7. SAFFF BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL, DRESDEN DOLLS, DEINE LAKAIEN, ART ZOYD
BTFBG
Gothique / Alternative / Chansons populaires
mélodramatiques, Brooklyn / NYC
http://www.blacktapeforabluegirl.com
http://www.myspace.com/blacktapeforabluegirl
Membres du groupe
Sam Rosenthal, Brian Viglione, Laurie Reade, Nicki Jaine,
Lisa Feuer, Athan Maroulis, Elysabeth Grant, Bret Helm,
Oscar Herrera, Michael Laird, Vicki Richards, Bart Helm
Sam Rosenthal. First two images © AnnHarper.com. Right image by Edin Velez.
here are links to pages with additional photos of black tape @ leipzig
DISCOGRAPHIE
 | the Pleasures Everlasting (ep) | PROJEKT 223 | 2008 | Digital-only release with Dead Can Dance & Sonic Youth cover songs. | ||||||
 | A Retrospective | SPR32 | 2008 | A Russian best of featuring Blacktape's most popular songs, some of which are reworked or remixed. | ||||||
 | Revue Noir: ANTHOLOGY ARCHIVE | PROJEKT 213 | 2008 | Dark Cabaret collaboration between Sam and Nicki Jaine. | ||||||
 | As Lonely As Dave Bowman: Pod | PROJEKT 195 | 2007 | Electronic solo album by Sam. | ||||||
 | Halo Star | PROJEKT 158 | 2004 | The most recent full-length studio album, includes "Knock Three Times." halostar.us Electronic press-kit for this release.
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 | With a million tear-stained memories (2-CD) | PROJEKT 145 | 2003 | Limited edition retrospective released in Germany on Trisol Records and in the U.S. on Projekt. One cd of vocal songs / once cd of instrumentals. | ||||||
 | The scavenger bride | PROJEKT 130 | 2002 thescavengerbride.com electronic press-kit for this release.
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 | As one aflame laid bare by desire | PROJEKT 86 | 1999 aflame An in-depth interview about this release by Dave Aftandilian.
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 | remnants of a deeper purity | PROJEKT 68 | 1996 re-issued in 2006 with a 2nd CD of bonus material, including With my sorrows remnants A 1996 feature written by Bryan Reesman.
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 | this lush garden within | PROJEKT 38 | 1993
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 | terrace of memories | PROJEKT 34 | 1992 Sam Rosenthal ambient collaboration with Vidna Obmana | ||||||
 | a chaos of desire | PROJEKT 30 | 1991 | ||||||
 | ashes in the brittle air | PROJEKT 26 | 1989 | ||||||
 | mesmerized by the sirens | PROJEKT 25 | 1987 | Originally released on vinyl, then on cassette, then on CD. | ||||||
 | before the buildings fell | PROJEKT 24 | 1986 | Electronic solo album by Sam | ||||||
 | the rope | PROJEKT 20 | 1986 | Originally released on vinyl, then on cassette, then on CD. |
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Alternative / Rock, Boston
dresdendolls.com
Amanda Palmer - Piano, Toy Piano & Vocals
Brian Viglione - Drums & Percussion, Vocals, Guitar, and Electric Bass
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IN http://www.myspace.com/dresdendolls: The Life & Times Of The Dresden Dolls
Rock bands are pigeonholed into ever-increasingly minuscule sub-categorizations, but The Dresden Dolls continue to defy explanation and classification. While some have called it theatrical rock, punk cabaret, manic-musical, neo-glam-torch...eventually even the most clever and creative describers shrug and say: "You just have to hear it to believe it."
Living in a two-faced, popular culture built on artifice that demands authenticity; The Dresden Dolls take the world stage, tear down the curtain, rip holes in the veneer and create their own rules, rhymes and reason. For the past six years, the duo has been climbing steadily out of the artistic trenches and into the mainstream of rock on their own terms. The Dolls thrive on their inherent juxtapositions. The musical-theater and New-Wave background of writer/singer/pianist Amanda Palmer mixes with drummer Brian Viglione's heavy metal roots to create a sonic smear of unclassifiable rock. Palmer wails; Viglione cackles. It is this dichotomy that supplies the band with a yin-yang quality that keeps them hurtling through space, pulling each other to and fro in an endless - and highly entertaining - match of musical wits.
After signing with Roadrunner Records in early 2004, the band has been enjoying a whirlwind schedule that has included headlining sold-out tours on four continents, opening for Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor hand-picked the band after seeing their homemade video for "Girl Anachronism" on television), performing at the world's biggest festivals including Coachella, Fuji Rock, Roskilde and Glastonbury, writing an original musical at the prestigious American Repertory Theater and releasing an innovative and acclaimed live DVD.
The music is just one installment of the on-going artistic collaborations between the band and their fans. Additionally, a flood of home-made films, burlesque numbers, sculptures and animations to complete plays and musicals based around the band's songs have created a constant dialogue between band and audience. The same spirit exists at live shows, as manifested in the so-called "Brigade", where the Dolls collaborated with hundreds of performing artists ranging from high school drama troupes to top-shelf actors and professional circus artists, including members of Montreal's celebrated Cirque Eloize and San Fransiciso's Vau de Vire Society.
The Dolls' self-titled debut has been selling strong and steady scanning 100,000+ copies in the United States alone. Initially released on Palmer's own 8 Ft. Records in the fall of 2003, the album was subsequently re-released upon the band's signing with Roadrunner. The release of two wildly different singles, the manic-punk "Girl Anachronism" and the cabaret-tinged and bittersweet "Coin-Operated Boy," which debuted on KCRW via the influential DJ Nic Harcourt, swiftly went on to be the most-requested singles on a handful of stations nationwide. Airtime on MTV2 and the Internet immediately began to win the band thousands of admirers for their innovative style and "Coin-Operated Boy" received an MTVU award nomination.
In 2006 The Dresden Dolls released their highly anticipated follow-up, Yes, Virginia to immediate worldwide acclaim. Yes, Virginia marked the band's Billboard chart debut in the United States and also charted nationally in various European countries following the success of the lead single "Sing" and it's emotion packed video. In January 2007, The Dolls wrapped up a string of 40 sold out shows in an original piece of musical theatre, The Onion Cellar, produced with the distinguished American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge , Massachusetts.
This past summer, The Dresden Dolls were proud to bring their bittersweet, smart, and gender-role-defying music to the 2007 True Colors tour. The tour consisted of DD as well as tour-creator Cyndi Lauper, and fellow performers Deborah Harry, Erasure, Margaret Cho, and (.. dates) Rufus Wainwright. The Dolls have been long-time supporters of the gay community performing alongside transgender, drag and gay performers including but not limited to Baby Dee, Peaches Christ, Titler, Edna Million, Dames Aflame and countless others.
The band has just completed a winter tour, trekking across the midwest and east coast of North America. Though these were the last Dolls' shows scheduled for quite some time, be sure to keep your eyes peeled on http://www.dresdendolls.com, as it will be constantly updated with solo shows, shows with friends, and information on the forthcoming EP, due later in 2008.
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DEINE LAKAIEN
www.deine-lakaien.com
Ernst Horn : Claviers, Programmation (et Hélium Vola)
Alexander Veljanov : Chant
Influences: Akhkharu, Fredrik Klingwall,
Sins Of The Flesh, All:My:Faults, Engelsblut
Deine Lakaien: Biographisches
1985 wird Michail Gorbatchow Generalsekretär der KPdSU, der Privatsender Sat 1 geht auf Sendung, die RAF-Terroristen Christian Klar und Brigitte Mohnhaupt werden verurteilt - und Ernst Horn und Alexander Veljanov gründen in München die Band Deine Lakaien. Horn, ausgebildeter Dirigent, leitet das Orchester der Karlsruher Oper, Veljanov studiert Theaterwissenschaften. Die beiden finden sich über eine Kontaktanzeige. Horn ist inspiriert von dramatischer Oper, Folk- und Mittelaltermusik, Veljanov liebäugelt mit New Wave, Punk und dem frühen Gothic. So treffen inhaltlich zwar zwei Minus-Pol-Magneten aufeinander, doch die abstoßenden Kräfte pendeln sich ein und lassen eine neue musikalische Mixtur entstehen.
Bereits das Debut „Deine Lakaien", das im Eigenvertrieb erscheint und schnell in der Subkultur Bahnen zieht, zeigt den typischen avantgardistischen Sound der Band, die Experimentierfreude zweier Ausnahmeerscheinungen und doch den Hang zu eingängigen, klassisch konstruierten Liedern. 1991 erscheint auf Gymnastic Records das Album „Dark Star". Die Resonanz ist gewaltig: Deine Lakaien ernten eine Welle der Euphorie und gewinnen Fans in ganz Europa. Das Album selbst ist bis heute ein Dauerbrenner und für Einsteiger in den Wave-Pop ein Pflichtkauf. Gleichzeitig definieren Deine Lakaien mit Songs wie „Reincarnation", Love me to the end" oder „Dark Star" die Ansprüche an intelligenten und dennoch tanzbaren Wave völlig neu. Fortan ist die Band omnipräsent, gilt als Leitstern der Szene und nutzt den erreichten Status für neue musikalische Ideen. 
Mit dem insgesamt etwas härteren und von Aspekten des Industrial inspirierten Album „Forest Enter Exit" gelingt erstmals eine Platzierung in den deutschen Charts. Das Karrussel ist nicht mehr zu bremsen: Deine Lakaien drehen ästhetisch anspruchsvolle Videos und avancieren zu einem Act, den trotz der immer noch vorhandenen Sperrigkeit Major-Labels ins Auge fassen. Horn und Veljanov reagieren auf den zunehmenden Erfolg und den zunehmenden Druck mit einem ungewöhnlichen Schritt. Sie dekonstruieren ihre mitunter pompösen und vielschichtigen Lieder und tragen sie auf einer begeistert aufgenommenen Tournee akustisch vor. Präpariertes Klavier und Stimme, die Leitmelodien als Kern - ein Konzept, mit dem sie 1995 nicht nur dem Wave einen dicken Qualitätsstempel aufdrücken, sondern gleichzeitig einen Trend setzen, dem bis heute Bands folgen. Die Frucht dieser Idee, das Album „Acoustic", gelangt mühelos in die Charts. Ebenso wie das Album „Winter Fish Testosterone", das ein Jahr später erscheint und mit dem Deine Lakaien erneut die Fähigkeit beweisen, dem Stillstand die Hörner aufsetzen zu können. Die Nachfrage nach Auftritten der Band ist inzwischen so groß, dass sie mühelos zwei ausgedehnte Deutschland-Tourneen spielt. Gleichzeitig verfestigen Horn und Veljanov mit der Nähe zu den Fans ihr Image als außergewöhnliche Live-Band.
Jochen Müter / Mai 2006
DISCOGRAPHIE
Deine Lakaien (LP - 1986 )
Dark Star (CD - 1991 )
Dark Star Live (Live - 1992 )
Forest Enter Exit (CD - 1993 ) 
Acoustic (Live - 1995 )
Winter Fish Testosterone (CD - 1996 )
White Lies (CD - 2002 )
1987 - The Early Works (CD - 2003 )
April Skies (CD - 2005 )