Madre (EP)

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Madre
EP by
Arca
Released22 January 2021 (2021-01-22)
Length32:09
LanguageSpanish
LabelXL
ProducerArca
Arca chronology
Kick I
(2020) 		Madre
(2021) 		Kick II
(2021)

Madre (transl. "Mother") is an

teen drama Euphoria.[1]

Composition

Alejandra Ghersi, also known as Arca, wrote "Madre" years ago, in 2016. In 2018, a music video was filmed in collaboration with PRADA and SSENSE. This video had been edited and a now deleted snippet of the final video was uploaded. The original filming of the video, via cameras in the shooting location, was uploaded on youtube via SSENSE,[2] featuring the track Tormenta playing on loop. The following year, Arca would have a similar shoot over 4 days titled Mutant;Faith.[3] The Epilogue, titled Boundry, was released as Time[4] on KiCk i. This EP is considered part of the KICK series, including it the official KICK spotify playlist between KiCk i and KICK ii.[5]

She worked on the song for nine days, "playing very softly against it over and over in improvised strokes until a harmony and rhythm started to present itself, like a ghost orchestra at the back of a cathedral, barely raising above a whisper but also enveloping in terms of space and density."[1] She played the cello for "Madreviolo" and destroyed the instrument immediately after, because "it had to be like a one-time thing for the version where I pitched up my vocal to castrati registers." She then brought on Oliver Coates to create an arrangement of the unprocessed a cappella version. Arca said that "with Oliver there was an insane resonance and chemistry; where he took it felt like the place I dreamed of but couldn't reach without him."[6]

Critical reception

Reviewing the first track, Isabelia Herrera of

boleros, tonadas, and other styles of Latin American folk music."[7]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Alejandra Ghersi, except for "Madre", co-written by Ghersi and Oliver Coates.[8]

No.TitleLength
1."Madre" (transl. "Mother") (with Oliver Coates)9:00
2."Madreviolo" (transl. "Mother Viola")7:09
3."Madre Acapella" (transl. "Mother Acappella")8:53
4."Violo" (transl. "Viola")7:07
Total length:32:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[8]

  • Arca – vocals, production, mixing
  • Oliver Coates – arrangement (track 1)
  • Enyang Urbiks – engineer (tracks 1–2)
  • Alex Epton – mixing (tracks 1–2)
  • Joe Lambert – engineer (tracks 3–4)

References

  1. ^ a b Droke, Carolyn (25 January 2021). "Arca's 9-Minute Single 'Madre' from HBO's 'Euphoria' Is Equally Haunting and Moving". Uproxx. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ Arca/Tormenta for Prada & SSENSE, archived from the original on 1 May 2022, retrieved 8 April 2022
  3. ^ "Arca: Mutant;Faith - The Shed". theshed.org. 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ Arca — Time, archived from the original on 23 April 2023, retrieved 8 April 2022
  5. ^ "(.づ^•ᴥ•^)づ.^♪♬". Spotify. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ Hussey, Allison (22 January 2021). "Arca Shares New Project Madre: Listen". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ^ Herrera, Isabelia (25 January 2021). "Arca: 'Madre' (ft. Oliver Coates) Track Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Credits / Madre / Arca". Tidal. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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