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@@@@@ (or "Arroba") is a 62-minute long DJ mix released as a single by Arca. It premiered on NTS Radio on February 19, 2020, before later being released to streaming platforms, marking it as Arca's first piece of music since her 2017 self-titled album on XL Recordings.
Releasing @@@@@ as a single, Arca describes the piece as a “musical quanta constituted by discrete quantum,” wherein each quantum has a title and timestamp.
In a press release, Arca explains, “@@@@@ is a transmission broadcasted into this world from a speculative fictional universe, in which the fundamentally analogue format of FM pirate radio remains one of few means to escape authoritarian surveillance powered by a hostage sentience gestated by a post-singularity AI. The host of the show, known as DIVA EXPERIMENTAL lives across multiple bodies in space in virtue of her persecution — in order to kill her, one would first have to find all of her bodies. The bodies that host her carry fetishes for paralinguistics, breaking the fourth wall and nurturing a mutant faith in love in the face of fear.”
Musically, @@@@@ showcases dembow rhythms, childish giggle tracks, and samples of gunfire — pitter-pattering interchangeably beneath chilling whirs of synth and bass. Arca’s lyrics range from diaristic (“How does one coax in the face of pain?”) to warped field recordings from what’s presumably a drag ball.
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