Beginning this Friday, and continuing through the weekend, RadioSpy.com will run a special feature interview with Anji and I. This streaming audio broadcast (in ShoutCast format) will also include selected tracks from our albums and a number of songs by other bands that I consider influential to LSD’s music.
And for kicks, you might want to check out my guitar/music set up on the great fanatical site, GuitarGeek.com.
March 17, 2000 RadioSpy Interview by Sean Flinn:
“Indie goths gone electronic, LSD’s sound now sketches its past while tracing its future.”
“We’re the first and only for a lot of things on Projekt,” says Ryan Lum, the multi-instrumentalist and driving force behind Love Spirals Downwards, darkwave label Projekt Record’s top-selling act. Lum is sipping on a soda in a RadioSpy conference room and choosing his words carefully. He’s speaking of his band’s use of saxophone riffs on a song from its latest release, Temporal, a career retrospective that includes a number of unreleased tracks. Lum was concerned that Sam Rosenthal, Projekt Record’s sometimes finicky founder, might be less than enthusiastic about the sax track.
“[Rosenthal] actually made a positive comment about the saxophone. He said, ‘You know, it fits somehow,” recounts Anji Bee, Ryan’s self-described “partner-in-crime” and recent collaborator on everything from album art to vocals. Lum’s experimentation — with his sound and with the band’s direction — initially met with grudging acceptance from Rosenthal, who eventually warmed to the band’s new sound.
“It’s not his cup of tea,” Lum says of Rosenthal’s reaction to the band’s shift in sound from “shoegazer,” the ethereal style of feedback- and synth-drenched pop defined by British bands like My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and the Cocteau Twins, to drum ‘n’ bass. “But we more or less have artistic freedom to do as we please. I guess being the top seller on the label doesn’t hurt us in that,” Lum says with a chuckle.
Continue reading LSD RadioSpy Interview FeatureOlder Love Spirals Downwards tracks have been climbing the charts on MP3.com! “Delta” (from the 1996 album, Ever) has been #1 on both the Shoegazer and Brit Pop charts all week; it even hit #31 on their Alternative charts for a day. “Sideways Forest (Quantum Remix)” (from the 1996 Sideways Forest CD-single) has been flittering between #1 and #3 on the Trip Hop and Downtempo charts all week, too. Other tracks are also charting high, which is a very good thing, indeed. We really appreciate all the support of our loyal fans and new listeners alike!
