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1) Arcana is a neoclassical d… Read Full Bio ↴There are five artists with this name:

1) Arcana is a neoclassical darkwave 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: http://www.erebusodora.net/arcana
Since 1996, Arcana have been one of the leading bands in its genre. Peter Bjärgö (then Pettersson) started creating the music of Arcana after years of playing different kinds of music. The early idea of the music was based on the romantic image around the middle ages, through Peter’s own personal view. For the first three releases Ida Bengtsson joined Peter as the lead female vocal, and the band grew its fan base all over the world. In 2001 Ann-Mari Thim replaced Ida bengtsson as the new lead female vocalist along with Stefan Eriksson on keyboard and additional instruments. After the fourth release Peter Bjärgö left Cold Meat Industry, the first label of Arcana, to start an own label. The main reason was to preserve the personal touch of the music, Peter’s own sound and feelings, his creative independence.

In 2003 Peter's wife, Cecilia Bjärgö, also joined the band on vocals and in 2006 Mattias Borgh entered the band as percussionist. In 2010 the band expanded in live situations when Núria Luis and Sergio Gamez Martinez (Narsilion, Der Blaue Reiter, Endless Asylum) joined Arcana on stage and since then the music is pure authentic with no backtracks. The contribution of Sergio and Núria has been so productive as they are now consider full members of the band. The difficulties of rehearsing is though an issue, since two members live in Spain. But with the musicality and experiences of live performances, this is nothing that holds us back.

The man behind it all is still Peter Bjärgö, the composer and producer of the music. The music has changed from album to album and today you can hear sounds from all parts of the world since the instruments Peter use are global.

Arcana is in 2012:
Peter Bjärgö
Ann-Mari Thim
Cecilia Bjärgö
Mattias Borgh
Núria Luis
Sergio Gamez Martinez

2) 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".

3) Arcana was a Peruvian rock band who released 4 albums until they disbanded in 2007: a live demo called Demo/Vivo; their first studio album Trágalo in 2000, Virgen in 2003 and their last album Al Olvido in 2005. Their musical style was rock but had a similarity with Nirvana’s style (gaining with this being called “Nircana” or “Arvana” by close friends as as joke). Their last album featured another style, totally experimental and hard to define. In the lineup there was some changes but two of the founding members never changed Markko Kruz in the guitars/vocals and Micky Bane as a bassist. Drummer changed for each album: Italo Quintanilla on Tragalo, Giancarlo Cordiglia on Virgen and Daniel Limaco on Al Olvido.
Official myspace: http://www.myspace.com/arcanaperu

4) Arcana is a Belgian female DJ. More info: http://www.myspace.com/djarcana.

5) Arcana is a Canadian videogame music remixer from the OverClocked ReMix community.

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Gatheringof the storm
Arcana Lyrics

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It's so cold outside, can't you feel it?

I'll remain inside, within the warmth.

It's so dark outside, can't you see it?

I'll reamain within the light.

There is a storm outside, can't you feel it?

There is a storm outside, can't you feel it?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics in Arcana's song "Gathering of the Storm" reflect a sense of detachment from the external environment and a preference for internal refuge. The first two lines indicate a literal interpretation of the situation - it is cold outside, and the singer chooses to stay indoors where it is warm. However, these lines could also be interpreted metaphorically. The cold outside represents the harsh realities of the world and the warmth inside represents a personal and emotional comfort zone. The singer may be expressing a desire to withdraw from the world and protect themselves from its negative aspects.

The following two lines, "It's so dark outside, can't you see it? I'll remain within the light." continue the theme of contrast between external and internal realities. The darkness outside may represent confusion, uncertainty, and the unknown. The light inside represents clarity, stability, and familiarity. The singer is again choosing to remain within their safe and familiar internal world, rather than confront the challenges of the outside.

The repetition of the line "There is a storm outside, can't you feel it?" emphasizes the impending sense of danger and chaos that may exist outside. The storm may be a metaphor for a personal or societal crisis, and the singer's retreat inside may represent a coping mechanism for dealing with these challenges. Overall, the lyrics in "Gathering of the Storm" illustrate a need for self-protection and a reluctance to face external hardships.

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Comments from YouTube:

Laszlo Krizsak

11y↑3

one of the best from Arcana!..and one of my favorites!

Caitlin Flynt

12y

I feel as one with this band. I can pull up a song I've never heard before and by the end of the first 30 seconds I know what is coming afterwords. This is the music I would write if I knew how or could play... Damn I'm good ;)