The Last Wave is the debut album by American jazz fusion band Arcana, released on July 23, 1996.

While Laswell and Williams lay down overwhelmingly strong and throbbing rhythmic grooves, Bailey soars, skronks and screams above, providing enormous and exhilarating tension.

He concluded: "Bailey is consistently imaginative, coaxing undreamt of sounds from his guitar and providing the necessary creative fuel for this generally very successful session.

The results were well up to expectation, clangorous, dark-toned music from territory out beyond either jazz or rock, or any conceivable industry hybrid.

"[2] In a review for JazzTimes, Duck Baker stated: "The result is raucous, unique music that sounds like it's presented in the order recorded, and one hears, or imagines to hear, the musicians getting a handle on things as they progress... an extraordinarily successful set, one of Derek's best, but really a significant group improvisation.