Artist description Acidic, improvisational pseudojazz spiked with a heavy dose of chilly ambience and served with a luscious frosting of eerie vocals.

Music Style A disorienting synthesis of improvisational pianoplaying, dark ambient soundscapes, and noirer-than-noir vocals.

Musical Influences Recoil, Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruse, Coil, Squarepusher, Herbie Hancock, Synaesthesia, Hooverphonic, Portishead, Claude Debussy, Eric Satie, and Depeche Mode.

Similar Artists Recoil, Coil, Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruse

Artist History Formed June 26th, 2000, by derek.cf.PEGRITZ of NYARLATHOTEP as an outlet for more melodic, less ominous jazz-oriented experimentalism. July 2000: Allison Bryan ("give me love so that I can kill") joins BTA as a permanent member.

Group Members Allison Bryan & derek.cf.PEGRITZ

Instruments Synthetics.

Albums An EP entitled "It's a BLACK TIE AFFAIR: Dress Appropriately" is in the works....

Press Reviews Print is dead.

Location Uniontown, PA - USA

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