one of the three production consultants. That same year on July 23, he released his &&&&& 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.
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