Remnants of a deeper purity, by Black Tape For A Blue Girl

Remnants of a deeper purity

by Black Tape For A Blue Girl

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Scott I'm not stuck in the past - BTFABG's recent albums are very good also - but this is my favourite album (2 X digital, 5 X CD, vinyl, the blanket, etc...). This is very moving music. The descriptive text and review quotes here are absolutely spot-on, I can't find better words of my own. Favorite track: remnants of a deeper purity.

JAH A truly gorgeous album. But like the Cure at their best, too much at once might result in death by sadness. Favorite track: with my sorrows.

Esteban Osorio Gallardo it is a melancholic, warm and peaceful disc... Favorite track: with my sorrows.

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The 2016 edition of Remnants of a Deeper Purity has a 16-page lyric booklet, with an extra 4-pages of candid photos (not in the previous edition). Plus a 4″ square sticker. Disc 1 was remastered in 2014, disc 2 includes an extra track added in 2013

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This is a preOrder on the second colored vinyl edition. 150 copies manufactured. With the 8-page album-sized booklet. Unfortunately, there has been a delay at the vinyl pressing plant, but we expect these to ship in the first 1/2 of November.

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1.	redefine pure faith 05:19
2.	fin de siécle 05:55
3.	with my sorrows 07:06	lyrics

4.	for you will burn your wings upon the sun 26:25
5.	wings tattered, fallen 06:25
6.	fitful 04:56
7.	remnants of a deeper purity 04:35	lyrics

8.	again, to drift (for veronika) 05:59
9.	i have no more answers 10:32
10.	Bonus DIsc: 00:04
11.	en la mar ay una torre 00:59
12.	with my sorrows - part 2 13:07
13.	with my sorrows - part 3 06:25
14.	i have no more answers - radio edit 03:39
15.	redefine pure faith - live 04:32
16.	through sky blue rooms - live 02:29
17.	remnants of a deeper purity - live 03:57
18.	across a thousand blades - ‘96 03:55
19.	with my sorrows - 2013 mix 08:36	lyrics	buy track

20.	hidden track 02:05

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Disc 1 2014 remaster by Anders Peterson / GS Mastering & Post.

"Like Dead Can Dance, black tape for a blue girl dramatically flirts with symphonic decay." The Philadelphia City Paper

"Black Tape for a Blue Girl is best described as the poets of the broken spirit, musically and lyrically exploring the heart of the human soul in all of its unavoidable sadness. That may sound like depressing stuff but it is far from it. The quest for the elements of love, of faith and faithfulness, and the essence of happiness as if they were concrete rather than the abstract rudiments of humankind, has been the unrequited search of all time. Given the absolute heartbreak of desire and free will, with all of its choices, most of which bode badly, it is little wonder that the great authors, painters, and composers of all time have devoted lives to the sad song of impossibility with the brush of possibility somewhere hidden. Black Tape explores these dark corners of deception, betrayal, love, hope, and rebirth perhaps more adroitly than any other band. The revisitation of Black Tape for a Blue Girl’s greatest achievement is a great cause for celebration. Works such as are found on this 2CD 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic Remnants of a Deeper Purity are priceless." -musictap.net

In 2006, black tape for a blue girl's achingly beautiful neo-classical, ethereal, darkwave classic was given a 10th anniversary re-release with a bonus disc of additional music.

Long droning deep tones overlayed by intense vocals from Oscar and Lucian as well as rich cello and violin arrangements from Vicki and Mera. The results are deeply mesmerizing and melancholy passages. The finished 77-minute album is Black tape's masterpiece: exquisite and stunning. Wrapped up in the emotions of betrayal and salvation, searching for the deeper fragments of a truer reality -- somewhere between sadness and hope -- Sam's words and harmonies weave a soft, opaque veil over a world where feeling is foremost, emotions on the surface, the heart laid bare.

Included are the ultra rare pieces, originally released on the with my sorrow maxi on Italy's Amplexus label; also featuring 3 live songs recorded at the 1996 Projektfest (the first time live tracks have appeared on a black tape for a blue girl release).

“The ethereal, romantic sounds of Remnants is their richest work so far: tapestries of melancholic, often neo-classical music manifest themselves amidst waves of Rosenthal’s lush keyboards, haunting strings and the vocals of Oscar & Lucian.” - huh magazine

“These songs are remnants of universal feelings that accompany the experience of bonding with another human being and its aftermath - perhaps this is why the group has attained a strong cult following.” - Magnet Magazine

“Absolutely beautiful, bleeding emotion wonderfully portrayed.” - ink19

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released June 7, 1996

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Black Tape For A Blue Girl Portland, Oregon

Black Tape for a Blue Girl is an American Ethereal band formed in 1986 by Projekt Records' founder Sam Rosenthal. Their music takes on elements of darkwave, ethereal, ambient, goth and neoclassical music. Director David Lynch is one of the band's more well-known fans. ... more

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the gesture of history

Aug 2019
To touch the milky way

Oct 2018
Knock Three Times (2010 live with Nicki Jaine)

Jul 2018
Journey to Aktehi

Oct 2017
Isotope

Aug 2017
Blood on the snow

Jan 2017
These fleeting moments

Aug 2016
Limitless (ep)

Jun 2016
the "Bike Shop" EP

Apr 2016
Across a thousand blades (demos+live)

Oct 2015
Monolith

Apr 2015
Monolith (addendum)

Apr 2015
The Collection (Free!)

Aug 2014
Tenderotics

Feb 2013
Archive 01

Oct 2012
Forbidden Colours

Oct 2012
The Passage

Nov 2011
10 Neurotics

Aug 2009
The Pleasures Everlasting (ep)

Aug 2008
The best of... (deluxe: 2008 + 1991)

Jul 2008
Anthology Archive

Jun 2008
POD (weekend sale)

Jun 2007
Halo Star (deluxe - Disc 2)

Nov 2004
Halo Star (deluxe)

Aug 2004
the scavenger bride

Apr 2002
As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire (Deluxe)

Jun 1999
Kickstarter Holiday EP

Nov 1996
With my Sorrows (2012)

Oct 1996
Remnants of a deeper purity

Jun 1996
the first pain to linger (maxi)

Apr 1996
This lush garden within

Apr 1993
Terrace of Memories

Apr 1992
A chaos of desire

Mar 1991
Ashes in the brittle air

Aug 1989
Mesmerized by the sirens

Oct 1988
Before the buildings fell

Aug 1986
The Rope (deluxe)

Aug 1986
The Sleep of Reason (remastered)

Aug 1984
the gesture of history (preview)

Feb 1919

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Track Name: with my sorrows: on the tide withdrawn she disappeared, back to the deepest sea
the shells whisper secretly, she’s the one i’ve waited for a thousand years
i feel it in the salted air, in the moon’s moist breath
a need to recreate the worlds we once shared.
medieval mosques had warmed her then, charcoal blackened her eyes
young. intense. untouchable. weaving her spiral of desire
she had dreams beneath a golden sun, festivals passionate.
traded cruelly between hands of men. a possession. masked. bound. and sold.
i listened to dreams of another life, painted in luscious breath

pescaré a mi amor con mis dolores
pescaré a mi amor con mis dolores

beneath the sea is a tower, in the tower there’s a window where she waits
it’s a shame she sleeps alone, reach out to me i will come to you
in that case let me be a fisherman, i’ll fish for my love with my sorrows.
Track Name: remnants of a deeper purity: she was so beautiful to watch, swirling in and out of view
a seemingly spanish dancer, hands and heels -- a moon-faced girl with eyes downturned
subtle flesh stirs beneath blackened threads -- refined and tempting
so shy and enticing, yet i fear she’ll disappear before the night ends.

time seems to bring us together again
a decade later in another face - are you the girl i’ve been dreaming of?
you look like her, you smile like her - that raven-haired beauty of another time
a rush of memories washing over me - i’ve always been waiting for someone to set me free.

those eyes quietly tell me of the passion we could share
your dance reminds me of the life we once knew
snares for my hopes, snares for my thoughts, snares for my dreams -- drifting on to oblivion
can you tell me about the intuition i feel -- can you tell me about everything i long to understand?

remnants of a deeper purity
remnants of a deeper purity

she was so beautiful to watch - drifting out on to oblivion
a moon-faced memory with eyes downturned - are you the one, the one i’ve been dreaming of?
Track Name: with my sorrows - 2013 mix: pescaré a mi amor con mis dolores
pescaré a mi amor con mis dolores

beneath the sea is a tower, in the tower there’s a window where she waits
it’s a shame she sleeps alone, reach out to me i will come to you
in that case let me be a fisherman, i’ll fish for my love with my sorrows.

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