# Stretch 2

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***Stretch 2*** is the third [extended play](/source/Extended_play) by Venezuelan producer [Arca](/source/Arca_(producer)). It was released on 6 August 2012 by UNO NYC, following its predecessor *Stretch 1* in April.

## Composition

Primarily an [electronic hip-hop](/source/Electronic_hip-hop) album, *Stretch 2* features [avant-garde](/source/Avant-garde_music) time signatures, warped pitches, and "a kind of post-millennial take on [trip-hop](/source/Trip-hop) with a debt to [Aphex Twin](/source/Aphex_Twin)", as well as influences from [gangsta rap](/source/Gangsta_rap), [garage](/source/Garage_house), and [new age](/source/New_age_music).[1][2][3]

## Critical reception

Andrew Ryce of *[Resident Advisor](/source/Resident_Advisor)* called *Stretch 2* "a mood record, unforgivingly dark and antisocial" and that "Though [her] playful hip-hop vignettes are nice little curios, the album's real eye-openers are when [she] stretches out."[3] Ryce praised the EP's "beautifully tortured production", use of harsh effects, and Arca's "sometimes (unsettlingly) legible" vocals.[3] Birkut of *[Tiny Mix Tapes](/source/Tiny_Mix_Tapes)* called the EP a "remarkable listen that’s constantly negotiating what constitutes fun and fear".

Accolades for Stretch 2 Publication Accolade Rank Ref. Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 45 [2]

## References

1. Empire, Kitty (2 November 2014). ["Arca: Xen review – producer Alejandro Ghersi's elegant, chromatic debut"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/02/arca-xen-review-alejandro-ghersi-debut-elegant-chromatic). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

1. Gbblr, Kmmy (17 December 2012). ["2012: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012"](https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2012-favorite-50-albums-of-2012#:~:text=Stretch%202). *Tiny Mix Tapes*. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

1. Ryce, Andrew (17 August 2012). ["Arca – Stretch 2"](https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/11498). *[Resident Advisor](/source/Resident_Advisor)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20161005142743/https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/11498) 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

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