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Interview

Fiber Online Interview Lovespirals’ Anji Bee

Interview by Isobel Geo for Fiber Online, Oct 26, 2003

ISOBEL: What changed in the Lovespirals sounds with your entrance in 1999?

ANJI: The sound was already evolving in 1998, moving towards something more jazzy and funky than previously. Ryan was working with Doron Orenstein, a trained jazz saxophonist, when I joined. Adding my jazzy and soulful vocals helped to further that evolution. As we continued to work together, my song writing style brought a poppier edge to the music. The biggest change I brought to the band was that I encouraged a more collaborative song writing technique.

ISOBEL: The last album was ‘ Windblown Kiss,’ released last year, so what’s the new Lovespirals’ plans for albums, tours, or remixes?

ANJI: We’ve been writing and recording new songs ever since we finished touring for Windblown Kiss, and are about half way done with an album now. Soon we need to start preparing a new live set that includes all of these new songs. Right now we’re getting together files for a remix competition of our new song “Walk Away” that PeaceLoveProductions will be putting on. We are currently seeking a label to release our next album, as well as looking into possibly doing them ourselves.

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Hot Topic CD: The New Face of Goth Out Now

Love Spirals Downwards’ song “Stir About the Stars” from the 1992 debut album, Idylls, is featured on a brand new compilation CD. Entitled, Projekt: The New Face of Goth, this was curated specifically as an exclusive for the Hot Topic chain. The album features thirteen tracks by artists including Lycia, Android Lust, Audra, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Voltaire, Unto Ashes, and Mira, showcasing Projekt artists past and present. Label founder Sam Rosenthal describes it as “an intense new compilation of passionate Gothic music.” Look for it in a Hot Topic store near you!

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Melodyguild Show at Club Violaine

Suzanne’s band Melodyguild will perform at Club Violaine again on March 28th, this time with The Arrogants. The club is doing a giveaway of their third Violaine compilation CD to the first 100 patrons.

DJs Doomie, Wednesday & Matthew + special guests spin 2 rooms
of the best in Shoegaze, Ethereal, Indie, and Dream Pop

Violaine is located at Basswerks
5411 Adams Blvd. Los Angeles Ca 90016
(Between La Brea and Fairfax)

$5 with flyer or e-mail. $7 without.
9:30pm-2:00am 18+ with ID

 www.clubviolaine.com

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Melodyguild Show At Club Violaine

Suzanne’s new band Melodyguild will perform on January 23rd at Club Violaine with Bethany Curve. DJs Doomie, Wednesday & Matthew + special guests spin two rooms of “the best in Shoegaze, Ethereal, Indie, and Dream Pop.” 9:30pm – 2:00am 18+ with ID.

Violaine is located at Basswerks
5411 Adams Blvd. Los Angeles Ca 90016
(Between La Brea and Fairfax)

www.clubviolaine.com

Official Melodyguild Bio:

Melodyguild formed with members of various local bands.  Matt, who was the drummer for LA indie/dreampop band The Von Trapps began collaborating with their ex-bass/guitarist John, and Love Spirals Downwards singer Suzanne in 2002.  Nicholas, who is also the lead in local band The Battle of Lake Erie, soon joined on drums. John left the band in 2003 and was replaced by Von Trapps guitarist, Rod, on bass.  Cris, with a soon to be released album on Clairecords under the name Silver Screen, soon joined on guitar to complete the lineup.  

Combining stylings from these bands, among other personal influences, Melodyguild comfortably fit into the LA dreampop/shoegaze/indie scene.

— www.melodyguild.com


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Mucho Gracias Mexico

Wow, what a great week we had in Mexico. Thank you to everyone who came to see us in Leon, Morelia, and Puebla. And very big thanks all of the show producers and especially Aldo, our tour manager! This was by far the busiest of the several times I had played in Mexico before, having to travel several hours each day to get to the next city in time for radio and television interviews followed by soundchecks. We were lucky if we could get five hours of sleep each night. But the enthusiastic crowds every show energized us for some of our best performances yet. We’ll be back!

Last show of Lovespirals 2002 tour, in Puebla, Mexico
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Projekt Partners with Hot Topic for New Holiday CD

Projekt has paired up with Hot Topic for a special holiday CD, A Dark Noel: The Very Best of Excelsis, which includes Love Spirals Downwards’ 1995 recording of Dr. Seuss’ “Welcome Christmas” from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and Lovespirals‘ cover of John Denver’s “Aspenglow”. This CD is sold at the budget price of $3.98 from Hot Topic stores nationwide. Read a review of the comp by MusicTap.

Interview

Frequenicas Alternas Interview Lovespirals

The following is a transcription of Lovespirals November 9, 2002 interview Iohann Rashi from Frequenicas Alternas airing on Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico stations WRTU 89.7 FM and WRUO 88.3 FM. The questions of the DJ been translated from Spanish to English. Apologies for how rough they are.

Lovespirals is a group that has had a long history and is currently in a process of transformation, formerly known as Love Spirals Downwards. They face a new change, a new facet and new perspectives in their way of creating and producing music. For tonight, listening to the cuts of the album ‘Windblown Kiss,’ we will have Ryan Lum and Anji Bee, the members of Lovespirals, talking to us about this new creation. We will listen to Anji Bee, commenting in a brief and summarized form the historical process that Lovespirals has suffered from Love Spirals Downwards to today with this new production, ‘Windblown Kiss.’

ANJI: Let’s see, Lovespirals first started, I guess, in 1999. Ryan had started working on some solo material with the saxophone player, Doron Orenstein, who appears on our album, ‘Windblown Kiss.’ He was working on some drum and bass club songs. He and I had met through KUCI when I interviewed him for the album ‘Flux’ –I think I also interviewed him somewhat after ‘Ever’ came out– and we kept bumping into each other at different events around L.A. and we had a lot in common. I dunno, somehow he invited me into his studio to show me some of the music he was working on, such as a song called “Beatitude,” which is an instrumental, and the song that later became “Love Survives.” So he played me two tracks and we just kinda started talking about the possibility of me singing on some of his new tracks. 

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Mexico City Area Tour

Plans are underway for us to do a few shows in and around Mexico City next month. It is unnerving waiting until the last moment like this, but our manager assures us it is happening. Right now, talk is that we’ll do Mexico City, Guanajuato, and now possibly Morelia and Leon, as well. The show dates fall between the 12th and 15th so far. Looks like it will be a full week!

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New Projekt Comp Exclusive for Borders

Projekt is releasing another new budget priced compilation! The Arbitrary Width of Shadows features Lovespirals’ song “Dejame,” alongside tracks from black tape for a blue girl, Audra, Mira, Voltaire, Unto Ashes, More Syphilitica, and more. This 13-tracks CD retails exclusively at Borders, with over 380 locations nationwide.

The Arbitrary Width of Shadows is our second budget-priced compilation cd created exclusively for the Borders Chain. 2001’s within this infinite ocean was a huge success, selling through its limited edition pressing within five months. Borders was so pleased, that they asked us to create a follow-up compilation, intended to introduce the music of the Projekt label to their customers. Of course, it’s also a great CD for the hardcore Projekt fans, capturing some of our best music together on one disc. 

— Projekt.com