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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Name = Lovespirals
| name = Lovespirals
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| origin = United States
| Origin = [[United States]]
| genre = [[Dream pop]], [[electronic music|electronic]]
| Genre = [[Dream pop]]<br/>[[Electronica]]
| years_active = 1999&ndash;present
| Years_active = [[1999]] &ndash; present
| label = Chillcuts, [[Projekt Records]], Loverush Digital
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| associated_acts = [[Love Spirals Downwards]]
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| current_members = Ryan Lum<br />Anji Bee
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| URL = http://www.lovespirals.com
| Current_members = Ryan Lum<br/>Anji Bee
| past_members = Doron Orenstein<br />Gabriel D. Vine<br />Sean Bowley
| Past_members = Doron Orenstein<br/>Gabriel D. Vine<br/>Sean Bowley
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'''Lovespirals''' is a [[US]] [[Dream pop]] and [[Electronica]] band from [[Southern California]] featuring multi-instrumentalist/producer, [[Ryan Lum]], and lyricist/vocalist, [[Anji Bee]].
'''Lovespirals''' is an American [[dream pop]] and [[electronic music]] band from [[Southern California]], featuring husband and wife, multi-instrumentalist/producer [[Ryan Lum]] and lyricist/vocalist Anji Bee.


==History==
==History==
The origins of Lovespirals began with a 1998 side project of Lum's [[Projekt Records]] band, [[Love Spirals Downwards]] <ref>[http://www.kuci.org/~justin/bedtime/lsd.htm] ''lovespiralsdownwards.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07 </ref> 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." <ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/?p=425] ''lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07 </ref> Bee joined in as vocalist soon after <ref>[http://www.cholermagazine.com/articles/lovespirals.shtml] ''choler.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref><ref>[http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php?pid=12] jivemagazine.com Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref>
The origins of Lovespirals began with a 1998 side project of Lum's [[Projekt Records]] band, [[Love Spirals Downwards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kuci.org/~justin/bedtime/lsd.htm |title=Ryan Lum of LSD |website=Kuci.org |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205113722/http://www.kuci.org/~justin/bedtime/lsd.htm |archivedate=2012-02-05 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lovespirals.com/news/new-releases/ |title=New Lovespirals Releases! â€" Lovespirals |website=Lovespirals.com |date=2001-10-02 |accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> Bee joined in as vocalist soon after.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cholermagazine.com/articles/lovespirals.shtml |title=Choler Magazine Interview: Love Spirals Downwards |accessdate=2007-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018163551/http://cholermagazine.com/articles/lovespirals.shtml |archivedate=2007-10-18 }}</ref>


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 (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. <ref>[http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/?p=71] ''lovespiralsdownwards.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref>
At first, Lovespirals' music picked up where Lum left off with ''[[Flux (Love Spirals Downwards album)|Flux]]'', the final Love Spirals Downwards' studio album, creating [[drum and bass]] and [[downtempo]] compositions. The first officially released song was a [[jazzstep]] remix of [[Claire Voyant (band)|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.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/2000/06/21/interview-and-new-comps/ |title=Interview and new comps — Love Spirals Downwards |website=Lovespiralsdownwards.com |date=2000-06-21 |accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref>


In July of 2000, the band launched an [[Mp3.com]] page under the name "Lovespirals" which included the first song featuring Bee's vocals, "Ecstatic." <ref>[http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/?p=72] ''lovespiralsdownwards.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/?p=73] ''lovespiralsdownwards.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/733489] ''discogs.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> 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." <ref>[http://www.starvox.net/credit/2001.htm#Kevin] ''starvox.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> Mp3.com featured the EP in their "Hot Artist Spotlight" on January 25, 2002, stating:
In July 2000, the band launched an [[Mp3.com]] page under the name "Lovespirals", which included the first song featuring Bee's vocals, "Ecstatic".<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/2000/07/19/72/ |title=New song, new comp — Love Spirals Downwards |website=Lovespiralsdownwards.com |date=2000-07-19 |accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> They followed it 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 (Love Spirals Downwards album)|Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present]]'', released earlier that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespiralsdownwards.com/?p=73 |title=DJ set and dubplate — Love Spirals Downwards |website=Lovespiralsdownwards.com |date=2000-08-11 |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/733489 |title=Lovespirals - Ecstatic (CDr) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starvox.net/credit/2001.htm#Kevin |accessdate=November 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011174645/http://www.starvox.net/credit/2001.htm |archivedate=October 11, 2006 |title=StarVox Staff top 10 of 2001 }}</ref> 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.''<ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?page_id=392&review=10] ''lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref>
{{blockquote|For those fans of [[Good Looking Records]], Lovespirals could easily be found amongst their ranks in talent and sound.<ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?page_id=392&review=10 ]{{dead link|date=August 2013}}</ref>}}


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. <ref>[http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00133] ''projekt.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07 </ref>. Oddly enough, ''Windblown Kiss'' was linked to another burgeoning Gothic subgenre, "slow teary-eyed Gothic Jazz":
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 longtime label, Projekt. The album featured two collaborations with former Projekt labelmate Sean Bowley of Eden, as well as sax contributions by Orenstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00133|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114024917/http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?sku=PRO00133|archivedate=2007-11-14|title=Projekt: darkwave - 'Windblown Kiss'|date=November 14, 2007|accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> 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.'' <ref>[http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/article.asp?article=1623] ''The Collegian Online'' Retrieved on 11-29-07 </ref>
{{blockquote|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/article.asp?article=1623|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707161656/http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/article.asp?article=1623|archivedate=2007-07-07|title=The Collegian Online: The devics have listeners seeing stars|date=July 7, 2007|accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref>}}


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, Peace Love Productions held a remix contest for the album single, "Walk Away." <ref>[http://www.peaceloveproductions.com/lovespirals.html ''Peace Love Productions'' Retrieved on 12-06-07</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?m=2005&paged=5] ''lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 05-11-07</ref> 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 another ''Free & Easy'' single, "Love Survives." Also in the Downtempo Top Ten is the 2004 Bitstream Dream song, "Phantasma," featuring Bee's vocals and lyrics. <ref>[http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php?genre=Downtempo&Submit=sort]''Podsafe Music Network'' Retrieved on 9-2-08</ref>
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 an electronica-oriented style. As part of the album's promotion, Peace Love Productions held a remix contest for the album's first single, "Walk Away."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peaceloveproductions.com/lovespirals.html |title=Lovespirals Remix Contest |website=Peaceloveproductions.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-261-2005-10-17.mp3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715101319/http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-261-2005-10-17.mp3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-15 |date= |accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> on October 17, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?m=2005&paged=5 |title=Lovespirals — dreamy downtempo pop music |website=Lovespirals.com |date= 29 July 2012|accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> This remix currently holds the No. 2 position on the Podsafe Music Network's Top Ten Most Played on Podcasts chart for the downtempo genre. The No. 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.<ref name="music.podshow.com">{{cite web |url=http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php?genre=Downtempo&Submit=sort |title=Top Ten |publisher=Music.podshow.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507040426/http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php?genre=Downtempo&Submit=sort |archivedate=2009-05-07 }}</ref>


In June 2005, Lovespirals began a band podcast entitled "Chillin' with Lovespirals" <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjibee] ''LinkedIn: Anji Bee'' Retrieved on 11-29-07 </ref> The show's theme music is the opening intro from title track, "Free & Easy." <ref>[http://anjibee.com/promos-intro-songs/] ''anjibee.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> In addition to band news, the podcast discusses "recent trends in music and technology." <ref>[http://chillinwithlovespirals.podshow.com] ''PodShow'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> ''Chillin' with Lovespirals'' became available on the iTunes store in July 2005. <ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?m=2005&paged=10] ''lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 12-06-07</ref> In 2006, the podcast was signed on with [[PodShow]] with the extended the show name "Chillin' with Lovespirals: Insights of an Indie Band." <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjibee] ''LinkedIn: Anji Bee'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref>
In June 2005, Lovespirals began a band podcast titled "Chillin' with Lovespirals".<ref name="linkedin.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjibee |title=LinkedIn: Anji Bee |website=www.linkedin.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181731/http://www.linkedin.com/in/anjibee |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The show's theme music was the opening intro from the title track to "Free & Easy."<ref name="anjibee.com">{{cite web |url=http://anjibee.com/promos-intro-songs/ |title=Podcast Promos &#124; Anji Bee: The Chillcast, Chillcast Video |website=Anjibee.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822170528/http://anjibee.com/promos-intro-songs/ |archive-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to band news, the podcast discussed "recent trends in music and technology".<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://chillinwithlovespirals.podshow.com|title=Mevio &#124; Chillin' With Lovespirals|publisher=Chillinwithlovespirals.podshow.com|date=|accessdate=2013-08-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225060744/http://chillinwithlovespirals.podshow.com/|archivedate=2007-02-25}}</ref> ''Chillin' with Lovespirals'' became available on the [[iTunes Store]] in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespirals.com/index.php?m=2005&paged=10 |title=Lovespirals — dreamy downtempo pop music |publisher=Lovespirals.com |date= 24 November 2009|accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> In 2006, the podcast signed on with [[PodShow]] under the extended title of "Chillin' with Lovespirals: Insights of an Indie Band".<ref name="linkedin.com"/>


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. <ref>[http://ourmedia.org/node/136697] ''ourmedia'' Retrieved on 12-06-07</ref> The show's theme song was created by Lovespirals. <ref>[http://anjibee.com/promos-intro-songs/] ''anjibee.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> ''The Chillcast'' was added to the ''Adam Curry's PodShow'' lineup on [[Sirius Stars]] in January 2007. <ref>[http://anjibee.com/anji-bees-podcasts/] ''anjibee.com'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ourmedia.org/node/136697|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511044611/http://ourmedia.org/node/136697|archivedate=2009-05-11|title=untitled &#124; ourmedia.org|date=May 11, 2009|accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref> The show's theme song was created by Lovespirals.<ref name="anjibee.com"/> ''The Chillcast'' was added to the ''Adam Curry's PodShow'' lineup on [[Sirius Stars]] in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anjibee.com/anji-bees-podcasts/|title=The Chillcast with Anji Bee|website=Anjibee.com|accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref>


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]] 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''. <ref>[http://wc09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfrxzrhldje] ''All Music Guide'' Retrieved on 11-29-07</ref> 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 <ref>[http://curry.podshow.com/?p=663] ''Daily Source Code'' Retrieved on 12-06-07</ref>, Accident Hash <ref>[http://www.accidenthash.com/2007/06/04/rainy-ladies/] ''Accident Hash'' Retrieved on 12-06-07</ref>, 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]. The album's second single, "This Truth," currently ranks #8 in the Podsafe Music Network's Top Ten Most Played on Podcasts chart for the Downtempo genre <ref>[http://music.podshow.com/music/lists/NewTopTenListsGenres.php?genre=Downtempo&Submit=sort] ''Podsafe Music Network'' Retrieved on 9-2-08</ref>.
Lovespirals' third 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]]/[[alt country]] influences. The album was named after a line in the American spiritual "[[Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child|Motherless Child]]", which was the first single from ''Long Way From Home''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ned Raggett |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/long-way-from-home-mw0001592650 |title=Long Way from Home - Lovespirals &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://curry.podshow.com/?p=663 |title=Adam Curry - curry.com: Adam Curry - curry.com |publisher=Curry.podshow.com |date=2011-12-16 |accessdate=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206221131/http://curry.podshow.com/?p=663 |archivedate=2012-02-06 }}</ref> Accident Hash,<ref>[http://www.accidenthash.com/2007/06/04/rainy-ladies/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010213432/http://www.accidenthash.com/2007/06/04/rainy-ladies/ |date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref> Financial Aid Podcast,<ref>[http://cdn.libsyn.com/financialaidpodcast/20070622.mp3 ]{{dead link|date=August 2013}}</ref> PodShow Radio,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.podshow.com/media/174/episodes/81799/podshowradio-81799-10-03-2007.mp3|title=Media pop show|publisher=M.podshow.com|accessdate=2013-08-10}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the Podsafe Music Countdown Top 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.libsyn.com/media/cdogg/PMC_20071007.mp3|title=Podsafe Music Countdown Top 10: podcast|publisher=Media.libsyn.com|accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> "Motherless Child" held the No. 3 spot on the Most Played on Podcasts chart for the downtempo genre on Music Alley (formerly known as the Podsafe Music Network),<ref name="music.podshow.com"/> while the album's second single, "This Truth," ranked No. 7 on the same chart.<ref name="music.podshow.com"/>


The two lead singles from ''Long Way From Home'' were also released as digital EPs, with Downtempo, House, and other Electronica genre remixes hearkening the band's previous 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 <ref>[http://peaceloveproductions.com/lovespiralsremix.html] Retrieved on 9-2-08</ref> to create the ''This Truth EP''. Artists include the contest winning producer, Pomatic, runner-up Kambronn, and Projekt Records labelmate, [[Soul Whirling Somewhere]] (aka soulwhirlingsomwhere). All of these remixes, plus the still-unreleased ''Walk Away EP'', are available on the Podsafe Music Network <ref>[http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=e3c33daae9277da122dcdf04772745a6] ''Podsafe Music Network'' Retrieved on 9-2-08</ref> for use by podcasters and Internet DJs.
The two lead singles from ''Long Way From Home'' were also released as digital EPs, with downtempo, house and other electronica genre remixes recalling the band's prior sound. The ''Motherless Child''EP, released September 16, 2007, contained 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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://peaceloveproductions.com/lovespiralsremix.html |title=Win an iPod |publisher=Peaceloveproductions.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10 |archive-date=2013-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814185142/http://peaceloveproductions.com/lovespiralsremix.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> to create the ''This Truth'' EP. Remixers included 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=e3c33daae9277da122dcdf04772745a6 |title=Podsafe Music Network - Lovespirals (Remixes by Various Artists) |publisher=Musicalley.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> 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 seven-song EP included remixes by Juno Sinclair and Craig Bailey, Avatar One, Thomas Oldani and [[Adam Fielding (musician)|Adam Fielding]], as well as two mixes by Damien.S. The single reached number No. 2 on the DMC World Wide Trance Charts, No. 4 on the DMC World Wide House Charts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anjibee.com/2009/02/08/this-truth-ft-anji-bee-tops-uk-dance-charts/ |title="This Truth" Ft. Anji Bee Tops UK Charts &#124; Anji Bee: The Chillcast, Chillcast Video |publisher=Anji Bee |date=2009-02-08 |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> No. 8 on the [[UK Music Week]] Club Charts,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seatosun.com/damien.html |title=Sea to Sun Recordings - YouTube |publisher=Seatosun.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and received positive DJ reactions from Paul Wilkins ([[Hed Kandi]]), Pedro Del Mar (Germany), Paul Hughes (Energy FM) and Cliff Bush ([[Saint FM]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Damien+S |title=Damien S Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> The single was also supported by a Housesession with Denny Dowd on [[Juice FM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespirals.com/albums/damiens-vs-lovespirals-this-truth/ |title=Lovespirals — Damien.S VS Lovespirals: This Truth |publisher=Lovespirals.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref>
Lovespirals' music has been featured internationally on network television, cable, DVD, podcasts, vidcasts, Internet and radio including: [[The Oprah Winfrey Show]], E!'s [[Gastineau Girls]], [[VH1]]'s [[Celebrity Fit Club]], the WB's [[Popular (TV series)|Popular]] boxed set, ''The Strand: Venice'' (by Daniel Myrick of [[The Blair Witch Project]] fame), The Chalet Show with [[Lynn Parsons]], and [[Adam Curry]]'s [[Daily Source Code]].<ref>[http://www.lovespirals.com/bio.cfm?page=bio http://www.lovespirals.com/bio.cfm?page=bio] ''lovespirals.com'' Retrieved on 05-11-07 </ref>

Lovespirals fourth album, ''Future Past'', was officially released on January 1, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/future-past/id346986173 |title=iTunes - Music - Future Past by Lovespirals |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date=2010-01-01 |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> though the band offered the album in digipak CD format on their own webstore as early as November 16, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespirals.com/news/lovespirals-future-past-cd-available-now/ |title=Lovespirals 'Future Past' CD Available NOW! — Lovespirals |publisher=Lovespirals.com |date=2009-11-16 |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> The album's first single, "Shine," received the [[GarageBand]] Reviewer's Pick Award for Best Female Vocals and the Track of the Day Award for the alternative pop genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.garageband.com/song?pe1S8LTM0LdsaShYFKwa2w#revpicks |title=Apple - GarageBand|publisher=GarageBand.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> Various songs from the album received airplay from [[Groovera]], [[Soma FM]], the Properly Chilled show on [[WXGR-FM|WXGR FM]] and [[WSUM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/Lovespirals |title=Lovespirals |publisher=Facebook |date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref> Two cuts from the album, "Love" and "Feel So Good," were re-released in 2010 and 2011, respectively, in the form of extended singles featuring remixes by musical collaborators including Lum's former Projekt Records labelmate, Soul Whirling Somewhere, and Bee's future collaborator, Falling You. The ''Feel So Good EP'' was the result of a remix contest hosted by [[Sony Acid]] Planet, in which Swiss producer, Yumenomado, won a copy of ACID Pro, 5 ACID loop libraries, and Lovespirals CD discography, in addition to the EP placement.

The duo's fifth full-length outing took considerably longer to come to fruition than previous albums, though the band was still releasing music during the 8-year gap. ''Life Goes On,'' released November 2, 2018, features 2 singles (plus a third b-side) that had been released exclusively via Bandcamp. "Brother Against Brother" was released on March 8, 2014, along with its b-side, "Breath of Life." Music videos for each song were also included in this digital single, and these appeared on the band's YouTube page, as well. The latter track had originally been composed as a soundtrack piece for an independent documentary of the same name, though the version included on the album is an updated recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lovespirals.bandcamp.com/track/breath-of-life | title=Lovespirals Bandcamp |publisher=Bandcamp |date=2014-03-08 |accessdate=2018-11-13}}</ref> Their next single, "Heartstrings," was released in the same digital single with video fashion, though this time the Bandcamp exclusive included an earlier version of the song from 2005 as the b-side. Also released during this interim, though not included on the album, was an original holiday song, "Happy Holidays," recorded for the 2012 Projekt Records compilation, ''Ornamental''. The duo re-released it 4 years later on their Bandcamp page, along with the original 2010 recording by vocalist, Anji Bee. [[Echoes (radio program)]] has shown support for the album, particularly the song, "Foolish Heart," which appeared on episodes 1849B, 1851C, and 1901D.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://echoes.org/search/lovespirals/|title=Search for "lovespirals"|website=Echoes.org|accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref>

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 TV|Logo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovespirals.com/about/lovespirals-history/ |title=Lovespirals — Lovespirals' History |website=Lovespirals.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-10}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
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*Ecstatic (2001 [[Mp3.com]])</center>
*Windblown Kiss (2002 [[Projekt Records]])
*''Windblown Kiss'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]])
*Free & Easy (2005 Chillcuts)
*''Free & Easy'' (2005, Chillcuts)
*Long Way From Home (2007 Chillcuts/reapandsow)
*''Long Way From Home'' (2007, Chillcuts)
*Motherless Child EP (2007 Chillcuts)
*''Future Past'' (2010, Chillcuts)
*This Truth EP (2008 Chillcuts/reapandsow)
*''Life Goes On'' (2018, Chillcuts)


===Various Artist Compilations===
===Singles & EPs===
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*''Ecstatic'' EP (2001, [[Mp3.com]]) (2011, Chillcuts)
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* [[Claire Voyant]] ''Time Again: A Collection of Remixes'' Accession Records (2000)
*''Motherless Child (Remixes)'' (2007, Chillcuts)
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* ''Chill Out Lounge Vol. 2'' [[Water Music Records]] (2001)
*''This Truth'' EP (2008, Chillcuts)
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* ''Chill Out in the City'' Water Music Records (2001)
*''This Truth'' EP as Damien.S VS Lovespirals (2009, Loverush Digital)
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* '' Music Inspired by SWAT'' SWAT Productions(2001)
*''Walk Away'' EP (2008, [[Amie St]]) (2012, Chillcuts)
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* ''Excelsis 3: A Prelude'' Projekt Records (2001)
*''Love'' EP (2010, Chillcuts)
* [[Claire Voyant]] ''Time Again: A Collection of Remixes'' [[Metropolis Records]] (2001)
* ''Excelsis Box Set'' Projekt Records (2001)
*''Feel So Good'' EP (2011, Chillcuts)
*''Happy Holidays'' (2013, Chillcuts)
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* ''Mondisk: A Celebration of 13 Years'' [[Monitor Records (Hong Kong)|Monitor Records]] (2002)
*''Brother Against Brother'' (2014, Chillcuts)
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* ''Cool Terrasse'' CH Musiq (2002)
*''Heartstrings'' (2016, Chillcuts)
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* ''Blisscent 1'' Blisscent Records (2002)
*''Why Not Today'' (2020, Chillcuts)
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* ''Projekt: Gothic'' Projekt Records (2002)
*''Smile'' EP (2022, Chillcuts)
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* ''Projekt 2002.2'' Projekt Records (2002)
* ''The Arbitrary Width of Shadows'' Projekt Records (2002)
*''The Call'' (2022, Chillcuts)
*''Lonely Sunset'' (2022, Chillcuts)
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* ''A Dark Noel: The Very Best of Excelsis'' Projekt Records/Hot Topic (2002)
* ''This Truth (Soul Whirling Somewhere Remix)'' (2023, Chillcuts)
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* ''Projekt 2002.3'' Projekt Records (2002)
* ''Noumenon'' (2024, Chillcuts)
* ''Not Myself'' (2024, Chillcuts)

===Compilation appearances===
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* ''Chill Out Lounge Vol. 2'' (2001, Water Music Records)
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* ''Chill Out in the City'' (2001, Water Music Records)
⚫
* '' Music Inspired by SWAT'' (2001, SWAT Productions)
⚫
* ''Excelsis 3: A Prelude'' (2001, Projekt Records)
* ''Excelsis Box Set'' (2001, Projekt Records)
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* ''Mondisk: A Celebration of 13 Years'' (2002, [[Monitor Records (Hong Kong)|Monitor Records]])
⚫
* ''Cool Terrasse'' (2002, CH Musiq)
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* ''Blisscent 1'' (2002, Blisscent Records)
⚫
* ''Projekt: Gothic'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]])
⚫
* ''Projekt 2002.2'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]])
* ''The Arbitrary Width of Shadows'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]])
⚫
* ''A Dark Noel: The Very Best of Excelsis'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]]/[[Hot Topic]])
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* ''Projekt 2002.3'' (2002, [[Projekt Records]])
* '' Dark Horizons - A Decade of Darkness'' Dark Horizons (2003)
* '' Dark Horizons - A Decade of Darkness'' Dark Horizons (2003)
* ''Projekt 2003.1'' Projekt Records (2003)
* ''Projekt 2003.1'' (2003, [[Projekt Records]])
* ''Precipice Vol. 2'' Precipice Recordings (2004)
* ''Precipice Vol. 2'' (2004, Precipice Recordings)
* '' NPF Tribute Vol. 1: None Of Us Is Pink'' NPF (2005)
* '' NPF Tribute Vol. 1: None Of Us Is Pink'' (2005, NPF)
* '' NPF Tribute Vol. 2: The Return of the Sons of Neptune'' NPF (2005)
* '' NPF Tribute Vol. 2: The Return of the Sons of Neptune'' (2006, NPF)
* '' Asian Variations: Various Artists Remixed by MoShang'' OnsePlate (2007)
* '' Asian Variations: Various Artists Remixed by [[MoShang]]'' (2007, OnsePlate)
* '' Projekt200'' Projekt (2007)
* '' Projekt200'' (2007, [[Projekt Records]])
* '' The Best of Sunday Sundown'' Intralog Sunday Media Network (2007)
* '' The Best of Sunday Sundown'' (2007, Intralog Sunday Media Network)
* ''The Chillcast With Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin'' (2011, Chillcuts)
* ''Ornamental (a Projekt Holiday Collection)'' (2012, [[Projekt Records]])
* ''Out Of Phase: The hEADaCHE Remixes'' (2013, Uncoiled Loops)

===Collaborations===
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* [[Claire Voyant (band)|Claire Voyant]] "Bitterweet (LSD Mix)" ''Time Again: A Collection of Remixes'' (2000, Accession Records) and (2001, [[Metropolis Records]])
* [[Chandeen (band)|Chandeen]] "Tomorrow" ''Teenage Poetry'' (2008, Kalinkaland Records)
* [[Karmacoda (band)|Karmacoda]], Anji Bee, and [[Beth Hirsch]] ''Love Will Turn Your Head Around - Single'' (2011, Sola Music) and ''Eternal'' (2011, Sola Music)
* [[Falling You (band)|Falling You]] "Blessed" ''Adore'' (2011, [[Magnatune]])
* [[Karmacoda (band)|Karmacoda]], Anji Bee, and [[Beth Hirsch]] "Love Will Turn Your Head Around (Lovespirals Remix)" ''Love Will Turn Your Head Around - The Remixes'' (2011, Sola Music), ''Endless: The Eternal Remixes'' (2013, Sola Music), and ''Love Me Leave Me'' by Anji Bee (2013, Chillcuts)
* [[Karmacoda (band)|Karmacoda]] "Naive" ''Love and Fate, Vol. 1'' (2015, Sola Music)
* [[Falling You (band)|Falling You]] "World on Fire" ''Shine'' (2017, [[Projekt Records]])
* [[Karmacoda (band)|Karmacoda]] "My Love (Lovespirals Remix)" ''Revealed (Intimate Remixes)'' (2019, Sola Music)
* [[Sam Rosenthal]] [[Lovespirals]], and Forrest Fang "Starseed" ''Tim, Where Are You Now?'' (2020, [[Projekt Records]])
* [[Sam Rosenthal]], [[Lovespirals]], Bryan Metcalf, and Martin Bowes "Psi Phi Love Means High Fidelity" ''Tim, Where Are You Now?'' (2020, [[Projekt Records]])
* Alan Elettronico “This Ain't Love (Lovespirals Remix)” (2023, [[Projekt Records]])


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lovespirals.com/ Lovespirals] Official site
*{{Official website|http://www.lovespirals.com/}}
* [https://lovespirals.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp page]
*[http://www.myspace.com/lovespirals Lovespirals] on [[MySpace]]

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*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lovespirals Lovespirals] Discogs.com page
*[http://www.gearwire.com/lovespirals-recording.html/ GearWire] Article about Ryan's use of ProTools and GarageBand software
*[http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=129 solipsistic NATION No. 56: Lovespirals] Podcast. Interview with Anji Bee and Ryan Lum, plus, select tracks from their EPs and LPs and side projects.


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Lovespirals
Background information
OriginUnited States
GenresDream pop, electronic
Years active1999–present
LabelsChillcuts, Projekt Records, Loverush Digital
MembersRyan Lum
Anji Bee
Past membersDoron Orenstein
Gabriel D. Vine
Sean Bowley
Websitewww.lovespirals.com

Lovespirals is an American dream pop and electronic music band from Southern California, featuring husband and wife, multi-instrumentalist/producer Ryan Lum and lyricist/vocalist Anji Bee.

History

[edit]

The origins of Lovespirals began with a 1998 side project of Lum's Projekt Records band, Love Spirals Downwards.[1] The new outfit found Lum teaming up with Doron Orenstein and Gabriel D. Vine of Subliminal Records duo, Monkey Bars for the instrumental track "Beatitude".[2] Bee joined in as vocalist soon after.[3]

At first, Lovespirals' music picked up where Lum left off with Flux, the final Love Spirals Downwards' studio album, creating drum and bass and downtempo compositions. The first officially released song was a jazzstep remix of Claire Voyant's "Bittersweet," for 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.[4]

In July 2000, the band launched an Mp3.com page under the name "Lovespirals", which included the first song featuring Bee's vocals, "Ecstatic".[5] They followed it 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: A Collection of Music Past & Present, released earlier that year.[6] 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.[7] 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."[8] 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.[9]

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 longtime label, Projekt. The album featured two collaborations with former Projekt labelmate Sean Bowley of Eden, as well as sax contributions by Orenstein.[10] 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.[11]

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 an electronica-oriented style. As part of the album's promotion, Peace Love Productions held a remix contest for the album's first single, "Walk Away."[12] 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,[13] on October 17, 2005.[14] This remix currently holds the No. 2 position on the Podsafe Music Network's Top Ten Most Played on Podcasts chart for the downtempo genre. The No. 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.[15]

In June 2005, Lovespirals began a band podcast titled "Chillin' with Lovespirals".[16] The show's theme music was the opening intro from the title track to "Free & Easy."[17] In addition to band news, the podcast discussed "recent trends in music and technology".[18] Chillin' with Lovespirals became available on the iTunes Store in July 2005.[19] In 2006, the podcast signed on with PodShow under the extended title of "Chillin' with Lovespirals: Insights of an Indie Band".[16]

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.[20] The show's theme song was created by Lovespirals.[17] The Chillcast was added to the Adam Curry's PodShow lineup on Sirius Stars in January 2007.[21]

Lovespirals' third 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/alt country influences. The album was named after a line in the American spiritual "Motherless Child", which was the first single from Long Way From Home.[22] 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,[23] Accident Hash,[24] Financial Aid Podcast,[25] PodShow Radio,[26] and the Podsafe Music Countdown Top 10.[27] "Motherless Child" held the No. 3 spot on the Most Played on Podcasts chart for the downtempo genre on Music Alley (formerly known as the Podsafe Music Network),[15] while the album's second single, "This Truth," ranked No. 7 on the same chart.[15]

The two lead singles from Long Way From Home were also released as digital EPs, with downtempo, house and other electronica genre remixes recalling the band's prior sound. The Motherless ChildEP, released September 16, 2007, contained 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[28] to create the This Truth EP. Remixers included 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[29] 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 seven-song EP included remixes by Juno Sinclair and Craig Bailey, Avatar One, Thomas Oldani and Adam Fielding, as well as two mixes by Damien.S. The single reached number No. 2 on the DMC World Wide Trance Charts, No. 4 on the DMC World Wide House Charts,[30] No. 8 on the UK Music Week Club Charts,[31] and received positive DJ reactions from Paul Wilkins (Hed Kandi), Pedro Del Mar (Germany), Paul Hughes (Energy FM) and Cliff Bush (Saint FM).[32] The single was also supported by a Housesession with Denny Dowd on Juice FM.[33]

Lovespirals fourth album, Future Past, was officially released on January 1, 2010,[34] though the band offered the album in digipak CD format on their own webstore as early as November 16, 2009.[35] The album's first single, "Shine," received the GarageBand Reviewer's Pick Award for Best Female Vocals and the Track of the Day Award for the alternative pop genre.[36] Various songs from the album received airplay from Groovera, Soma FM, the Properly Chilled show on WXGR FM and WSUM.[37] Two cuts from the album, "Love" and "Feel So Good," were re-released in 2010 and 2011, respectively, in the form of extended singles featuring remixes by musical collaborators including Lum's former Projekt Records labelmate, Soul Whirling Somewhere, and Bee's future collaborator, Falling You. The Feel So Good EP was the result of a remix contest hosted by Sony Acid Planet, in which Swiss producer, Yumenomado, won a copy of ACID Pro, 5 ACID loop libraries, and Lovespirals CD discography, in addition to the EP placement.

The duo's fifth full-length outing took considerably longer to come to fruition than previous albums, though the band was still releasing music during the 8-year gap. Life Goes On, released November 2, 2018, features 2 singles (plus a third b-side) that had been released exclusively via Bandcamp. "Brother Against Brother" was released on March 8, 2014, along with its b-side, "Breath of Life." Music videos for each song were also included in this digital single, and these appeared on the band's YouTube page, as well. The latter track had originally been composed as a soundtrack piece for an independent documentary of the same name, though the version included on the album is an updated recording.[38] Their next single, "Heartstrings," was released in the same digital single with video fashion, though this time the Bandcamp exclusive included an earlier version of the song from 2005 as the b-side. Also released during this interim, though not included on the album, was an original holiday song, "Happy Holidays," recorded for the 2012 Projekt Records compilation, Ornamental. The duo re-released it 4 years later on their Bandcamp page, along with the original 2010 recording by vocalist, Anji Bee. Echoes (radio program) has shown support for the album, particularly the song, "Foolish Heart," which appeared on episodes 1849B, 1851C, and 1901D.[39]

Lovespirals' music has been featured internationally on network television and cable shows and stations including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Martha Stewart Show, E!'s Gastineau Girls, VH1, MTV, and Logo.[40]

Discography

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
  • Windblown Kiss (2002, Projekt Records)
  • Free & Easy (2005, Chillcuts)
  • Long Way From Home (2007, Chillcuts)
  • Future Past (2010, Chillcuts)
  • Life Goes On (2018, Chillcuts)

Singles & EPs

[edit]
  • Ecstatic EP (2001, Mp3.com) (2011, Chillcuts)
  • Motherless Child (Remixes) (2007, Chillcuts)
  • This Truth EP (2008, Chillcuts)
  • This Truth EP as Damien.S VS Lovespirals (2009, Loverush Digital)
  • Walk Away EP (2008, Amie St) (2012, Chillcuts)
  • Love EP (2010, Chillcuts)
  • Feel So Good EP (2011, Chillcuts)
  • Happy Holidays (2013, Chillcuts)
  • Brother Against Brother (2014, Chillcuts)
  • Heartstrings (2016, Chillcuts)
  • Why Not Today (2020, Chillcuts)
  • Smile EP (2022, Chillcuts)
  • The Call (2022, Chillcuts)
  • Lonely Sunset (2022, Chillcuts)
  • This Truth (Soul Whirling Somewhere Remix) (2023, Chillcuts)
  • Noumenon (2024, Chillcuts)
  • Not Myself (2024, Chillcuts)

Compilation appearances

[edit]
  • Chill Out Lounge Vol. 2 (2001, Water Music Records)
  • Chill Out in the City (2001, Water Music Records)
  • Music Inspired by SWAT (2001, SWAT Productions)
  • Excelsis 3: A Prelude (2001, Projekt Records)
  • Excelsis Box Set (2001, Projekt Records)
  • Mondisk: A Celebration of 13 Years (2002, Monitor Records)
  • Cool Terrasse (2002, CH Musiq)
  • Blisscent 1 (2002, Blisscent Records)
  • Projekt: Gothic (2002, Projekt Records)
  • Projekt 2002.2 (2002, Projekt Records)
  • The Arbitrary Width of Shadows (2002, Projekt Records)
  • A Dark Noel: The Very Best of Excelsis (2002, Projekt Records/Hot Topic)
  • Projekt 2002.3 (2002, Projekt Records)
  • Dark Horizons - A Decade of Darkness Dark Horizons (2003)
  • Projekt 2003.1 (2003, Projekt Records)
  • Precipice Vol. 2 (2004, Precipice Recordings)
  • NPF Tribute Vol. 1: None Of Us Is Pink (2005, NPF)
  • NPF Tribute Vol. 2: The Return of the Sons of Neptune (2006, NPF)
  • Asian Variations: Various Artists Remixed by MoShang (2007, OnsePlate)
  • Projekt200 (2007, Projekt Records)
  • The Best of Sunday Sundown (2007, Intralog Sunday Media Network)
  • The Chillcast With Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin (2011, Chillcuts)
  • Ornamental (a Projekt Holiday Collection) (2012, Projekt Records)
  • Out Of Phase: The hEADaCHE Remixes (2013, Uncoiled Loops)

Collaborations

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References

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