Projekt Records is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

established by

Sam Rosenthal Sam Rosenthal is an American musician, composer, artist, and novelist. He is the founder and leader of the band Black Tape for a Blue Girl and the Projekt Records record label. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his son and cat. Rosenthal was inter ...

in 1983, the label focuses on

darkwave Dark wave, or darkwave, is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being dark, ro ...

, ambient,

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with dream pop) is a subgenre of indie rock, indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion (music), distortion and effects, a ...

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...

, ethereal, dream-pop, and dark cabaret releases.

History

Projekt was founded in 1983 by Sam Rosenthal, as a record label concentrated on releasing dream-pop, neoclassical, ambient, gothic rock and shoegaze bands, including Rosenthal's own group, Black Tape for a Blue Girl.

Projektfest

Projekt Records also presents Projektfest, a semi-annual festival of gothic and ethereal music, primarily featuring Projekt artists. In 1996, Projektfest ran for two days in Chicago. In 1997, Chicago hosted the festival again, followed a few weeks later by another day of performances in Mexico City. In 1998, Projektfest ran a series of four one-day events in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City. The 2002 Projektfest was held over three days in Philadelphia, at the Trocadero Theatre and other sites. Projekt hosted Projektfest'07 as part of the Blacksun Festival in

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, in August. Projektfest'10 was held on July 30 & 31, 2010. Projektfest'11 was held on November 12, 2011, at The Middle East nightclub in

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, featuring Voltaire, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, and Weep.

Notable artists

Current

* Aglaia * Alio Die * Black Tape for a Blue Girl * Deepspace *

Katzenjammer Kabarett Katzenjammer Kabarett is a French four-piece dark cabaret band from Paris, France. Aesthetically inspired by Germany, German Weimar Republic, Weimar-era cabarets and burlesque shows, the band's name is of German origin and literally translates t ...

* Lovesliescrushing * Mark A. Michaels & Patricia Johnson * Mirabilis *

* Steve Roach * Soriah * Unto Ashes * Vidna Obmana *

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

Erik Wøllo Erik Wøllo (born 6 January 1961) is a Norwegian composer and musician, guitarist and synthesist. He has a background in various genres in music. As a solo recording artist, he is most known for his electronic and ambient musical soundscapes. Mu ...

Past

* Android Lust * Arcana * Attrition * Audra * Autumn's Grey Solace * Controlled Bleeding * Dark Sanctuary * Eden * Faith & Disease * Fear Falls Burning * Jeff Greinke * Lisa Hammer * Human Drama * Love Spirals Downwards * Lovespirals *

Lycia Lycia (; Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the provinces of Antalya and Muğ ...

Mira Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a vari ...

* Mors Syphilitica * Mortiis * O Yuki Conjugate * Ordo Equitum Solis * Shinjuku Thief * Thanatos * This Ascension * Peter Ulrich * Tara VanFlower * Weep

References

External links

* {{Authority control Ambient music record labels Goth record labels American independent record labels Record labels established in 1983