Terrace of Memories - Terrace of Memories (1992)

Related:
Vidna Obmana - The Ultimated Sign of Burning Death (1985)
Sam Rosenthal - Before the Buildings Fell (1986)
black tape for a blue girl - Mesmerized by the Sirens (1987)
Vidna Obmana - Gathering in Frozen Beauty (1989)
black tape for a blue girl - A Chaos of Desire (1991)
Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight (1993)
Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana - Well of Souls (1995)
Vidna Obmana - The River of Appearance (1996)

A one-off collaboration between Sam Rosenthal and Vidna Obmana. Haunting ambient compositions that truly sound like what they are -- a combination of BTFABG's dark, enveloping synths and early Vidna Obmana's icy beauty.

Track listing:
1. These Ancient Halls
2. Dark Mist, Rain
3. Terrace of Memories
4. From Within the Cold (A Fragment)
5. Of Silent Crossings

Float through nights

You'd probably also like:

Vangelis -
L'Apocalypse des Animaux (1973)

David Darling -
Cello (1993)

black tape for a blue girl - Mesmerized by the Sirens (1987)

Related:
Sam Rosenthal - Before the Buildings Fell (1986)
black tape for a blue girl - A Chaos of Desire (1991)

Second album of lovelorn ethereal-wave from these legends thereof. A lush cloud of drifting synths and chiming, folk-y acoustic guitars, with (by my count) eight separate vocalists providing performances ranging from angelic to dramatic, quasi-operatic tremors. As the years go by, the things that once bothered me about this band seem to melt away, leaving me with a band operating completely in their own lane, creating a synth-based sound-world of wrenching heartbreak with aching, almost otherworldly sincerity.

Track listing:
1. Jamais Pars
2. A Teardrop Left Behind
3. Dark Skinned and Inviting
4. Lie Broken, Bleeding
5. Hairline Sunlight
6. With a Million Tears
7. The Sawdust Scatter
8. Beneath the Planks
9. Scream, My Shallow
10. Seireenien Lumoama

Hide in yourself

You should also listen to:

Lycia - The Burning Circle
and Then Dust (1995)

Arcana -
Dark Age of Reason (1996)

black tape for a blue girl - A Chaos of Desire (1991)

Related:
Sam Rosenthal - Before the Buildings Fell (1986)

Ethereal darkwave. Lush swaths of interwoven, textured synths, mournful violins, and dramatic, at times theatrical vocals. Is your cheese-o-meter going to twitch? Sure. But, if I may, I'd encourage you to ease back on your need for disaffected coolness, and simply appreciate the purity of this band's dedication to their explorations of love, heartbreak, self-hate, and mortality. Plus, the synths are super rad.

Track listing:
1. These Fleeting Moments
2. A Chaos of Desire
3. Pandora's Box
4. Tear Love from My Mind
5. The Hypocrite Is Me
6. Beneath the Icy Floe
7. We Watch Our Sad-Eyed Angel Fall
8. One Last Breath
9. One of These Reminders
10. How Can You Forget Love?
11. Chains of Color
12. Could I Stay the Honest One?

Shine shattered lights into my eyes

You should also listen to:

Dark Sanctuary -
Royaume Mélancolique (1999)

Halgrath -
Liquid Mind (2010)

Sam Rosenthal - Before the Buildings Fell (1986)

Sam Rosenthal is the founder of Black Tape for a Blue Girl, a band whose brilliant, gothic, ethereal sorrow sometimes is compromised by dubiously enjoyable excursions into "sexy," quasi-Eastern themes. Before the Buildings Fell, an excellent instrumental solo album recorded in his college dorm room, is built on arpeggiating synths and the same type of drifting, narcotized sounds that he'd explore more fully with the formation of BTFABG less than a year after the album's release.

If you like this, check out:
Richard Pinhas - Rhizosphere
Software - Chip-Meditation + Electronic-Universe I

Track listing:

1. Kathryn

2. Diversion

3. Resolution

4. The Room

5. Jane

6. Leading to the Edge

7. Before the Buildings Fell

8. Fragments of Benediction

9. The Amber Girl

Again, to drift