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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Love Spirals Downwards|image =|caption = Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = Los Angeles, California , US|instrument = Singing|Vocals , steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar , electric guitar , Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler , drum machine , Musical keyboard|keyboard , hand drum , Appalachian dulcimer|dulcimer |genre = Dream pop Shoegazing Dark Wave Ethereal Wave Drum and bass|Atmospheric drum'n'bass (later)|occupation =|years_active = 1991& ndash;1999|label = Projekt Records Hyperium Records |associated_acts = Lovespirals Melodyguild |website = http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/ Love Spirals Downwards Love Spirals Downwards was an Ethereal Wave|ethereal darkwave , dream pop , Drum and bass|atmospheric drum'n'bass and electronica recording act from California .
History
Love Spirals Downwards was begun by multi-instrumentalist Ryan Lum and then-girlfriend Suzanne Perry. In 1991, Lum and Perry recorded a demo, which led to a contract with Projekt Records . Over its 8-year history, the band released four full-length albums, a career retrospective, and a CD single, selling (by their own account) in excess of 40,000 CDs http://www.lovespirals.com/lsd/history.html. They were also included on over two dozen various artist compilations http://www.discogs.com/artist/Love+Spirals+Downwards, including the Heavenly Voices series released by the German label Hyperium records|Hyperium Records .
Perry's sister Kristen collaborated with Lum and Perry on two tracks on the 1998 album, Flux (album)|Flux . One of her songs, "Psyche," was used on episode #501 of Dawson’s Creek , originally airing on 10 October 2001. This episode is included on the Dawson's Creek Season 5|Season 5 DVD set. http://www.dawsonscreekmusic.com/music/eps501.shtml Jennifer Wilde (then working under her maiden name, Jennifer Ryan Fuller) performed as a guest vocalist on two tracks for Love Spirals Downwards' 1994 second release, Ardor (album)|Ardor . Her vocals from one of these songs, "Sunset Bell," were reused for a new version of the song 4 years later on the band's album, Flux (album)|Flux . Wilde went on to form her own band, Liquid State, in January 2006. http://www.myspace.com/liquidstate Although the band never officially broke up, in 1999 Lum began releasing music under the shortened moniker, Lovespirals , featuring new vocal collaborator, Anji Bee . In January 2000, the Love Spirals Downwards career retrospective CD, Temporal (album)|Temporal , was released by Projekt including new remixes of songs from Flux and promotional materials that seemed to indicate the band was still active. http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp? dept%5Fid=10& sku=PRO00097 Soon after, Projekt announced that Perry would release an EP under the band name, Melodyguild , in 2003. The release was pushed back several times before disappearing from the label's site. Projekt released a label sampler CD in December 2006 with a Melodyguild song listed as "from the 'Aitu (maxi CD)'," set for 2007 release.
Out later in 2007 are two re-released albums in remastered versions, namely "Idylls" and "Ardor". Remastered by Ryan Lum in 2007 both releases hold extra tracks. http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=26482_0_2_1_C Love Spirals Downwards album remastered
In June 2008 Suzanne Perry, the vocalist for Love Spirals Downwards, returned with her first body of work in almost a decade under the Melodyguild moniker. The quartet released the 4-track EP "Aitu" via the Projekt Records label. http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=31277_0_2_0_C Vocalist Love Spirals Downwards returns with 'Aitu' EP under Melodyguild monikker
Discography
Studio albums
Idylls (album)|Idylls (1992)
Ardor (album)|Ardor (1994)
Ever (Love Spirals Downwards album)|Ever (1996)
Flux (album)|Flux (1998)
Compilations
Temporal (album)|Temporal (2000)
Various-artist compilation appearances
From Across This Gray Land No.3 Projekt Records (1992)
From Hypnotic to Hypersonic Hyperium Records (1992)
50 Years of Sunshine Silent Records (1993)
The Altered Mind #13 flexidisc from The Altered Mind (1993)
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Love+Spirals+Downwards Discogs band page
http://www.myspace.com/lovespiralsdownwards MySpace band page
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