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released as a single by Venezuelan record producer Arca. The mix premiered on NTS on 19 February 2020. It was officially released on 21 February 2020 via

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Background and release

On 18 February 2020, Arca announced she would be premiering new music alongside posting a cryptic video to her social media accounts. The mix premiered at 6pm

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. Shortly after, a visual directed by Frederik Heyman accompanying all 62 minutes of the mix was uploaded to Arca's

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channel. Tour dates were also announced the same day. "@@@@@" was officially released on 21 February 2020 and a tracklist was also revealed via Arca's social media. In an accompanying statement, Arca said that the track is "a transmission broadcasted into this world from a speculative fictional universe in which the fundamentally analogue format of FM

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remains one of few means to escape authoritarian surveillance powered by a hostage sentience gestated by a post-singularity AI." The single was mastered by Enyang Urbiks in

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Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Alejandra Ghersi. Tracklist adapted from YouTube.

References

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