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I. Arcana is a / band from Sweden, formed in 1993. They merged classically- and medievally-inspired instrumental music with occasional vocals to arrive at a richly atmospheric and dark musical tapestry. Previously signed to the Cold Meat Industry label, the original line-up consisted of Peter Bjärgö and Ida Bengtsson, but since 2002 it changed and featured Peter Bjärgö, Ann-Mari Thim, Stefan Eriksson, Cecilia Bjärgö and Mattias Borgh. Due to personal issues with Cold Meat Industry Peter dropped from the label and created his own label and mailorder called Erebus Odora. The label no longer exists, but the same Erebus Odora still exists as the studio where he is still active making his own music.
Arcana’s last live performance for a long time, probably for a year at first, took place on the 11th of December 2010 at the Dark Bombastic Evening II festival in Bucharest, Romania.
Official website: www.erebusodora.net/arcana

II. Arcana was a side project of bassist Bill Laswell’s. On The Last Wave Laswell joins his deep-bass to free music pioneer and guitar legend Derek Bailey together with drumming demigod Tony Williams to create the ultimate freely improvising power trio. The other album put out under this group name as a Laswell project was Arc Of The Testimony, one of the last projects drummer Tony Williams would record before his untimely death. Instead of the trio format, Laswell adds guitarists Buckethead and Nicky Skopelitis, Graham Haynes on cornet, and saxophonists Byard Lancaster and Pharoah Sanders. Where The Last Wave harkens to Laswell’s work in Last Exit, Arc of the Testimony is more along the lines of Ekstasis or some of the instrumental Material work, such as Hallucination Engine.
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  • artmistress wrote:
    Tuesday evening
    @Arahand ты говоришь не как музыкант, а как менеджер..

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  • headbenscha wrote:
    last week
    exciting!

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  • ErebusOdora wrote:
    last week
    Updates on http://www.erebusodora.net/arcana/

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  • headbenscha wrote:
    last week
    great!!! thank you, ErebusOdora!

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  • Arahand wrote:
    last month
    Это ещё как сказать. Для художника, мнение окружающих, значит очень многое, иногда даже всё. Художник будет творить, невзирая на мнения окружающих в любом случае. Но оттого, какие это мнения, может зависеть судьба его будущих творений. Я уверен, если бы общество смогло бы понять и восхититься произведениями Вивальи, то он бы прожил и дольше и сотворил бы куда больше. И если бы Моцарта игнорировали с рождения, то не многими произведениями гений бы нас порадовал, если бы вообще не бросил музыку.

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  • B0SSshark wrote:
    last month
    Конечно так. Я лишь имел в виду что творчество художника должно быть превыше всего, вне мнений окружающих.

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  • Arahand wrote:
    last month
    Господин B0SSshark. Ежели публика не в праве судить работу художника, то кто может иметь это право? Случайный прохожий? Выставляя свою работу на всеобщее обозрение, художник, уже приговаривает себя к критике со стороны общества. Разве это не так?

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  • ErebusOdora wrote:
    last month
    Headbenscha: soon you will hear them;)

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  • ErebusOdora wrote:
    last month
    Boss, oh never feel that you cannot complain of music or artists. It is your right. And it is also right of an artist to explain why the arist doesn't stay in the same "genre" as from the beginning. I hope you will continue to appreciate our music:) Take care and have a nice weekend=)

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  • headbenscha wrote:
    last month
    looking forward to the new ARCANA songs!

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  • B0SSshark wrote:
    last month
    In general, I do not dare to complain about the work of the group. Like and anyone else, because it is not fair to the musicians. The fact that they compose, is only the dictates of their heart, mind and worldview. And if they want to compose music in the Oriental style or in any other - please. Dear Arahand, if you suddenly started making music in the pop-style, electro-dance, russian chanson or jazz, instead of caressing for soul piano music (for example), you would not like the condemnation of your new creation from the side. We are entitled to create our own worlds. And, as the dear Ia says, no one bothers to enjoy the old albums.

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  • ErebusOdora wrote:
    last month
    But Out of the Darkling light, Into the Bright shadow, is not Arcana. It is Bjärgö-Hildebrand. And you are welcome to just listen to the old music:) We like to develop, and we hope people understand it, and enjoy it:)

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  • Arahand wrote:
    last month
    Полностью согласен с господином B0SSshark. А альбом "2005 - Out Of The Darkling Light, Into The Bright Shadow" вообще какая-то фантасмагорическая ошибка, они что решили поэкспериментировать со звуком? Raspail - 2008 - ни туда ни сюда. Куда катиться великая группа? Уж точно не во мрак, где они пребывали раньше. Пойду слушать старую Аркану и искать нового мрачного бога.

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  • headbenscha wrote:
    last month
    i like the new cover! i hope the new album will sound more like "raspail" than "le serpent rouge" and features lots of female vocals. artesia and arcana are my favorites in darkwave music. wonderful!!! http://www.erebusodora.net/arcana/album.html

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  • NapalmEater wrote:
    last month
    Obsessed with Dark Age of Reason.

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  • ErebusOdora wrote:
    last month
    BOSSshark, I understand what you mean. But Peter cannot go on making music he cannot stand behind. He need to create music from his soul and his mind, and the early stuff are not him today! Be nostalgic, love that music, but you will not hear that again...maybe a slight feeling, but not that!

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  • B0SSshark wrote:
    last month
    We all heard that Arcana since album "2004 - Le Serpent Rouge" create music in oriental style, and new album also will relate to East (India now). But in my opinion the best albums were created in early works "1996 - Dark Age of Reason", "1997 - Cantar de Procella" and "2000 - ...The Last Embrace" - they were unbelievable and had absolutely... absolutely... I even can't find any word to discribe it. Other albums lost something. So just want to say that I miss the spirit of you early works and hope to hear it once in your new works. Thank you for the best music over the world.

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  • Tricky_Irouchi wrote:
    last month
    soul music! I can listen to forever

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  • Tyren wrote:
    last month
    May.......argh, and I was expecting it soon. :(

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  • Arahand wrote:
    last month
    I invite everyone in the group Gloomy music. http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Gloomy+music

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The quietness

13 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/peterbjargo

It has been quiet around Arcana lately and there is are many reasons for that. First: The new design of Myspace makes us so tired of going here. We will keep the profile, but not check it as …

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