Arcesia

The Profile

John Arcesi (performing as Arcesia) was an American singer who worked as a jacket singer/crooner in the 1940s–50s, recorded for Capitol, and in 1972 released the privately pressed, psychedelic album Reachin' under the name Arcesia. The album was reissued by One Little Indian in 1997. He lived in Palm Springs and died in 1983.

Formerly a child prodigy and mid‑century crooner; career damaged after a notorious Las Vegas incident; Reachin' had a tiny 300‑copy pressing (1972) and was reissued in 1997 by One Little Indian. The album is described as dark, hallucinatory and emotionally intense.

John Arcesi, performing as Arcesia, was a mid‑20th century crooner who issued the private, hallucinatory album Reachin' in 1972. The DeBaser review frames the record as a dark, psychedelic transformation of a former Vegas entertainer. The album went unnoticed at the time and was reissued by One Little Indian in 1997. The review treats the record as a powerful, emotionally intense lost classic.