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.
Medea
Arcana Lyrics
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Tender pledging of days in grace
Bliss and dream intertwined as one
Joy such all lovers might envy
Those thoughts are mine no more
For now I am empty; bereft of you
I must endure this solitude
And nevermore behold your face
I did not seek to wring your heart
The same act surely wrong my own
I had to brace me to the dead
Hence filled my heart with wickedness
The lyrics to Arcana's song Medea speak of the pain and sorrow of lost love. The first line of the verse describes how the singer had many hopes and dreams for a happy future with their loved one. These hopes were full of grace, tenderness, and joy that any lovers would envy. However, in the next line, the singer reveals that they have lost all hope and feel empty and bereft since the departure of their loved one. They are forced to endure the pain of solitude without being able to see the face of the person they loved.
The following lines suggest that the singer did not intend to hurt their loved one or cause them any pain, but in trying to cope with their grief, they have become filled with wickedness. They were forced to accept the fact that their loved one was dead, and this caused great distress and anguish, leading them to feel empty and soulless. The song's lyrics evoke a strong sense of loss and regret, bringing to light the power of love and its ability to consume us entirely.
Line by Line Meaning
In you were treasured many hopes
I had many hopes for our future together, all of them invested in you.
Tender pledging of days in grace
We had many sweet moments together, enjoying each other's company and the grace of those days.
Bliss and dream intertwined as one
We shared wonderful dreams and moments of happiness and bliss, all of them intertwined and impossible to separate.
Joy such all lovers might envy
Our joy was so great that even other lovers might envy the depth of our connection and happiness.
Those thoughts are mine no more
I no longer have those hopeful thoughts and dreams, as they have all been shattered by our separation.
For now I am empty; bereft of you
Without you, I feel completely empty and devoid of any joy or purpose in my life.
I must endure this solitude
I have no choice but to endure this loneliness and solitude, as there is no hope for us to be reunited.
And nevermore behold your face
I will never again see the face of the one I love, and that thought fills me with sadness and despair.
I did not seek to wring your heart
I didn't intend to hurt you or cause you pain, but the inevitable outcome of our separation has caused both of us great suffering.
The same act surely wrong my own
The same separation that caused you pain has also caused me pain, and I am suffering just as much as you are.
I had to brace me to the dead
I had to steel myself for the thought of losing you and living without you, as if preparing for my own death.
Hence filled my heart with wickedness
The pain and sadness I feel has filled my heart with a sense of wickedness or wrongness, as I struggle to cope with the loss.
Contributed by Jasmine G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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If you were treasured many hopes
Tender pledging of days in grace
Bliss and dream interwined as one
Joy such as all lovers might envy
Those thoughts are mine no more
For now I am empty; bereft of you
I must endure this solitude
And nevermore behold your face
I did not seek to wring your heart
The same act surely wrung my own
I had to brace me to the deed
Hence filled my heart with wickedness
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DENIS BUGROV
This is a very beautiful song!!! Bravo Arcana!!!
Thomas Brilke
An amazing, indeed, a. Surreal song! Did someone knows the album" The arcane"? It's fantastic!!
Thomas Brilke
Absolut, voll stark!!!
x_Dude ☮
Strong , would love to hear more like this.
kovi
indeed, amazing song
helldistorsion
amazing
levhan .cz
genial music
müşkül pesent
herkeslerden gizli, gece ışıkları kapatmış bir mum ışığı eşliğinde, yazıyorum bunu dinlerken
Elizabeth Cadena
What is she saying I would like to know