“When I sit down to make music, I try to enter a flow; I always open a blank session and just make something that I feel like making.” FeelsTryingFlowBlankSession Author:Arca
“Only after a piece of music is done does my frontal cortex allow me to organize what might be trying to come out of my subconscious.” TryingDoeDoneMightPiecesMusic IsOrganizeSubconscious Author:Arca
“I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music.” TryingI CanStuffJudgingSubconsciousPukeNot JudgingJudging Myself Author:Arca
“If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away.” IfsFeelsTryingHappensSoundHoursFivePiecesDragCraveFrequencyMoldFeels Right Author:Arca
“There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.” IfsWorldTryingI CanIdeasDifferentPerspectiveSkinsSparksFilesEntryDifferent Perspective Author:Arca
“I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not to let anything repeat for long enough that you can get used to it.” PeopleTryingLongEnoughMightUsedEnjoyFiguresBoredRepeatsThings Change Author:Arca
“It's very human to try to put things into boxes, and it's hard for us to reconcile with grey areas, and yet somehow that's the area I find the most poetic, the juiciest.” TryingHumansHardAreasBoxesPoeticGreyReconcileGrey Areas Author:Arca
“It struck me at some point that the things I wanted to say had to be wordless. I had to renounce words in order to go deep into the practice of making materials and textures that would express what I'm trying to say more accurately.” TryingWantedOrderPracticeMaterialsTextureRenounce Author:Arca
“With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time.” TryingSongHealthyTitlesSense Of HumorSong Titles Author:Arca
“I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music. If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away. There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.” WorldTryingDifferentHoursJudgingPerspectiveSkinsSubconsciousDifferent PerspectivePuke Author:Arca
“There is also a particular frustration that I have with language. It's so clumsy. There's often two words that are close in meaning, yet what I'm trying to say is in between them, or it might be a little more layered and nuanced. Having this conversation with you is exciting, because I can feel you resonate, even though we're on the phone. That's really beautiful to me.” TryingBeautifulLanguageExcitingFrustrationReally Beautiful Author:Arca