Black Tape for a Blue Girl

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Black Tape for a Blue Girl的音樂包含了哥特、環(huán)境以及新古典音樂的成分。他們飄逸、憂傷的聲音實(shí)際上定義了他們的廠牌Projekt Records的黑潮美學(xué)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，這個(gè)廠牌是屬于樂隊(duì)的創(chuàng)建者、作曲和鍵盤手Sam Rosenthal的。Rosenthal寫了大量的歌詞，經(jīng)常表達(dá)一些關(guān)于愛、傷害、孤獨(dú)、失落、嫉妒、激情等的強(qiáng)烈情緒。Sam Rosenthal將許多作品與卡夫卡的黑色幽默結(jié)合起來，甚至在歌詞中使用了捷克詞語。
Black Tape for a Blue Girls ethereal, mournful sound virtually defined the darkwave aesthetic of their label Projekt Records, a company owned and operated by the groups founder, composer and keyboardist Sam Rosenthal. Formed in 1983, Projekt was originally envisioned as an outlet for Rosenthals solo electronic music; upon relocating to California three years later, his music adopted a warmer, deeply personal sound heralded by the formation of Black Tape for a Blue Girl, which debuted in 1986 with The Rope. Where subsequent efforts including 1987s Mesmerized by the Sirens and its 1989 follow-up Ashes in the Brittle Air drew heavily on ambient soundscapes, the group — a revolving ensemble of performers that in addition to Rosenthal also at times included vocalists Oscar Herrera and Lucian Casselman, violinst Vicki Richards, clarinetist Richard Watson and cellist Mera Roberts — expanded into increasingly dense electronic textures over the course of records like 1991s A Chaos of Desire and 1993s This Lush Garden Within. After a three-year hiatus, Black Tape for a Blue Girl resurfaced in 1996 with the EP The First Pain to Linger, a disc packaged with a novel authored by Rosenthal; the full-length epic Remnants of a Deeper Purity appeared that same year, followed in 1998 by As One Aflame Laid Bare by Desire. Before the Buildings Fell appeared in early 2000.