black tape for a blue girl
From Left to Right: Elysabeth Grant, Lisa Feuer, Sam Rosenthal
Background information
Origin	USA
Genre(s)	Gothic Darkwave Dark Ambient
Years active	1986–present
Label(s)	Projekts (1986—Present)
Website	http://blacktapeforabluegirl.com
Members
Sam Rosenthal Lisa Feuer Elysabeth Grant Brett Helm Michael Laird Oscar Herrera

The correct title of this article is black tape for a blue girl. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.

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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. Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ... Musical ensemble Unto Ashes (New York City) incorporates medieval, neofolk, neo-classical, and black metal. ...

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. Darkwave, also written as Dark Wave, is an umbrella term which refers to an 1980s movement that coincided with the popularity of new wave. ...

One of their fans' best loved albums is remnants of a deeper purity, but their most popular album by far is the scavenger bride. remnants of a deeper purity is the eighth album by the Dark ambient band black tape for a blue girl. ... the scavenger bride is the tenth album by the Dark ambient band black tape for a blue girl. ...

Discography

Albums

Album Cover	Date of US Release	Title	Label
	1986	The rope	Projekt
	1987	Mesmerized by the sirens	Projekt
	1989	Ashes in the brittle air	Projekt
	1991	A chaos of desire	Projekt
	1993	This lush garden within	Projekt
	1996	The first pain to linger	Projekt
	1996	Across a thousand blades - a retrospective	Projekt
	1996	Remnants of a deeper purity	Projekt
	1997	With my sorrows	Projekt
	1998	Maxi-cd	Projekt
	1999	As one aflame laid bare by desire	Projekt
	2002	The scavenger bride	Projekt
	2003	With a million tear-stained memories (2-CD)	Projekt
	2004	The Scarecrow (cd-single)	Projekt
	2004	PROMO16 / 2002 sampler	Projekt
	2004	Tarnished (cd-single)	Projekt
	2004	Halo Star	Projekt
	2005	A Dark Cabaret	Projekt

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Image File history File links Promo2002. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ... Image File history File links Tarnished. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ... Image File history File links Halostar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ... Image File history File links Darkcarabet. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Dark Cabaret is a compilation album released by Projekt Records. ... Projekt records was created by Sam Rosenthal in 1983 and has evolved over the years into one of the foremost Gothic, Ethereal, Darkwave, and Dark Cabaret record labels in America. ...

External links

• Band Website
• Interview @ Legends