另類音樂（alternative music）的興起，只是近十年間的事，卻可說是搖滾史上的一大突破，這種不限音樂型態、不拘樂器的音樂形式，使得搖滾（rock）與古典樂（classical music）、新時代音樂（new age）或是當代音樂（contemporary music）有了對談的可能，音樂的疆界不再那麼清晰可辨了。
而另類音樂的出現，有其歷史發展的必然性。當唱片工業與商業利益（也就是金錢社會）掛勾，市場銷售策略決定樂團或藝人的創作方向時，有一些人，一些堅持自我風格、篤信藝術高於一切的音樂人，他們兼顧市場和潮流，一心在主流之外構築心中的理想音樂國度，於是他們尋求志同道合的人士，籌組發行公司（獨資創立、異於跨國經營的全球大唱片公司），創作不受污染的音樂，然後一種別於流行取向、市場考量的新音樂，於焉產生，我們稱之為另類音樂。
Projekt顯然是這種獨立唱片公司中最令人期待的一顆新星，它不僅有孤芳自賞、敝帚自珍的死硬個性，更將其廠牌整體風格予以系統形象化。（一如英國獨立唱片公司4AD有V23專門包裝設計，Projekt則有Sam Rosenthal－該公司的老闆－負責打理）他們的音樂型態融合古典（classical）、搖滾（rock）、氛圍（atmosphere）、電音（Electronic Sound）等要素，Sam稱之為『gothic-ambient』，意即兼容環境（ambient、弛放冥想?!）與歌德（goth、低調浪漫?!）的音樂風格；此風正預示著Projekt之嚐新與對歐陸典雅仙樂（ethereal music）之獨鍾。
介紹Projekt就不得不提Black Tape For A Blue Girl這個音樂團體，它是Projekt旗下最多產、亦是最具代表性的團體，如同4AD的臨時組合This Mortal Coil，Black Tape For A Blue Girl是老闆Sam一手創造、貫徹其音樂理念的產物。
從'86年處女作《The Rope》開始即展現Sam Rosenthal懷抱蒼白淒美心靈的意圖，除了自己包辦所有的詞曲創作外，並擔綱專輯內主要器樂的演出（客席樂手--吉他：Adam Buhler、小提琴：Candy Sherlock & Lara Radford），歌唱的部分，除了Sam自己演唱，還情商公司內外的歌手客串（Oscar Herrera、Kim Prior、Bobbi Jo Gamble）。
到了隔年第二張專輯《Mesmerized by the Sirens》發表，Sam更堅定此一創作組合模式，尤其對於浪漫氛圍的仙樂風格，已經到了執迷不悟的地步；除了固定班底（Oscar Herrera、Kim Prior、Bobbi Jo Gamble），更找來深受Tangerine Dream 與Pink Floyd影響的電音吉他手Walter Holland，以及夢幻女聲Sue Kenny-Smith共同創作（A Teardrop Left Behind、Hairline Sunlight／Jamais Pars、Seireenien Lumoama）。
1989年第三張作品《Ashes in the Brittle Air》問世，Sam有了新的嘗試，他不再擔負所有樂器的演奏（前兩集的樂手都只是客串間奏），雖然主唱、和聲仍找人客串（例如：前張專輯曾出現過的Bridget Knott），但有了新的樂師加入，guitar & vocal: Loren、violin: Carmella Scalzo、piano: Stephen Nester，這些樂手們不僅替樂團注入了多樣化的風貌，更重要的是引領該團的樂風走向更古典唯美的境界。
第四張專輯《A Chaos of Desire》更有值得注意的純淨美聲，即擔任主唱的Julianna Towns，茱莉安娜原為電音樂團Skinner Box女主唱，她的音域較前兩位女主唱（Oscar Herrera、Bridget Knott）更為寬廣，因此，她的歌聲加深了Sam所欲營造之深邃幽渺感，將音樂提升到另一個層次，使樂曲中的浪漫情愫平添幾許古典嫵媚；這使人連想起《雙峰 Twin Peaks》電影音樂中的茱莉克魯斯（Julie Cruise）。
進入'93年Black Tape For A Blue Girl更蒼白了，在淒美之外，又再增加幾抹無奈。如同Dead Can Dance《Aion》專輯裡，引入中世紀民族音樂素材一般，Black Tape For A Blue Girl從歷史的灰燼中，尋求出文藝復興的人文氣息，將之吸收再創造，綻放出瑰麗斑瀾、令人眩目的光采，為美國另類音樂的發展，開啟另一扇窗、提供另一種可能性。
聆聽Black Tape For A Blue Girl是種奇妙的心靈旅程，彷彿走入虛幻夢境，時間停止流動，萬籟具寂，唯有心悸而已。
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Sam Rosenthal Discography 作品年表
1985
Projekt Electronic Amerika - Tanzmusik
01. The Return
02. We Remember
03. Out Of The Clouds
04. A Man Like This
05. The Sky & The Calendar
06. Lookout Point
07. Alone
08. Desert Island
09. Round Trip
10. Year 90-10
11. No Luck Today
12. Forever Returning
13. The Coming Fall
14. They Came At Night
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1986
Sam Rosenthal - Before The Buildings Fell
01. Kathryn 8:59
02. Diversion 6:12
03. Resolution 1:48
04. The Room 2:35
05. Jane 3:39
06. Leading To The Edge 1:29
07. Before The Buildings Fell 2:45
08. Fragments Of Benediction 15:34
09. The Amber Girl 10:05
video Fragments Of Benediction 15:33
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1986
black tape for a blue girl - The Rope
01. Memory, Uncaring Friend 3:40
02. Hide In Yourself 3:58
03. Within These Walls 3:47
04. The Holy Terrors 2:03
05. End 2:22
06. Seven Days Till Sunrise 2:16
07. The Rope 3:12
08. The Few Remaining Threads 3:24
09. The Lingering Flicker 5:54
10. Slow Blur 5:09
11. The Floor Was Hard But Home 3:34
12. We Return 4:13
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1987
black tape for a blue girl - Mesmerized By The Sirens
01. Jamais Pars 2:10
02. A Teardrop Left Behind 6:54
03. Dark Skinned And Inviting 2:19
04. Lie Broken, Bleeding 3:10
05. Hairline Sunlight 1:16
06. With A Million Tears 5:57
07. The Sawdust Scatter 2:42
08. Beneath The Planks 4:35
09. Scream, My Shallow 8:23
10. Seireenien Lumoama 5:50
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1989
black tape for a blue girl - Ashes In The Brittle Air
01. Ashes In The Brittle Air 4:01
02. Across A Thousand Blades 3:40
03. The Touch And The Darkness 2:58
04. Through Sky Blue Rooms 1:36
05. The Scar Of A Poet 7:29
06. You Tangle Within Me 4:25
07. From The Tightrope 4:46
08. Am I So Deceived 5:10
09. Is It Love That Dare Not Be? 2:17
10. I Ran To You 3:28
11. I Wish You Could Smile 2:58
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1991
black tape for a blue girl - A Teardrop Left Behind
01. The Scar Of A Poet 7:28
02. Across A Thousand Blades 3:41
03. Tear Love From My Mind 3:00
04. A Teardrop Left Behind 6:54
05. The Turbulence And The Torment 5:44
06. The Lingering Flicker 5:54
07. Seven Days Till Sunrise 2:16
08. The Hypocrite Is Me 8:59
09. We Watch Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall 5:32
10. Beneath The Planks 4:35
11. Hide In Yourself 3:57
12. How Can You Forget Love? 4:11
13. Ashes In The Brittle Air 4:03
14. Seireenien Lumoama 3:01
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1991
black tape for a blue girl - A Chaos Of Desire
01. These Fleeting Moments 5:59
02. A Chaos Of Desire 5:18
03. Pandora's Box 4:31
04. Tear Love From My Mind 6:08
05. The Hypocrite Is Me 9:01
06. Beneath The Icy Floe 6:34
07. We Watch Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall 5:32
08. One Last Breath 3:22
09. Of These Reminders 8:50
10. How Can You Forget Love? 4:12
11. Chains Of Color 2:28
12. Could I Stay The Honest One? 5:19
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1992
Sam Rosenthal & Vidna Obmana - Terrace Of Memories
01. These Ancient Halls 7:38
02. Dark Mist, Rain 5:48
03. Terrace Of Memories 6:48
04. From Within The Cold (A Fragment) 4:58
05. Of Silent Crossings 17:17
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1993
black tape for a blue girl - This Lush Garden Within
01. Left, Unsaid 4:37
02. The Broken Glass 3:38
03. We Exist, Entwined 5:17
04. Overwhelmed, Beneath Me 3:20
05. This Lush Garden Within 1:49
06. The Christ In The Desert 6:29
07. The Turbulence And The Torment 5:44
08. The Flow Of Our Spirit 3:28
09. Into The Garden 4:10
10. Decomposed By The Fire Of The Firmament 4:14
11. Gravity's Angel 1:50
12. On Broken Shells Of Crystal Dreams 6:40
13. Our Future Imagined 3:21
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1996
black tape for a blue girl - The First Pain To Linger [Maxi CD]
01. Forbidden 6:08
02. The Glass Is Shattered 4:01
03. Pandora's Dream ('92) 3:13
04. Overwhelmed, Beneath Me ('93) 3:21
05. I No longer Remember The Feelings 6:01
06. A Good Omen 4:55
07. Untitled 5:47
1996
black tape for a blue girl - Across A Thousand Blades: A Retrospective
01. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity 4:34
02. Across A Thousand Blades ('96) 3:48
03. Overwhelmed, Beneath Me 3:21
04. One Last Breath 3:20
05. The Floor Was Hard But Home 3:33
06. The Flow Of Our Spirit 3:29
07. For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon The Sun Pt.1 5:19
08. For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon The Sun Pt.2 3:59
09. Through Sky Blue Rooms (live '96) 2:38
10. The Turbulence And The Torment 5:44
11. Chains Of Color 2:29
12. Scream, My Shallow 8:25
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1996
black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity
01. Redefine Pure Faith 5:19
02. Fin De Siécle 5:53
03. With My Sorrows 7:03
05. Wings Tattered, Fallen 6:24
06. Fitful 4:56
07. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity 4:36
08. Again, To Drift (For Veronika) 6:00
09. I Have No More Answers 10:35
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1996
black tape for a blue girl - Remnants [EP]
01. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity 4:33
02. Across A Thousand Blades ('96) 3:47
03. En La Mar Ay Una Torre 0:57
04. I Have No More Answers (Radio Edit) 3:36
05. Untitled 2:07
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1997
black tape for a blue girl - With My Sorrows [single]
01 With My Sorrows (Part Two) 13:03
02. With My Sorrows (Part Three) 6:22
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1998
black tape for a blue girl - black tape for a blue girl [EP]
01. As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire 7:19
02. Dulcinea 6:14
03. On Broken Shells Of Crystal Dreams (Live) 2:17
04. Could I Stay The Honest One? (Live) 3:17
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1999
black tape for a blue girl - As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire
01. As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire 7:20
02. Given 4:21
03. Entr'acte (The Garden Awaits Us) 1:33
04. Tell Me You've Taken Another 5:18
05. Entr'acte (The Carnival Barker) 1:01
06. Dream 1:53
07. The Apotheosis 6:19
08. Russia 6:42
09. Your One Wish 1:29
10. Dulcinea 6:15
11. The Green Box 6:39
12. Denouement / Denouncement 6:54
13. The Passage 15:48
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2002
black tape for a blue girl - Sampler
04. The Green Box 6:39
05. With My Sorrows 7:03
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2002
black tape for a blue girl - The Scavenger Bride
01. The Scavenger Bride 2:45
02. Kinski 3:30
03. All My Lovers 4:02
04. Shadow Of A Doubt 2:32
05. The Doorkeeper 1:17
06. Floats In The Updrafts 1:37
07. A Livery Of Bachelors 4:20
08. Das Liselottenbett 2:42
09. The Lie Which Refuses To Die 2:49
10. The Scavenger's Daughter 8:04
11. Like A Dog / Letter To Brod 10:27
12. The Whipper 1:22
13. Bastille Day, 1961 5:48
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2003
black tape for a blue girl - With A Million Tear-Stained Memories (HighLights, 1986-2003)
CD1: Vocal Tracks
01. Memory, Uncaring Friend (2003 Version) 3:40
02. The Broken Glass 3:38
03. Could I Stay The Honest One? (1998 Acoustic Version) 3:13
04. Ashes In The Brittle Air 3:55
05. Griffith Park 3:19
06. Russia 6:41
07. Scream, My Shallow 8:22
08. The Flow Of Our Spirit 3:27
09. Wings Tattered, Fallen 6:24
10. The Holy Terrors 2:02
11. Your One Wish 1:28
12. One Last Breath 3:20
13. Overwhelmed, Beneath Me (2000 Version) 3:05
14. Floats In The Updrafts 1:36
15. Tear Love From My Mind 6:07
16. With My Sorrows 7:05
17. Bastille Day, 1961 5:47
CD2: Instrumental Tracks
01. Kinski (Steve Roach Remix) 4:08
02. With A Million Tears 5:52
03. For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon The Sun (Part 4) 7:58
04. Fitful 4:56
05. Like A Dog / Letter To Brod (Part 1) 2:09
06. The Apotheosis 6:06
07. The Green Box 6:38
08. The Christ In The Desert 6:27
09. Slow Blur 5:06
10. Das Liselottenbett 2:42
11. Dark Skinned And Inviting 2:16
12. Seven 5:50
13. Beneath The Icy Floe 6:31
14. We Watched Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall 5:29
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2004
black tape for a blue girl - Halo Star
01. Glow 1:12
02. Tarnished 3:23
03. The Gravediggers 5:36
04. Your Love Is Sweeter Than Wine 1:48
05. Indefinable, Yet 3:29
06. Knock Three Times 3:52
07. Scarecrow 3:03
08. Damn Swan! 3:12
09. Already Forgotten 5:06
10. The Fourth Footstep 7:07
11. Dagger 5:51
12. Halo Star 3:25
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2004
black tape for a blue girl - Tarnished [single]
01. Tarnished (Single Mix) 3:25
02. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (2004) 4:01
03. Damn Swan! 3:11
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2004
black tape for a blue girl - On Tour (Live Bootleg #1)
KXCI On The Radio, Tucson Wednesday September 8 2004
01. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity 3:48
02. Your Love Is Sweeter Than Wine 1:40
03. Knock Three Times 3:22
Area 51, Salt Lake City Monday September 20 2004
04. All Tomorrow's Parties 2:32
05. Space Oddity 4:31
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2004
black tape for a blue girl - The Scarecrow [EP]
01. Scarecrow (Album Version) 3:04
02. Tarnished (Ego Likeness Mix) 5:12
03. Dagger (Stripped) 4:56
04. Already Forgotten (Alternate Mix) 5:09
05. Halo Star (Alternate Mix) 3:22
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2004
Revue Noir - The Revue Noir Single
01. The Gravediggers 4:05
02. Amsterdam 3:14
03. A Girl, A Smoke 3:53
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2006
black tape for a blue girl - Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (10th Anniversary edition)
CD1:
01. Redefine Pure Faith 5:19
03. With My Sorrows 7:03
05. Wings Tattered, Fallen 6:24
06. Fitful 4:56
07. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity 4:36
08. Again, To Drift (For Veronika) 6:00
09. I Have No More Answers 10:35
CD2:
01. En La Mar Ay Una Torre 0:59
02. With My Sorrows (Part 2) 10:13
03. With My Sorrows (Part 3) 6:25
04. I Have No More Answers (Radio Edit) 3:39
05. Redefine Pure Faith (Live) 4:32
06. Through Sky Blue Rooms (Live) 2:29
07. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (Live) 3:57
08. Across A Thousand Blades ('96) 3:55
09. Untitled 2:05
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2007
As Lonely As Dave Bowman - Pod
01. Pod One 11:47
02. Pod Two 16:07
03. Pod Three 19:12
04. Pod Four 7:09
05. Pod Five 11:11
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2008
black tape for a blue girl - The Pleasures Everlasting [EP]
01. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book 7:13
02. Shadow Of A Doubt 2:32
03. Star Power 1:38
04. Secret Girls 1:34
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2008
black tape for a blue girl - A Retrospective 1986-2008
01. Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (2004) 4:01
02. Across A Thousand Blades (2007) 3:49
03. All My Lovers 4:02
04. Griffith Park 3:18
05. Given 4:20
06. Memory, Uncaring Friend 3:41
07. For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon The Sun (Part 1) 5:21
08. Dagger (Stripped Mix) 4:55
09. Overwhelmed, Beneath Me (2000) 3:07
10. Could I Stay The Honest One? (1998) 3:17
11. The Lie Which Refuses To Die 2:49
12. Knock Three Times (Skinny Kinda Mix) 3:33
13. I Have No More Answers (2008) 7:45
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2008
Revue Noir - Anthology Archive
The Released Tracks
01. The Gravediggers 4:05
02. Amsterdam 3:14
03. A Girl, A Smoke 3:55
04. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 4:32
05. Sometimes, Sunshine 3:55
The Archive
06. I have no more answers 3:21
07. A Girl, A Smoke (Rehearsal) 3:50
08. All Tomorrow's Parties (Live) 2:38
09. Alabama Song (Live) 3:50
10. Halo Star (Live) 3:02
11. Strange Little Show 3:37
12. Sunshine IV 2:05
13. She is the Madman 4:25
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2009
black tape for a blue girl - 10 Neurotics
01. Sailor Boy 3:47
02. Inch Worm 4:10
03. Tell Me You've Taken Another 4:19
04. The Perfect Pervert 4:28
05. Marmalade Cat 4:39
06. Love Song 1:53
07. Rotten Zurich Cafe 3:20
08. Militärhymne 1:37
09. In Dystopia 3:34
10. The Pleasure In The Pain 2:50
11. I Strike You Down 3:08
12. Caught By A Stranger 3:30
13. Curious, Yet Ashamed 4:11
14. Love Of The Father 3:54
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2009
black tape for a blue girl - Quadranotics (A Sampling Of Songs From 10 Neurotics)
01. Tell Me You've Taken Another 4:18
02. Inch Worm 4:09
03. Sailor Boy 3:45
04. Caught By A Stranger 3:29
05. Sailor Boy (Expurgated) 3:44
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2011
Black Tape For A Blue Girl - The Rope 25
CD1: Remastered
01. Memory, Uncaring Friend 3:40
02. Hide In Yourself 3:58
03. Within These Walls 3:47
04. The Holy Terrors 2:03
05. End 2:22
06. Seven Days Till Sunrise 2:16
07. The Rope 3:12
08. The Few Remaining Threads 3:24
09. The Lingering Flicker 5:54
10. Slow Blur 5:09
11. The Floor Was Hard But Home 3:34
12. We Return 4:13
CD2: Various Artists
01. black tape for a blue girl -- Memory, Uncaring Friend (2011)
02. All My Faith Lost ... -- The Rope
03. Mirabilis -- The Floor Was Hard But Home
04. Erik Wøllo -- Within These Walls
05. Forrest Fang -- Hide In Yourself
06. Dirk Serries -- Lingering (Vintage Mix)
07. Dirk Serries -- Blurred (Lo-Fi Mix)
08. Walter Holland -- Seven Days Till Sunrise
09. Kho Hat Hasa -- The Holy Terrors
10. Rajna -- End
11. Attrition -- Memory, Uncaring Friend
12. Lux Interna -- We Return
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2011
Sam Rosenthal - The Passage
01. The Passage 44:29
02. Rae 10:12
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