Black tape for a blue girl
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black tape for a blue girl is an American darkwave band formed in 1986. Their music incorporates elements of gothic, ethereal, ambient and neo-classical music.
Fronted by Projekt Records manager Sam Rosenthal, the band's lineup has changed significantly over time. The current lineup has Rosenthal on programming and keyboards, Lisa Feuer on flute and vocals, Elysabeth Grant on vocals and violin, Brett Helm (of Audra) on vocals, and Michael Laird (of Unto Ashes) on acoustic guitar and vocals. The most notable former member of the band is their long time vocalist, Oscar Herrera.
The style of black tape for a blue girl is generally described as "gothic", though their long catalog of music does not often gel with all of the contemporary standards of gothic or darkwave music over time. Their sound could be described accurately as an ambient soundscape of analog synth and old world instruments (both real and synthesized), mixed with vocals of poetic and melancholy themes. Much of the lyric writing is done by Rosenthal himself and often explores powerful emotions of love, vulnerability, isolation, loss, jealousy, and passion.
One of their most well considered albums amongst their fans is remnants of a deeper purity.
Discography
- PRO00020 the rope CD (Projekt, 1986)
- PRO00024 before the buildings fell CD (Projekt, 1986)
- PRO00025 mesmerized by the sirens CD (Projekt, 1987)
- PRO00026 ashes in the brittle air CD (Projekt, 1989)
- PRO10030 a chaos of desire (cassette) Cassette (Projekt, 1991)
- PRO00030 a chaos of desire CD (Projekt, 1991)
- PRO00038 this lush garden within CD (Projekt, 1993)
- PRO00063 the first pain to linger [novel w/maxi-cd] Maxi-CD/Book (Projekt, 1996)
- PRO00069 remnants [cd-single] CD-Single (Projekt, 1996)
- PRO10068 remnants of a deeper purity (cassette) Cassette (Projekt, 1996)
- PROm0003 across a thousand blades - a retrospective CD (Projekt, 1996)
- PRO00068 remnants of a deeper purity CD (Projekt, 1996)
- XUS0010v with my sorrows (vinyl) 10" Vinyl (Amplexus, 1997)
- XUS0010c with my sorrows (3" CD) 3"-CD (Amplexus, 1997)
- PRO00084 [maxi-cd] Maxi-CD (Projekt, 1998)
- PRO00086 As one aflame laid bare by desire CD (Projekt, 1999)
- PRO00130 the scavenger bride CD (Projekt, 2002)
- SMC00002 the scavenger bride (mexican pressing) CD (Smadhi Musik, 2002)
- PRO00145 with a million tear-stained... (OUT OF PRINT) 2-CD (Projekt, 2003)
- PROMO16 PROMO16 / 2002 sampler maxi-cd (Projekt, 2003)
- PRO00158 HALO STAR CD (Projekt, 2004)
External links
- Band Website (http://www.blacktapeforabluegirl.com)