At long last, the Ecstatic EP is available again! Recorded at the turn of the millennium –post-Flux, but pre-Temporal — this early Lovespirals release was once sold as an on-demand CDR, but has been unavailable since mp3.com went out of business. You can now find this classic drum n bass gem on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, or our fave new service, Bandcamp.
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Hypnagogics ‘Flux’ Review
A retrospective look back at Love Spirals Downwards album, ‘Flux,’ appeared on the Hypnagogics blog. Unfortunately it includes an illegal download of the album, as well, when they could have simply added links to legal streaming files, but since they aren’t respecting our content rights, it seems fair for us to share theirs, in turn.
‘Flux’ Review by Autech
For a couple of years in the mid to late 90’s any movie trailer that you saw that had any sense of futuristic action featured a generic breakbeat track typically over some throaty unintelligible female vocals. For some reason, the drum and bass breakbeat became shorthand for futuristic action movies. Some of these films actually featured full soundtracks in the same vein, like The Matrix movies. The funny thing about all of this is D&B didn’t become the music of the future, and pretty much all of it sounds incredibly dated. Even current artists who produce within the genre have a hard time breaking out of the box that they got put in in the 80’s.
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LSD’s “Little Drummer Boy” on SoundCloud
The last song Suzanne ever recorded with Love Spirals Downwards was an atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass version of the classic Christmas song, “The Little Drummer Boy,” with jazzy Rhodes piano by guest musician, Gabriel D. Vine. Rejected by Projekt for use on an Excelsis holiday comp, it was never officially released, but has been made available online as an MP3 sometimes called “The Little Drum ‘n’ Bass Boy.” Ryan just put it up on his new SoundCloud account — Merry Christmas!
Idylls & Ardor Reissue CDs on Sale at Projekt
Projekt is currently offering the recently remastered reissues of Love Spirals Downwards’s first two albums, Idylls and Ardor — as well as the debut Lovespirals album, Windblown Kiss — as part of their 3 for $20 sale. Also included in the list of 84 discounted CDs and other items is the Projekt 100 compilation containing “Kykeon (50 Years of Sunshine Mix)”, which is a rare remix not available on any of the band’s albums. A Dark Noel (in the Excelsis series) ~ 3 — featuring LSD’s shoegazery version of “Welcome Christmas” — is also a part of the sale. This track is also not available on any of the band’s albums. Now would be a great time to fill in your collection!
Back From Our San Francisco Trip
Once again, we had a blast with Karmacoda! It was an honor for Anji to share the stage with them for their epic remix of “Motherless Child,” and fun for Ryan to do a DJ set for the Harlot crowd. A few of the songs for the upcoming Anji Bee album were shared for the first time, which was exciting. Local friends came out to hang. Good times!
Love Remixes EP Out Now
The first single from Lovespirals’ fourth album, Future Past, to get the full remix treatment is “Love” – an atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass tune that recalls some of the duo’s earliest work together. A half dozen producers from different musical schools of thought set Anji Bee‘s poppy yet ethereal vocals to completely new musical scores. From angular drum ‘n’ bass, to lush downtempo, to atmospheric ambient music, this moody collection covers a lot of sonic ground. And Anji’s Chillcast listeners should be familiar with most — if not all — of the contributing producers which includes: Chill Factor-5, 7 Day Visa, Divasonic, Soul Whirling Somewhere, Xurba and Falling You (who, btw, created the only mix which contains Ryan Lum‘s original guitar solo.) Purchase the full EP or individual tracks friTunes, Amazon Mp3, CDbaby, eMusic, Rhapsody, or Bandcamp
Lovespirals return to San Francisco
Lovespirals will return to San Francisco for what is sure to be another great night at Harlot on July 9th, 2010. Anji will join Karmacoda for their amazing rendition of “Motherless Child” from Lovespirals’ 2007 Motherless Child EP and Ryan will be doing iPad DJ sets throughout the night, including a special “Anji Bee” set between live performances by Divasonic and Karmacoda. He’s sure to drop a track or two from Lovespirals’ brand new Love EP, which includes a remix by Divasonic. Come add yourself to the Harlot Happy Hour Facebook Event page to let the bands know you’ll be there!
July 9th, 2010
7 pm to 10 pm No Cover, 21+
Harlot
46 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.777.1077
www.harlotsf.com
3 Remix EPs Now on Bandcamp
Lovespirals are now offering more material on their new Bandcamp account, which allows users to purchase music in whichever digital format they prefer for an extremely low price. Fans can now pick up the duo’s first-ever set of remixes from contests held by Peace Love Productions in 200 and 2007, plus the 2007 “Motherless Child” set of remixes created by friends of the band Karmacoda, MoShang, Hungry Lucy, Chris Caulder of Beauty’s Confusion, and Drew Pluta formerly of Arcanta.
Bandcamp offers all releases in a variety of formats including 320k MP3, AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, and ALAC files. They also allow the buyer to choose their price, so if you think the suggested price is too modest, feel free to “tip” Lovespirals with an extra buck or two. Buy single tracks or full albums, the choice is yours over at lovespirals.bandcamp.com!
ProjektFest 2010
Sam of Projekt asked us to help promote the upcoming Projektfest 2010. Apparently some fans were asking for us — and Melodyguild — to be included via the Projekfest Poll. While we appreciate the kind gesture, we hope you understand that we are not able to perform. It sounds like Sam has a lot of interesting things planned, though, and we’ve certainly had some entertaining times at past Projektfests. Philly is a cool town, too, so definitely check it out if you have the chance to attend!
Love Spirals Downwards Join Facebook
Come join the action on the new Love Spirals Downwards Facebook Page. Even though it has been relatively quiet here lately on the Official Site with updates, our new Facebook page has been a bit more active. We are particularly digging the interactivity that the Facebook page allows us to have with our friends and fans. So come by, become a fan, join the community, and add to the conversations.