{{more footnotes needed|date=August 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Lakuna | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Newport, Rhode Island, United States | instrument = | genre = {{Hlist|Instrumental|avant-garde|electronic|experimental electronic|electropop|synthpop|ambient|ambient pop|dream pop|art pop|experimental pop|post-rock}} | occupation = | years_active = 1996–2000 | label = 4AD, Throwing Music | spinoff_of = {{hlist|Throwing Muses|Tanya Donelly (solo)|Kristin Hersh (solo)}} | website = | current_members = | past_members = David Narcizo (drums, drum machine, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, engineering, mixing)<br />Bernard Georges (bass guitar)<br />Kristin Hersh (guitar loops, tape loops, sampling, mixing)<br />Tom Gorman (bass guitar)<br />Melissa "Misi" Narcizo (keyboards, synthesizer, piano)<br />Frank Gardner (bass guitar, synth-bass, synthesizer, sampler) }}
'''Lakuna''' was an electronic instrumental project begun by drummer David Narcizo after Throwing Muses first split up following their 1996 ''Limbo'' album.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lakuna: Castle of Crime - Release On Line review|url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orlakunacoc.htm|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Release Music Magazine}}</ref> Lakuna first released a 12-inch called ''So Happy'' and then a 1999 full-length album called ''Castle of Crime.''<ref>Savlov, Marc (March 17, 2000). [http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2000-03-17/music_recviews22.html Castle of Crime Record Review]. ''The Austin Chronicle''. Retrieved April 15, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Scanland|first1= Dennis |date=March 25, 2003|url=http://www.musicemissions.com/display_review/163 |title=Lakuna — Castle of Crime Review|archive-date= 2003-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030612173417/http://www.musicemissions.com/display_review/163 |website= MusicEmissions.com |access-date= April 15, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Castle of Crime : A Review by The Phantom Tollbooth|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/lakuna.html|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.tollbooth.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sterdan|first=Darryl|date=2019-10-29|title=Back Stories {{!}} My Album Reviews From Oct. 29, 1999|url=https://tinnitist.com/2019/10/29/back-stories-my-album-reviews-from-oct-29-1999/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Tinnitist|language=en-CA}} Review of ''Castle of Crime''</ref> Narcizo provided drums, drum programming, and keyboards on all the tracks. The album's guest musicians included Bernard Georges on bass, Kristin Hersh on guitar loops, Belly's Tom Gorman on bass, Melissa "Misi" Narcizo on piano and keyboards, and Frank Gardner on bass and bass synthesizer. Narcizo employed tape loops and samples from obscure, vintage music to achieve the album's ambient-styled instrumental sounds. Lakuna recorded on the 4AD and Throwing Music labels.
== Members == '''Former members''' *'''Kristin Hersh''' – guitar loops, tape loops, sampling, mixing *'''Bernard Georges''' – bass guitar *'''Tom Gorman''' – bass guitar *'''Frank Gardner''' – bass guitar, synth-bass, synthesizer, sampler *'''Melissa "Misi" Narcizo''' – keyboards, synthesizer, piano *'''David Narcizo''' – de facto leader, drums, drum machine, keyboards, synthesizer, programming, engineering, mixing
==Discography== *'So Happy 12"' (1999) *'Castle of Crime' (1999)
==References== {{Reflist}} *Ankeny, Jason. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p371755|pure_url=yes}} Lakuna biography]. ''Allmusic''. Retrieved April 15, 2005.
==External links== *{{Cite web|title=Lakuna – Castle Of Crime (1999, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lakuna-Castle-Of-Crime/release/4570493|language=en|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Discogs}} *[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r423341/credits|pure_url=yes}} Castle of Crime musician credits] ''Allmusic''. Retrieved April 15, 2005. *{{cite web|url=http://4ad.com/features/lakuna/frames.html |title=Lakuna biography |website=4AD Records website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901171944/http://4ad.com/features/lakuna/frames.html |access-date= April 15, 2005|archive-date=2005-09-01 |url-status=dead}}
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