Madre (EP)

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Madre
Arca madre.jpg
EP by
Arca
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2021 (2021-01-22)
Length32:09
LabelXL
ProducerArca
Arca chronology
Riquiquí;Bronze-Instances(1-100)
(2020) 		Madre
(2021)

Madre is an extended play by Venezuelan artist Arca. It was released on January 22, 2021, by XL Recordings and includes the title track featuring Oliver Coates and three remixes by Arca.[1] "Madre" was featured on an episode of the HBO teen drama Euphoria.[2]

Composition[]

Alejandra Ghersi, also known as Arca, wrote "Madre" years ago. 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."[2] 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."[3]

Critical reception[]

Reviewing the first track, Isabelia Herrera of Pitchfork said "on the first track of her new maxi-single, cellist Oliver Coates’ strings bloom into doleful tendrils and Arca’s forlorn vocals curl into a delicate aria. But a closer listen reveals something far from the orchestral: the sense of capacious longing so central to boleros, tonadas, and other styles of Latin American folk music."[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks written and produced by Alejandra Ghersi, except for "Madre", co-written by Ghersi and Oliver Coates.[1]

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

Personnel[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Madre by Arca". Tidal. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Droke, Carolyn (January 25, 2021). "Arca's 9-Minute Single 'Madre' From HBO's 'Euphoria' Is Equally Haunting And Moving". Uproxx. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Hussey, Allison (January 22, 2021). "Arca Shares New Project Madre: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Herrera, Isabelia (25 January 2021). ""Madre" (ft. Oliver Coates) by Arca Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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