# Lakuna

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Lakuna
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| origin          = [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island), United States
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| genre           = {{Hlist|[Instrumental](/source/Instrumental_music)|[avant-garde](/source/Avant-garde_music)|[electronic](/source/Electronic_music)|[experimental electronic](/source/Experimental_music)|[electropop](/source/electropop)|[synthpop](/source/synthpop)|[ambient](/source/Ambient_music)|[ambient pop](/source/ambient_pop)|[dream pop](/source/dream_pop)|[art pop](/source/art_pop)|[experimental pop](/source/experimental_pop)|[post-rock](/source/post-rock)}}
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| years_active    = 1996–2000
| label           = [4AD](/source/4AD), Throwing Music
| spinoff_of      = {{hlist|[Throwing Muses](/source/Throwing_Muses)|[Tanya Donelly](/source/Tanya_Donelly) (solo)|[Kristin Hersh](/source/Kristin_Hersh) (solo)}}
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| past_members    = [David Narcizo](/source/David_Narcizo) (drums, drum machine, 
 keyboards, synthesizer, programming, engineering, mixing)<br />[Bernard Georges](/source/Bernard_Georges) (bass guitar)<br />[Kristin Hersh](/source/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)
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'''Lakuna''' was an electronic instrumental project begun by drummer [David Narcizo](/source/David_Narcizo) after [Throwing Muses](/source/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](/source/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 &mdash; 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](/source/Bernard_Georges) on bass, [Kristin Hersh](/source/Kristin_Hersh) on guitar loops, [Belly](/source/Belly_(band))'s Tom Gorman on bass, Melissa "Misi" Narcizo on piano and keyboards, and Frank Gardner on bass and bass synthesizer. Narcizo employed [tape loops](/source/tape_loops) and [samples](/source/Sampling_(music)) from obscure, vintage music to achieve the album's [ambient](/source/ambient_music)-styled instrumental sounds. Lakuna recorded on the [4AD](/source/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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Category:American electronic music groups
Category:4AD artists

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