Album Description"Lovely, absolutely lovely. The best thing you haven't heard so far this year." -- Brainwashed ARC formed in 2000 at a performance at The Ambient Ping, Toronto's long-running live experimental music series. ARC's sound is centered on the melodic loops, texture, and samples provided by heavily effected guitar and other melodic instruments. This is overlaid with tribal rhythms made by various percussive instruments; drum kit, djembe, tabla, wood blocks, and more. With this combination, the trio creates a roiling tapestry of psychedelic drone music simultaneously prim(ev)al and avant-garde.