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arca

noun as in reliquary

Weak match

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The 23-minute work is set to music by Venezuelan-born electronic composer Arca, whose techno-inflected soundscape serves as background music more than it spurs the dance’s movement: Think spluttery and raspy sonorities, here; resonant chime-like ones, there.

Even after recent gains, the Arca Pharmaceutical Index is still down about 5% over the past 12 months, compared with an 18% rise for the S&P 500.

Alongside fellow gender nonconforming Brazilians like Linn da Quebrada and Urias, as well as trans artists like Venezuelan musician and producer Arca, and Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano, Liniker is part of a growing movement changing the conventions of Latin pop stardom.

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The experimental Venezuelan music-maker Arca has previously worked as a producer and collaborator with such musical powerhouses as Kanye West, Björk, FKA twigs, Rosalia and Frank Ocean.

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This spring, Arca is taking her frenetic music to Coachella for the first time, nearly four years after the release of her most recent album, “Kick IIIII” — although she has recently cooked up remixes for Addison Rae and influential Japanese artist Hikaru Utada.

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