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Kick IIIII (stylized as kiCK iiiii) is the eighth studio album by Venezuelan record producer and singer Arca. The album was surprise released on 3 December 2021 as the fifth and final entry in the Kick quintet.
Dec 7, 2021 · By Philip Sherburne. Genre: Experimental. Reviewed: December 7, 2021. Arca’s ambitious musical cycle concludes with four albums spanning reggaeton, club experiments, and tender synth lullabies....
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Dec 3, 2021 · kiCK iiiii is Arca’s 8th studio album, and her fifth and final installment in the “Kick” series.
Released without warning as the surprise companion to volumes two through four, kiCK iiiii is the most understated entry in the whole series. In place of psychedelic club beats or crushing distortion, Arca gives us twinkling little miniatures like “Pu,” “Chiquito,” and “Estrogen,” which shrink chamber music’s piano and strings ...
Nov 28, 2021 · Music Reviews: kiCK iiiii by Arca released in 2021. Genre: Ambient.
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Dec 3, 2021 · Released last year, its first instalment, ‘Kick i’ – which featured the likes of Shygirl, Rosalía, Björk and the late SOPHIE – moved away from the discordant unease of her three earlier albums,...
Compared to the strutting reggaetón of KICK ii and the demonic club experiments of KicK iii, kick iiii captures Arca at her most serene. The crooning “Xenomorphgirl” is a kind of cyborg lullaby; “Esuna” curls up like a kitten in the soft swirls of Oliver Coates’ strings.
