UPDATE. While Revue Noir slumbers, Nicki & Sam worked together on the new Black Tape For A Blue Girl CD. 10 Neurotics is now available from Projekt, here. The CD will be available digitally August 25, and in retail stores September 22! Furthermore, you can catch Nicki & Sam, along with Athan Maroulis, performing live. Visit the Blacktape myspace page for details. And further, furthermore there will be a REVUE NOIR show in late November, in NYC.
Revue Noir is the dramatic collaboration between dark cabaret chanteuse Nicki Jaine and Black tape for a blue girl leader Sam Rosenthal. Residing somewhere between rock, cabaret and torch singer, Nicki's captivating performance embodies the decadence and sorrow that filled the nights of pre-WWII Europe. Her direct, passionate delivery implores, seduces and screams out, setting a mood of desire and despair.
"Nicki is a performer who's never left an audience less than riveted: With her cabaret noir style and a compelling, coquettish emotional nudity, Jaine is simply possessed of a timeless style within a voice that is just unexpected from such a vulnerable-looking young woman." - East Coast Rocker
Producing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, electronics, drums and violin, Sam brings together the diverse elements to create a nurturing environment for Nicki's performance. This charismatic group creates intense, narrative-driven songs; their emotional Weimar Republic-inspired expressionism captures the essence of an era when the world - externally and internally - was crumbling and all that was left was losing oneself in beauty and debauchery. Painfully direct and honest, this world is populated by lovers and friends who betray, disappoint, and unexpectedly disappear, leaving the storyteller adrift and worse for wear.
Order the album from Amazon.com, iTunes, eMusic, or from Projekt at this link:
