Monthly Archives: July 2000

News

New song, new comp

We just launched a band page on MP3.com. Included is a new unreleased song, “Ecstatic,” which features recent collaborators Doron Orenstein (saxophone) and Anji Bee (vocals). Go to mp3.com/lovespirals to listen to our FREE streaming and downloadable MP3s.

In other news, Love Spirals Downwards have been included on another new compilation CD, the Side-Line Magazine presentation of Diva X Machina 3, on Cop International — along with Diamanda Galas, Danielle Dax, Gitane Demone and many other female fronted bands. The song included is my remix of “Alicia” from Temporal. Buy Diva X Machine 3 on Amazon.

Interview

Black Magazine Interview

A new Love Spirals Downwards interview appeared in the German fanzine Black, issue no 20 for Summer 2000. The following is a rough English translation.

For almost 10 years, LSD has become a fixed name in the music scene. Suzanne Perry and Ryan Lum have now released a “best-of” album called ‘Temporal’ which flows from the drum ‘n’ bass and trip hop of their most recent album, ‘Flux,’ tracing the path back to their debut album, ‘Idylls.’ Ryan Lum was wiling to provide information about the bands changes, working methods, success, and live concerts.

BLACK: Why did you now release a “Best Of” Album?

Ryan: There wasn’t enough material to put out a new album this year, so Projekt suggested we release a “best of” album. I took it a step further by including two recent remixes from Flux, and a few other tracks which hadn’t seen much distribution. I liked the idea of doing a retrospective for a few reasons, one of which is that we gained a lot of new fans with our last album, Flux. I think Temporal gives a nice summation of our career before that point, and a hint of where the sound will go from here. 

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