iMuse wrote a nice little feature story on the band, past and present, for the May issue of the Women of Mp3.com. It’s still up this month, so check it out! A new Lovespirals-related online interview with Anji just went up on the DAXX site. There’s a slightly older online interview with her on the Violet Collection site, as well.

I’ll be DJ’ing in Long Beach, California on Thursday September 16th from 9 to 10:30 pm at the mellow coffeehouse club, Dervish. Dervish runs 7 PM to midnight at Portfolio, 2300 E. 4th St., 562-434-2486. Resident DJs Glenn Bach and Chowderhead, along with guest DJs and musicians, perform a wide variety of electronic and analog music, including ambient, dub, drone, downtempo, IDM, drum-and-bass, and free jazz. Visual artists provide a spatial environment of video, projections, and loops.

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/lovepirals to listen to our FREE streaming and downloadable MP3s on MP3.com.

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.

I will be interviewed live on Outsight Cyber Radio Sunday, June 25th, 8pm EST/5pm PST. Please tune in via the internet at his site. Tom will be archiving the interview as a RealAudio file, for those of you who can’t tune in live, so check his site for that! [Ed. note: search for “Ambient electronica group Love Spirals Downwards”]

We’ve been included on several compilation CDs recently released, including:

• Claire Voyant – Time Again (Accession Records): a remix project CD including Front 242, Haujobb, Trance to the Sun, VNV Nation and many others. Anji and I remixed their track “Bittersweet” in a jazzy, atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass style, featuring sax by our pal, Doron, of Toof. More details are available from Accession.

• Heartbeats (Mascara): this cool German comp focuses on electronica acts with “tender feelings” such as Moby, Sneaker Pimps, Smith & Mighty, Marc Almond, Nightmares on Wax and more. Flux’s “Psyche,” featuring Kristen Perry on vocals, is the chosen LSD cut.

• Projekt 100: The Early Years, 1985 to 1995 (Projekt Records): this is a compilation of vintage Projekt band recordings, in celebration of their 100th release. The Love Spirals Downwards track is the 50 Years of Sunshine mix of “Kykeon,” which some fans have lamented having not been included on Temporal. More details are available from Projekt.

• Darkwave: Music of the Shadows v2 (K-Tel): Projekt Records founder, Sam Rosenthal, helped to compile this collection of darkwave-related bands such as: Cocteau Twins, Lycia, Miranda Sex Garden and more. “Forgo,” from Love Spirals Downwards’ debut album, Idylls, is the first track of the album. More details are available from Projekt.

Still spinning on a regular basis, I have upcoming slots where you can catch me, dropping atmospheric drum ‘n’ bass and downtempo tunes…

• La Belle Epoque: May 13th, San Francisco The Top DJ Bar, 424 Haight St. (between Webster and Fillmore, 21 and over, $5). I’ll be on from 10pm to midnight. This club is the West Coast mecca for atmospheric drum and bass. I had a most incredible time DJ’ing there last year, and this time will be even better as I look forward to playing some acetates of new unreleased Lovespirals material.

• Caffeinated: May 20th, Santa Barbara Held by the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts forum, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA. This multi-media party and art opening goes from 8pm – 2 am, is $10 admission, and open to all ages. Call (805) 966-5373 for more info or visit their site.

On Friday April 14, I’ll be spinning on the very unique “Dinner With a DJ” show, at the infamous Love Cat House. The show goes on at 9pm PST, and continues well into the early morning hours. I believe they archive their shows, so you might check for that later.

For those who’ve never caught one of my sets and are curious as to what they sound like, I’ve put up my mix set from last year, entitled “Atmopshere ’99,” on Live 365, under the Jungle and Dance categories. You can either go to the site or go copy this url [ http://166.90.143.144:12530/ ] into your Shoutcast Winamp/Soundjam player directly. (You’ll need a connection faster than a 56k modem to listen to it.)

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.

Older 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!

In support of the release of Temporal, I have some upcoming live DJ’ing events:

Riders of the Plastic Groove, Feb 25th
KUCI 88.9 fm, Irvine, CA.
You can also listen to their station on the internet by going to the KUCI site. I go on from 9pm (PST) to 10:30pm (PST). If you’re in the area do stop by as this will be a remote broadcast on the campus grounds. Check out the Riders site for directions and location. And before DJ’ing, I’ll be doing an interview for KUCI’s Swope Transmissions program at 8 pm.

Club Dervish, March 4th
Long Beach
Held at Portfolio Cafe, 2300 E. 4th Street, (at Junipero). This is always a fun time in a chill atmosphere, so come on down, have some coffee and enjoy the tunes! I’ll be on from 9pm to 10:30.

And later in April and May, I’ll be DJ’ing in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I’ll post more about those gigs soon.

Temporal has been released! We want to thank everyone who pre-ordered it at our e-store, and invite the rest of you to come pick up your copy (on sale for $13, including a personally signed band photo) at our e-store.

Several offers for interviews with radio stations, e-zines and magazines are coming in now, as well as a few DJ gigs, so keep checking back here for the particulars. If you are interested in setting something up with me, feel free to send an email.