Arp is the work of Alex Georgopolous, a New York City-based artist and composer whose music ranges from minimalist synthesizer explorations to abstract singer/songwriter pop. Previously a member of dance-rock group Tussle during the early 2000s, he emerged as a solo artist in 2007, releasing the hypnotic, primarily electronic In Light. He greatly expanded his sound with 2010's more densely orchestrated The Soft Wave, then shifted toward experimental, sometimes Baroque pop with 2013's More. In 2018, he kicked off a trilogy of new work with Zebra, a lush, organic album informed by Fourth World fusion and cosmic jazz. Second installment New Pleasures followed in 2022.