Projekt 200 3-CD Set Features New Song

Lovespirals’ brand new song, “Empty Universe,” from our upcoming CD, Long Way From Home — as well as “Write in Water” from the upcoming remastered reissue of Love Spirals Downwards‘ Ardor — are included on the new boxed set compilation, Projekt 200. A celebration of the 200th release for Projekt, the three era collection includes 32 songs from the label’s 24 year history. This limited edition DVD-sized “DVStar” package with an 8-page booklet and 3-CDs will be available in stores Sept 25th, but you can buy it at projekt.com now.

Projekt 200 3-CD Boxed Set

Yes! As hard as it is to imagine, PROJEKT now has 200 releases. 24 years in the making, I put together this 3-CD compilation covering three distinct parts of the Projekt sound: The Early Years, The Current Era, and Ambient Loop. Packaged in a beautiful DVD-Sized “DVStar” package, this is a limited edition release full of love and passion. I have been thinking, for many years, about how to represent the label, when we turned 200….I went through the Projekt catalog and picked some of my favorite songs which represent all aspects of “the projekt sound.” 

There are also new tracks, recorded just for PROJEKT200.. Tearwave recorded the gorgeous “Comfort in Angel’s Wings.” I recorded a new Black Tape For A Blue Girl song, “I Strike You Down,” with Elysabeth on vocals, and featuring some nice guitar textures from Doug of Tearwave. There’s a brand new track from Lovespirals returning to the dream-pop sound people love in Ryan’s work. There are also unreleased ambient/electronic tracks from Alio Die, Fear Falls Burning and Vidna Obmana. 

PROJEKT200 also includes a brand new mix of Black Tape For A Blue Girl’s “Across A Thousand Blades” plus a Steve Roach track that is not actually on Projekt at all (it’s from one of his Timeroom releases): “In The Eyes Of Noche” which features some of my piano as well as ethereal female vocals. 

I am very excited and proud to present this overview of the label, as we prepare to enter our 25th year!

— Sam Rosenthal, Projekt.com

LSD Reissue Remastering Complete

This week I finished audio mastering for the Ardor and Idylls reissues that are coming out this summer. The CDs will be released as digipacs, whereas the original releases were jewel boxes, so though the reissues will look pretty similar to the originals, they will be different. It sure will be nice to get current contact information into the credits. Funny to think that I had no band website (very few did) when these albums were originally released. I believe I have a band website listed in the Ever credits, but that site is outdated and gone. Anyway, things are coming along nicely and on track. More news soon.

Love Spirals Downwards is Podsafe

PodShow’s Podsafe Music Network is now offering a selection of Love Spirals Downwards songs for free use in music podcasts. We’ve included the album title and release year in the song name to assist with announcements or show notes. Every album was released by Projekt and is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby. You can also buy most of them from the Lovespirals Webstore. Check out the songs on Love Spirals Downwards’ PMN page and be sure to let us know you played us!

New Look for the Site

At long last, we are totally redesigning the band site! We figured it was high time we took advantage of current blog technology and joined WordPress. This has been the easiest site to build, ever. There still might be a few tweaks here and there, but take a look around and give us some feedback.