Composer, musician, and author Sam Rosenthal is the founder and leader of pioneering darkwave group Black Tape for a Blue Girl as well as Projekt Records, one of America's foremost labels for ethereal, gothic, and ambient music. He initially formed the label to release his own solo electronic experiments, such as the 1985 LP Tanzmusik. Black Tape formed in 1986, and their sound gradually evolved into a lush, exquisite blend of neo-classical, goth, folk, and ambient music. After the success of the band's early albums, Projekt began releasing music by similarly influential darkw...