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cleanup-link rot|date=November 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Lovespirals| image = Lovespirals2005.jpg| caption =| image_size = 200| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = United States | genre = Dream pop Electronica | years_active = 1999& ndash;present| label = Chillcuts Projekt reapandsow Loverush Digital| associated_acts = Love Spirals Downwards | website = http://www.lovespirals.com| current_members = Ryan Lum Anji Bee| past_members = Doron Orenstein Gabriel D. Vine Sean Bowley| notable_instruments = Lovespirals is a United States Dream pop and Electronica band from Southern California featuring multi-instrumentalist/producer, Ryan Lum , and lyricist/vocalist, Anji Bee .
History
The origins of Lovespirals began with a 1998 side project of Lum's Projekt Records band, Love Spirals Downwards http://www.kuci.org/~justin/bedtime/lsd.htm lovespiralsdownwards.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 The new outfit found Lum teaming up with Doron Orenstein and Gabriel D. Vine, of Subliminal (record label)|Subliminal Records duo, Monkey Bars, for the instrumental track, "Beatitude." http://www.lovespirals.com/? p=425 lovespirals.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 Bee joined in as vocalist soon after. http://www.cholermagazine.com/articles/lovespirals.shtml choler.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php? pid=12 jivemagazine.com Retrieved on 11-29-07
At first, Lovespirals' music picked up where Lum left off with Flux (album)|Flux , the final Love Spirals Downwards' studio album, creating Drum and Bass and Downtempo compositions. The first song officially released to CD was a Jazzstep remix of Claire Voyant 's "Bittersweet," for Time Again (Claire Voyant album)|Time Again: A Collection of Remixes , in April 2000. The remix was attributed to Love Spirals Downwards, though the song was composed by Lum and Bee, with saxophone contributions by Orenstein. http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/? p=71 lovespiralsdownwards.com Retrieved on 11-29-07
In July 2000, the band launched an Mp3.com page under the name "Lovespirals" which included the first song featuring Bee's vocals, "Ecstatic." http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/? p=72 lovespiralsdownwards.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 They followed up with a second digital single called "Hand in Hand" in August. These tracks were pressed to acetate for Lum's use in DJ sets during promotions for the Love Spirals Downwards career retrospective CD, Temporal (album)|Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present , released earlier that year. http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/? p=73 lovespiralsdownwards.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 In 2001, these songs were released via an Mp3.com Enhanced CDR called the Ecstatic EP , along with a new track called "Spanning Time," and their Claire Voyant remix. http://www.discogs.com/release/733489 discogs.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 StarVox Magazine listed the Ecstatic EP and Time Again in their Top 10 Staff Favorites of 2001, citing Lovespirals and Claire Voyant's "triphop-influenced grooves" as "Goth's Next Big Thing." http://www.starvox.net/credit/2001.htm#Kevin starvox.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 Mp3.com featured the EP in their "Hot Artist Spotlight" on January 25, 2002, stating:
: For those fans of Good Looking Records , Lovespirals could easily be found amongst their ranks in talent and sound. http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php? page_id=392& review=10 lovespirals.com Retrieved on 11-29-07
By 2002, however, the band had eschewed Drum and Bass in favor of more Dream Pop focused territory - albeit with Jazz and World flavorings - for their first full-length CD, Windblown Kiss , released on Lum's long time label, Projekt. The album features two collaborations with former Projekt labelmate, Sean Bowley, of Eden, as well as sax contributions by Orenstein. http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp? sku=PRO00133 projekt.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 Oddly enough, Windblown Kiss was linked to another burgeoning Gothic subgenre, "slow teary-eyed Gothic Jazz":
: Lovespirals’ "Windblown Kiss" of 2002 was heralded as the style’s official birth and fulfilled the lifelong dreams of darkwave and lounge lovers like myself by blending the melancholy, ethereal vocals of the former with the breezy, slow sway of the latter. http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/article.asp? article=1623 The Collegian Online Retrieved on 11-29-07
After leaving Projekt to form their own label, Chillcuts, Lovespirals returned in 2005 with Free & Easy . This second album continued the band's exploration of Jazz, but in a much more Electronica-oriented style. As part of the album's promotion, DJ Puzzle|Peace Love Productions held a remix contest for the album's first single, "Walk Away." http://www.peaceloveproductions.com/lovespirals.html Peace Love Productions Retrieved on 12-06-07 An entry by Bitstream Dream - whom Bee has collaborated with on several songs - was one of Lovespirals' first tracks deemed podsafe . Podsafe Music Network founder, Adam Curry , premiered "Walk Away (Bitstream Dream Remix)" on Daily Source Code #261 http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-261-2005-10-17.mp3 on October 17, 2005. http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php? m=2005& paged=5 lovespirals.com Retrieved on 05-11-07 This remix currently holds the #2 position on the Podsafe Music Network's Top Ten Most Played On Podcasts chart for the Downtempo genre. The #1 position is held by the second Free & Easy single, "Love Survives." Also in the Downtempo Top Ten is the 2004 Bitstream Dream song, "Phantasma," featuring Bee's vocals and lyrics. http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php? genre=Downtempo& Submit=sort Podsafe Music Network Retrieved on 9-2-08
In June 2005, Lovespirals began a band podcast entitled "Chillin' with Lovespirals." http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjibee LinkedIn: Anji Bee Retrieved on 11-29-07 The show's theme music is the opening intro from title track, "Free & Easy." http://anjibee.com/promos-intro-songs/ anjibee.com Retrieved on 11-29-07 In addition to band news, the podcast discusses "recent trends in music and technology." http://chillinwithlovespirals.podshow.com PodShow Retrieved on 11-29-07 ''Chillin' with Lovespirals became available on the iTunes store in July 2005. http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php? m=2005& paged=10 lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 12-06-07 In 2006, the podcast was signed on with PodShow with the extended the show name "Chillin' with Lovespirals: Insights of an Indie Band."
Bee was signed to PodShow as a podcast producer in February 2006. Her first PodShow property was the weekly podsafe Chillout music podcast, The Chillcast with Anji Bee , which she originally launched in January 2006 on Ourmedia as "The Chillcuts Chillcast" as a tie-in to the band's label. http://ourmedia.org/node/136697 ourmedia Retrieved on 12-06-07 The show's theme song was created by Lovespirals. The Chillcast was added to the ''Adam Curry's PodShow lineup on Sirius Stars in January 2007. http://anjibee.com/anji-bees-podcasts/ anjibee.com Retrieved on 11-29-07
Lovespirals' 3rd album, Long Way From Home, released October 23, 2007, was a return to guitar and vocal based compositions, more in the dream pop style, with Americana (music)|Americana or Alt country|alt. country influences. The CD was named after a lyric in the American Spiritual, " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child|Motherless Child ", which was the first single from Long Way From Home .Allmusic|class=album|id=r1245242|pure_url=yes Allmusic Retrieved on 11-29-07 Lovespirals' rendition of "Motherless Child" was first released on the Podsafe Music Network on June 1, 2007, and has been featured on podcasts including Daily Source Code, http://curry.podshow.com/? p=663 Daily Source Code Retrieved on 12-06-07 Accident Hash, http://www.accidenthash.com/2007/06/04/rainy-ladies/ Accident Hash Retrieved on 12-06-07 Financial Aid Podcast http://cdn.libsyn.com/financialaidpodcast/20070622.mp3, PodShow Radio http://m.podshow.com/media/174/episodes/81799/podshowradio-81799-10-03-2007.mp3, and the Podsafe Music Countdown Top 10 http://media.libsyn.com/media/cdogg/PMC_20071007.mp3. "Motherless Child" currently holds the #3 spot on the Most Played on Podcasts chart for the Downtempo Genre on Music Alley (formerly known as the Podsafe Music Network), http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php? genre=Downtempo& Submit=sort Music Alley Retrieved on 01-15-10 while the album's second single, "This Truth," currently ranks #7 on the same chart.
The two lead singles from Long Way From Home were also released as digital EPs, with Downtempo, House, and other Electronica genre remixes hearkening to the band's prior sound. The Motherless Child EP released September 16, 2007, contains remixes by Hungry Lucy , Karmacoda , MoShang , Chris Caulder (of Beauty's Confusion), The Black Channel Citizen, and Lovespirals' own Ryan Lum. A year later, the band assembled a 10 song collection of remixes culled from their second Peace Love Production remix contest http://peaceloveproductions.com/lovespiralsremix.htmlPeace Love Productions Retrieved on 9-2-08 to create the This Truth EP . Artists include the contest winning producer, Pomatic, runner-up Kambronn, and Projekt Records labelmate, Soul Whirling Somewhere . All of these remixes, plus the still-unreleased Walk Away EP , are available on Mevio's Music Alley http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php? BandHash=e3c33daae9277da122dcdf04772745a6 Music Alley Retrieved on 01-15-208 for free download and use by podcasters and Internet DJs.
In 2009, UK dance label, Loverush Digital, released another set of "This Truth" remixes, branded as Damien.S VS Lovespirals. This 7-song single includes remixes by Juno Sinclair and Craig Bailey, Avatar One, Thomas Oldani, and Adam Fielding - as well as 2 mixes by Damien.S. There is also a radio edit of the Damien.S remix. The single reached number #2 on the DMC World Wide Trance Charts, #4 on the DMC World Wide House Charts, http://www.anjibee.com/2009/02/08/this-truth-ft-anji-bee-tops-uk-dance-charts/ anjibee.com Retrieved on 01-15-10 #8 on the UK Music Week Club Charts http://www.seatosun.com/damien.html seastosun.com Retrieved on 01-15-10 and received very positive DJ reactions: Paul Wilkins ( Hed Kandi ) 8/10, Pedro Del Mar (Germany) 8/10, Paul Hughes ( Energy FM ) 9/10, and CliffBush ( Saint FM ). http://www.discogs.com/artist/Damien+S discogs.com Retrieved on 01-15-10 The single was also supported by Housesession with Denny Dowd on Juice FM . http://www.lovespirals.com/albums/damiens-vs-lovespirals-this-truth// lovespirals.com Retrieved on 01-15-10
Lovespirals 4th album, Future Past , was released officially on January 1, 2010 http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/future-past/id346986173, though the band offered the album in digipac CD format on their own webstore as early as November 16, 2009. http://www.lovespirals.com/news/lovespirals-future-past-cd-available-now/ lovespirals.com Retrieved on 01-15-10 The album's first single, "Shine," received the Reviewer’s Pick Award for Best Female Vocals and the Track of the Day Award for the Alternative Pop genre. http://www.garageband.com/song? |pe1|S8LTM0LdsaShYFKwa2w#revpicks garageband.com Retrieved on 01-15-10 Various songs from the album have received airplay from Groovera , Soma FM , the Properly Chilled show on WXGR-FM|WXGR FM , and WSUM . http://www.facebook.com/Lovespirals facebook.com/lovespirals Retrieved on 01-15-10
Lovespirals' music has been featured internationally on network television and cable shows and stations including The Oprah Winfrey Show , Martha (TV series)|The Martha Stewart Show , E!'s Gastineau Girls , VH1 , MTV , and Logo . http://www.lovespirals.com/about/lovespirals-history/ lovespirals.com Retrieved on 01-15-10
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External links
Official website| http://www.lovespirals.com/
Myspace|lovespirals
http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php? BandHash=a3aaebb5e412ef546d1bddd6c9b4b4ed Lovespirals on Music Alley (formerly Podsafe Music Network )
