Name: Mutant
Brand: Arca

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Catalogue number

STUMM386

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-01-22

Signed copies

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Supplier GB

PIAS

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Standard:20

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5051083099189

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Arca

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Mute

Arca is a Barcelona-based electronic producer, composer, and singer. Born in Caracas, she moved with her parents to the United States as a child before returning to Venezuela and later going back to the US for college at New York University.
With her unique blend of experimental sounds and captivating vocals, Arca has become known for pushing boundaries in the electronic music scene. Her compositions are often characterized by their haunting melodies and intricate production techniques.
Having collaborated with renowned artists such as FKA twigs and Kanye West, Arca's influence extends beyond her solo work. Her innovative approach to music has earned her critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base worldwide.

Please note, some Mute issues also carry an EMI logo. This is not a label and EMI should not be added as a label, it instead indicates that Mute was part of the EMI Group.

Founded in 1978 by [a=Daniel Miller], Mute (also known as [l36339]) releases various forms of music, with an emphasis on electronic and experimental pop. In May 2002 the label was acquired by the [l=EMI Group]. In 2010 Miller did an agreement with EMI to handle Mute as an independent label again, licensing the trademark from EMI via his company [l=Mute Artists Ltd.], but EMI kept the rights over Mute's back catalogue. After the EMI Group was dissolved, in 2012 [l206061] acquired [l636]'s back catalogue.

Branch offices exist in Germany ([l168349]) and in North America ([l36296]). 

Mute has spawned many regional and special-interest sublabels, some of which are still active. One offshoot, [l=Parallel Series], even became independent of [l636] Mute also operates Mute Bank Mail Order, which sells the label's merchandise directly to consumers. Mute Bank published two issues of [i]Mute Statement[/i], a softcover book that details the entire discography of the label and includes band profiles and photos of release artwork.

Another label strongly associated with Mute is [l=Toast Hawaii], run by [a=Depeche Mode]'s [a=Andrew Fletcher].

Label code: [b]LC 05834[/b] / [b]LC 5834[/b]

‘[b]P[/b]’, included to the catalog numbers,
generally stand for promo copies.
‘[b]L[/b]’, included to the catalog numbers,
generally stand for limited editions.

Arca's 2014 album 'Xen' was an angular and, at times, insular record driven by aggressively queer juxtapositions. It served as a study of the self that refused categorisation and embraced erraticism; employing confrontational clashes of style and sound to emphasise a morphing dynamic between obscurity and vulnerability. At times anxiously self-reflexive, at others beauteous and calm, it was intermittently personal and withdrawn. 'Mutant' is about sensuality and impulsiveness as escape routes out of rigidity: "softness as a weapon when the mind attacks itself." Anxieties are harmonised by self- confidence in the optimism and inclusiveness of transformation. Mutations expose the resonances and malleability of identity. This album takes pride in deformity, innocence, distortion and vulnerability: traits traditionally ostracised as undesirable and regressive.2LP - Limited edition triple Gatefold, Red Double Vinyl.

Mutant

Music GB

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