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Black Tape For A Blue Girl
Black Tape for a Blue Girl (often stylized as black tape for a blue girl) is an American dark wave band formed in 1986 by keyboardist/songwriter Sam Rosenthal, the founder of Projekt Records. Their music takes on elements of dark wave, ethereal, ambient, neoclassical, and dark cabaret music. Their 12th album, ''To touch the milky way'', was released on October 26, 2018 on Projekt Records. Biography Formation/Oscar Herrera era (1986-1999) Begun in California, Black Tape for a Blue Girl is based around Projekt Records founder Sam Rosenthal, the songwriter, lyricist and producer for the band. The band released seven albums in their first 13 years, covering the mid-80s through late-90s. Black Tape for a Blue Girl released their debut album ''The Rope'' in 1986. The band's line-up consisted of a core of Sam Rosenthal, Allan Kraut (on multiple instruments, including drums and guitars) and vocalist and guitarist Oscar Herrera. Guests included Kim Prior (as vocals), Adam Buhler (on ...
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Athan Maroulis
Athanasios Demetrios Maroulis (born September 22, 1964) is an actor, vocalist and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the older brother of singer Constantine Maroulis and also has a sister, Anastasia. Athan Maroulis formed the New York-based group Fahrenheit 451 (1984–1986), with whom he recorded his first commercially available album. Over the ensuing years, Maroulis established himself in a number of alternative musical genres including gothic, industrial and electronic. Stints with the Philadelphia-based Executive Slacks (1987–1990), as well as Tubalcain (1991–1993), followed. After moving to Los Angeles he fronted Spahn Ranch (1993–2000). A diverse and fairly eclectic vocalist, Maroulis recorded a number of albums with a 1940s styled vocal/jazz combo named The Blue Dahlia (1999–2000). Maroulis remains active both behind and in front of the scenes, runs Sepiatone Records, a vintage vocal and jazz record label while continuing to lend his voice to var ...
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The Rope (album)
''The Rope'' is the debut album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on vinyl in 1986 by Projekt Records. Later cassette and CD versions were released. Track listing # "Memory, Uncaring Friend" – ( Sam Rosenthal, Allan Kraut) - 3:40 #* Oscar Herrera - vocals #* Sam Rosenthal - electronics #* Allan Kraut - guitar, bass, drums # "Hide in Yourself" – (Sam Rosenthal, Allan Kraut) - 3:58 #* Kim Prior - vocals #* Oscar Herrera - vocals #* Sam Rosenthal - electronics, drum programming #* Allan Kraut - guitar, bass, drum machine # "Within These Walls" – (Sam Rosenthal) - 3:47 #* Kim Prior - vocals #* Oscar Herrera - vocals #* Adam Buhler - guitar #* Sam Rosenthal - electronics #* Allan Kraut - bass # "The Holy Terrors" – (Sam Rosenthal) - 2:03 #* Kim Prior - vocals #* Oscar Herrera - vocals #* Sam Rosenthal - electronics #* Allan Kraut - drums # "End" – (Sam Rosenthal) - 2:22 #* Kim Prior - vocals #* Oscar Herrera - vocals #* Candy Sherlock - vi ...
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Ashes In The Brittle Air
''Ashes in the Brittle Air'' is the third album by the gothic darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released in 1989 by Projekt Records Projekt is a Portland, Oregon-based independent record label started by Sam Rosenthal in 1983. Projekt releases music in the styles of darkwave, ambient, shoegaze, gothic rock, ethereal, dream-pop, and dark cabaret. Projekt artists include S ... and contains one of their best known songs, "Across a Thousand Blades" sung by Oscar Herrera. Track listing # "Ashes in the Brittle Air" — 4:01 # "Across a Thousand Blades" — 3:40 # "The Touch and the Darkness" — 2:58 # "Through Sky Blue Rooms" — 1:36 # "The Scar of a Poet" — 7:29 # "You Tangle Within Me" — 4:25 # "From the Tightrope" — 4:46 # "Am I so Deceived" — 5:10 # "Is It Love That Dare Not Be?" — 2:17 # "I Ran to You" — 3:28 # "I Wish You Could Smile" — 2:58 Projekt Records' page on the album Sources Black Tape for a Blue Girl albums Projekt Re ...
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Mesmerized By The Sirens
''Mesmerized by the Sirens'' is the second studio album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on vinyl in 1987 by Projekt Records Projekt is a Portland, Oregon-based independent record label started by Sam Rosenthal in 1983. Projekt releases music in the styles of darkwave, ambient, shoegaze, gothic rock, ethereal, dream-pop, and dark cabaret. Projekt artists include S .... "The Sawdust Scattered" was remixed for the later cassette and CD versions. Track listing Personnel * Sam Rosenthal – Piano (tracks 2, 10), Electronics, Lyrics, Artwork * Oscar Herrera – Vocals (tracks 2, 7, 8, 9) * Sue-Kenny Smith – Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 10), Guitar (tracks 1, 3, 10) * Walter Holland – Guitar (tracks 2, 5), Vocals on track 4 * Allan Kraut – Drums (tracks 4, 7, 9) * Bridget Knott – Vocals on track 3 * Kim Prior – Vocals on track 9 * Thomas Anthony (2) – Piano on track 9 * Richard Watson – Clarinet on track 8 * Miira Ojanen – Voice (tr ...
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These Fleeting Moments
These may refer to: *the plural proximal demonstrative in English *These, a variation of the Greek Theseus Theseus (, ; grc-gre, Θησεύς ) was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. The myths surrounding Theseus his journeys, exploits, and friends have provided material for fiction throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes describ ... in Etruscan mythology {{Disambig Etruscan mythology ...
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Unto Ashes
Unto Ashes is an American musical ensemble based in New York City that incorporates madrigal, folk, and elements of neo-medieval and darkwave. Founded by Michael Laird and Susanna Melendez in 1997, the band has released eleven full-length CDs on the Projekt label (all recorded and produced by Laird). Previous members and contributors have included Kit Messick, Melody Henry, Spider Grandmother (pseudonym), Jeremy Bastard (pseudonym). The band has continued to collaborate with Paul Ash, Catherine Bent, Sonne Hagal, and Bret Helm from Audra (band). Singer Mariko Sarah Newman left the band in 2008 to work with the German Qntal project and related ensembles. The band has performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig on four occasions: 2004, 2009, 2015, and 2019. In 2006, the band toured Europe with Qntal. For the 2019 WGT concert, the band performed with Michael Popp, founding member of Qntal, at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populo ...
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Audra (band)
Audra is an Arizona-based post-punk band formed in 1991 in Mesa, Arizona by brothers Bret and Bart Helm. Audra broke out onto the national scene in 2000 when they signed with indie label Projekt Records. They have since released four full-length albums (two via Projekt), with the most recent released in 2019. Audra has toured and performed alongside the likes of The Mission UK, Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), AFI, Johnette Napolitano (of Concrete Blonde), Nitzer Ebb, She Wants Revenge, Gene Loves Jezebel, Lycia, Steve Roach, The Wonderstuff, Esben and the Witch, New Model Army and many others. History Audra's first release, ''Unhappy Till the End'', was issued on cassette in 1996 on their Audra Art Sex Religion label, followed by the self-released ''Silver Music'' CD EP in 1999. In 2000, Audra signed with indie label Projekt Records, which released their first two studio albums, ''Audra'' (2000) and ''Going to the Theatre'' (2002). On May 19, 2009, Audra released ''Everything C ...
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Remnants Of A Deeper Purity
''Remnants of a Deeper Purity'' is the sixth studio album by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released on June 7, 1996, by Projekt Records. A cassette version was released in 1997 on Poland's Black Flames Productions. In 2007, a 10th-anniversary edition of the album was released, with a bonus disc, including the '' With My Sorrows'' EP from the same era. Black Tape for a Blue Girl's Sam Rosenthal described the album as "an album of rebirth – the internal analysis and exploration that paves the way for a major upheaval." Critical reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... critic Ned Raggett wrote that ''Remnants of a Deeper Purity'' "succeeds like no other Black Tape release before it, the logical extension of Rosenthal's musical ...
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Forbidden Colours
"Forbidden Colours" is a 1983 song by David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The song is the vocal version of the theme from the Nagisa Oshima film ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.'' It appears on the film's soundtrack album and was released as a single on Virgin Records in 1983 (the second collaborative single release by Sylvian and Sakamoto, following 1982's "Bamboo Houses"). Background The title of the song is taken from Japanese writer Yukio Mishima's 1953 novel ''Forbidden Colors''; although not directly related to the film, both works include exploration of homosexual themes, specifically resistance to desires through faith in God. In 1984 the track was re-recorded and released as the B-side to "Red Guitar", the lead single to Sylvian's first solo album ''Brilliant Trees'' and was later also included as a bonus track on certain editions of his 1987 album ''Secrets of the Beehive''. Both Sakamoto and Sylvian have since recorded several interpretations of the song, both ins ...
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The Crüxshadows
The Crüxshadows is an American dark wave and dark synthpop band currently based in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The band has an international following of fans and has toured North America, Europe, and Asia. History The band was originally formed in 1992 by Rogue, Sean Flanagan
and Tim Curry, in Tallahassee, Florida. The Crüxshadows formed in 1992 in Tallahassee, Florida by Rogue (vocals, words, concepts, drum-machines, songsmithing, & electric violins), Sean Flanagan (computers, drum machines, programming, and synthesis), and Tim Curry (computers, programming, equipment, & guitar work) during the summer. The Crüxshadows self-released their debut album, ''...night crawls in'' in 1993, initially only as a cassette. In 1994 the Crüxshadows recorded and released ″Ballrooms on Mars″ on Old School Recor ...
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Attrition (band)
Attrition are an English electronic music band, formed in Coventry in 1980 by Martin Bowes and Julia Niblock. The band emerged from the experimental post-punk scene of the early 1980s and, along with other groups such as Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, and In the Nursery, greatly contributed to the development of industrial music in the UK. History Beginnings In 1979, Martin started a xeroxed fanzine called ''Alternative Sounds'' to document the Coventry music scene (including such notables as The Specials and Furious Apples). The fanzine ran for 18 issues until 1981, and culminated in a vinyl compilation, "Sent from Coventry" (on Cherry Red) and a brief appearance on the BBC's '' Something Else'' programme. During this time, Martin met Julia at a local gig and, with the addition of Martin's brother Chris on guitar, Attrition was formed. In 1980 Chris was replaced by Julia's brother Ashley Niblock on synthesizer, and a short time later they replaced their li ...
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The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; additional: guitar, bass guitar). The two describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent a name that "would involve the word ''gothic''". The Dresden Dolls are part of an underground dark cabaret movement that started gaining momentum in the early 2000s. Career Band formation and name The duo formed a week after Brian Viglione witnessed Amanda Palmer perform solo at a Halloween party in 2000. Their live performances soon gained them a cult following. During these performances the two band members often wore dramatic make-up and fancy clothing that pushed their cabaret/theater aesthetic. They encourage fans to become involved at their shows, with th ...
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