K-Tel (yes,
that K-Tel!) asked Projekt's Sam Rosenthal to be the co-ordinator on this disc which documents the underground Darkwave scene!
Tracks:
- Love Spirals Downwards: Forgo
- Cocteau Twins: Alas Dies Laughing
- Rhea's Obsession: Memento Mori
- Faith & The Muse: Sparks
- The Legendary Pink Dots: Lucifer Landed
- Rozz Williams & Gitane Demone: Flowers
- Black Tape For A Blue Girl: Denoument/Denouncement
- Miranda Sex Garden: Gush Forth My Tears
- Stoa: Partus
- Lustmord: Black Star
- Controlled Bleeding: Scourging Ground
- Spahn Ranch: An Exit
- Cruxshadows: Marilynn, My Bitterness
- Lycia: Pray
- Robert Rich / Steve Roach: The Grotto of Time Lost
K-tel's groundbreaking Music of the Shadows series goes even further into the black with Darkwave.
A popular American goth movement, the darkwave sound lists toward ambient soundscapes, with soaring vocals and gloomy theater. Precursors to this contemporary movement include the lush ethereal sounds of the Cocteau Twins and Miranda Sex Garden, the neo-psychedelic murmerings of The Legendary Pink Dots, as well as the industrial rumble of Controlled Bleeding. Volume 2 of Music of the Shadows includes cornerstone darkwave artists like Black Tape For A Blue Girl and Love Spirals Downwards as well as the hottest breaking artists of the genre like Crüxshadows and Rhea's Obsession, featuring several rare tracks.
Includes liner notes by Sam Rosenthal, founder of Projekt Records and member of Black Tape For A Blue Girl.