Editing Dark wave (section)

=== United States ===
After 1993, in the United States the term dark wave (as the one-word variant "darkwave") became associated with the [[Projekt Records]] label,<ref name="Rouner" /> because it was adopted by label founder [[Sam Rosenthal]] after leafing through the pages of German music magazines such as [[Zillo]], and has been used to promote and market artists from German label [[Hyperium Records]] in the U.S., e.g. [[Chandeen]] and [[Love Is Colder Than Death (band)|Love Is Colder Than Death]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.projekt.com/order/orderform.html |title=Projekt:Darkwave, Catalogue November 1996 |access-date=17 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970130043245/http://www.projekt.com/order/orderform.html |archive-date=30 January 1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Blockquote|I first became aware of the term "Dark Wave" back in 1992. It appeared in German magazines – such as Zillo – describing a style of European music that followed other "waves" such as New Wave ... I found those two words ("dark" and "wave") quite interesting. This was something underground, submerged, obscure... which swept over you, immersed you, surrounded you. It was a poetic phrase that could describe many different sounds. At the time, I was looking for a name for my little mail-order company. I wanted something that would encompass the variety of music available in my catalog.<ref>Various Artists: ''Darkwave: Music of the Shadows'', K-Tel International Inc., Liner Notes, Februar 2000</ref>|Sam Rosenthal, Projekt Records, 2000}}

[[File:Monica Richards & Marzia Rangel.jpg|thumb|right|[[Faith and the Muse]] (Monica Richards and Marzia Rangel of Christ vs. Warhol and Scarlet's Remains)]]
Projekt featured bands such as [[Lycia (band)|Lycia]], [[Black Tape for a Blue Girl]], and [[Love Spirals Downwards]], some of these characterized by atmospheric guitar and synth-sounds and female vocals.<ref>Dave Thompson, Kirsten Borchardt: ''Schattenwelt – Helden und Legenden des Gothic Rock.'', Hannibal Verlag 2003, {{ISBN|3-85445-236-5}}, p.&nbsp;362</ref> This style took cues from 1980s bands like [[Cocteau Twins]]<ref name="SAGE728" /> and is often referred to as [[Ethereal wave|ethereal dark wave]].<ref>Glasnost Wave-Magazin, issue 42, Description of the bands [[Trance to the Sun]], [[This Ascension]], p.&nbsp;32/34, April 1994</ref><ref name="SAGE728" /> Projekt Records has also had a long association with [[Attrition (band)|Attrition]], who appeared on the label's earliest compilations.<ref>Various Artists: [https://www.discogs.com/release/4974668 From Across this Gray Land], first appearance of Attrition on Projekt Records, 1986</ref> Another American record label in this vein was Tess Records, which featured [[This Ascension]], [[Faith and the Muse]],<ref name="Kilpatrick2" /> and the reunited [[Clan of Xymox]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Spracklen |first1=Karl |last2=Spracklen |first2=Beverley |title=The Evolution of Goth Culture: The Origins and Deeds of the New Goths |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3e9mDwAAQBAJ&dq=clan+of+xymox&pg=PA103 |publisher=Emerald Publishing Limited |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-78714-677-8|page=103}}</ref>

Joshua Gunn, a professor of communication studies at Louisiana University, described the U.S. type of dark wave music as:

{{Blockquote|...an expansion of the rather limited gothic repertoire into electronica and, in a way, the US answer to the "[[ethereal wave|ethereal]]" subgenre that developed in Europe (e.g. Dead Can Dance). Anchored by Sam Rosenthal's now New York-based label Projekt, dark wave music is less rock and more roll, supporting bands who tend to emphasize folk songcraft, hushed vocals, ambient experimentation, and synthesized sounds [...] Projekt bands like Love Spirals Downwards and Lycia are the most popular of this subgenre.<ref name="Kilpatrick2">Kilpatrick, Nancy. ''The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined''. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, {{ISBN|0-312-30696-2}}, p.&nbsp;90.</ref>}}