Arca (Alejandra Ghersi, born 1989 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan electronic producer whose credits run from Björk and Kanye West to FKA twigs and Frank Ocean. Her own records on Mute and XL move between abstract sound design and pop — start with Arca (2017) or KiCk i (2020), or Mutant (2015) for the deep end. Browse Arca vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Alejandra Ghersi was born in Caracas, Venezuela on October 14, 1989, and grew up between Venezuela and the United States. She attended NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and emerged in the early 2010s as both a solo artist and as a producer. She has produced material on Kanye West's Yeezus (2013), Björk's Vulnicura (2015) and subsequent albums, FKA twigs' LP1 (2014), Frank Ocean's Endless and Blonde (2016), and Rosalía's KAOS (2025), among many others. Her solo work appears on Mute Records and XL Recordings.
Arca's sound combines experimental electronic music, deconstructed club, Latin pop influences, and avant-garde production. Her work moves between abstract sound design (early Xen, Mutant) and more song-based pop and reggaetón material (KICK i through KICK iiiii), while consistently centering experimental textures and emotionally direct vocals.
Mute and XL pressings of the Arca catalog have appeared in multiple variants. The KICK series in particular has been issued in color variant pressings.
Listeners new to Arca typically start with Arca (2017) for her more song-based work, or KiCk i (2020) for her later pop-leaning material. Mutant (2015) is a common entry point for her experimental work.
