“Piel”

“Piel”

Since Alejandro Ghersi (aka Arca) emerged at the beginning of the decade, his sound has continued to become more undefinable yet more physical—overwhelming sensations, at times, matched with pure physical force. He’s pioneered a fluid, flexible, and often grotesque style of electronic production; what’s tied together all of his vertigo-inducing music—from his debut LP Xen to the boundary pushing Entrañas—was its unpredictability. Now, he’s decided to pivot completely, dissolving the shroud of sounds that made him famous: On, “Piel,” the opening…