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.
Innocent Child
Arcana Lyrics
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How can I explain
How I hear the nature cry
For mercy
How the greed and the power
Sets the rules for you and me
Why we destroy and torture
Out of greed
I wish I could give you
Something else
I wish I could give you
Something else
The lyrics of Arcana's "Innocent Child" express the frustration and sadness of a parent who wants to shield their child from the cruel realities of the world. The opening line, "My sweet innocent child," establishes the singer's tender feelings towards their offspring, while the next line, "How can I explain," reflects their aching inability to fully convey the depth of suffering and destruction they perceive in the world. The third line, "How I hear the nature cry for mercy," suggests that the parent sees themselves as attuned to the natural world and its suffering, and feels a sense of responsibility to protect it in order to create a better future for their child.
The following lines lay out the problem: the greed and power of human beings have set the rules, leading to widespread destruction and cruelty. The use of the inclusive "you and me" suggests that the singer does not see themselves as blameless, but acknowledges their own complicity in the systems of oppression and exploitation. The final two lines express their heartfelt desire to offer something better to their child, some alternative to the cycle of destruction and heartache.
Overall, the song is a stirring lament for a world gone awry, and a call to action to protect the innocence and purity of future generations.
Line by Line Meaning
My sweet innocent child
Oh my beloved child who is so pure and unspoiled
How can I explain
How can I make you understand
How I hear the nature cry
I can hear the earth lament in agony
For mercy
Begging for forgiveness for the atrocities we humans have committed
How the greed and the power
How the desire for wealth and authority
Sets the rules for you and me
Dictate how we live our lives and interact with nature and each other
Why we destroy and torture
Why we harm and cause pain
Out of greed
Driven by our insatiable thirst for more, even at the expense of others
I wish I could give you
If only I could bestow upon you
Something else
A different, better way of life
Contributed by Joseph Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.