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New Lovespirals Single Debuts on Chillcast

November 14, 2009 Anji 1 Comment

The first single from Lovespirals’ brand new album Future Past just debuted on The Chillcast #190. For those who don’t know, The Chillcast is the weekly chillout music podcast of band vocalist, Anji Bee (so she had a bit of an unfair advantage on premiering this track…) “Shine” is the opening track of the show, but stick around to hear this rest of this 1-hour set featuring new music by Fonogeri, Minus Blue, The Warheads, Jamie Lloyd, Amanda Blank, Groove Junkies, Dirrrty B, Dynamic Stab, and Blu Mar Ten. This track is available for other podcasters (as well as radio, internet, club or Second Life DJs) to play via Mevio’s Music Alley. “Shine” is also available on Lovespirals’ SoundCloud page for streaming, download, and reposting via their attractive embeddable player.

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Future Past Available November 17

November 11, 2009 ryan 3 Comments

Lovespirals’ long awaited 4th CD, Future Past, will be available for sale on Tuesday November 17 exclusively on lovespirals.com, with iTunes, eMusic, Amazon etc to follow soon. As always, Anji and Ryan will personally autograph your CD if desired. And as a special bonus, all who purchase Future Past from lovespirals.com will receive a free download of the album (in 256k mp3 format) to enjoy immediately.

Future Past is the band’s first-ever digipak release and they are thrilled with the results. Featuring elegant artwork designed by ithinkitsnice (who designed the latest album and singles for Blu Mar Ten), with stunning photography by long-time band photographer Susan Jennings, and printed on a high end multi-color offset press to luxurious, yet eco-friendly, 100% recycled Enviroboard™ by Groove House Records, this is one album you will truly appreciate owning in physical form.

Eco-Friendly 6-Panel Digipak of Future Past by Lovespirals

The Chillcast with Anji Bee, will premier Lovespirals’ first new single – “Shine” – on episode #190. In case you haven’t heard the show before, it is a one-hour free mp3 download of the best new downtempo, chillout, lounge, worldbeat, electropop, and more, hosted with commentary by Anji. This Friday’s episode will also include brand new tracks by Blu Mar Ten, Groove Junkies, Minus Blue, and Amanda Blank.

If you haven’t already done so, please visit the official Future Past discography page to listen to audio clips of every song, read album liner notes, and view a photo album of Lovespirals’ latest band portraits.

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Chillin' with Lovespirals #71

November 10, 2009 Anji 4 Comments

Lovespirals bring you up to date with the release of their 4th album, Future Past. They’ve set the official pre-release date for Tuesday, Nov. 17th, but you can hear clips of every song right now on this very episode! Ryan and Anji also detail recent changes to lovespirals.com, including the new logo created by ithinkitsnice, new band photos by Susan Jennings, the Future Past discography page, audio clips, and album lyrics. They also give a big pitch for why you should join their Facebook page at facebook.com/lovespirals, invite you to join their street team with instructions for one simple task, and talk about their first interview for the new album. But the best story of this episode is about how English fan, Andrew Banville was FIRST to order the CD, for the 3rd time!!!

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Lovespirals Go Green With New Digipak

October 27, 2009 Anji 2 Comments

Lovespirals band founder, Ryan Lum, proclaimed that the band’s last album, Long Way From Home, would be the final one to come out on CD. But response to such claims in interviews and the band podcast, Chillin’ with Lovespirals, was consistent amongst fans; they want a physical product, not just a digital one. So the band scrapped their plans to release one or two digital-only EPs per year and returned to their original format, the full-length album. This time around, however, the eco-conscious duo decided to do their homework before going with their usual compact disc manufacturer. The resulting packaging is one that the fans are sure to love, and that the band can feel good about. Future Past will be Lovespirals’ first digipak, printed on 100% recycled stock with 100% recycled plastic trays, printed with vegetable-based inks and coated with water-based biodegradable varnishes. You can hear Ryan and Anji talk about the CD packaging — and hear a clip of the opening song from Future Past — on Chillin’ with Lovespirals #70.

Read more about the packaging from the designer’s blog post on ithinkitsnice.com.

Please add yourself to the official Lovespirals newslist to stay informed of release date, news, events, and specials. Check out the video section to view in-studio clips of the band at work on the new album.

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Anji @ CD Pre-Launch Listening Party

October 23, 2009 Anji Leave a comment

You may have heard about Lovespirals’ exclusive little pre-launch CD listening party from band Tweets or the latest episode of Chillin’ with Lovespirals (#70), but if not it was a small get together with a few San Francisco friends to both celebrate the completion of Future Past and to get some feedback on album. The party took place at the same groovy Victorian flat where the album photos were taken, which you can hear more about in Chillin’ with Lovespirals #64. Anyway, Ryan captured some video of Anji showing off the party spread moments before their guests arrive.

This video was originally posted to the Lovespirals Facebook page. Come add yourself as a fan!

Anji shows off the party spread as she awaits guests

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Chillin' with Lovespirals #70

October 20, 2009 Anji 1 Comment

Lovespirals are back with tons of stories, mostly related to their upcoming new album, Future Past. The duo just returned from a trip up North to master the album with Robert Rich, and throw an intimate pre-release listening party at the BlizzzzCrib with a few friends including members of Karmacoda, Under, and Falling You, as well as band photographer, Susan Jennings, and Sinikus and Sarika of Below Zero. The band also discuss finalizing CD artwork with Scott of ithinkitsnice and going green by manufacturing with Groove House Records. Ryan and Anji also talk about attending the Immersion Festival and hanging out with Steve Roach and Loren Nerell afterwards at Noisebug. The show closes with a clip from the opening track of Future Past, “Home.”

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Steve Roach plays his didgeridoo at the Immersion Festival in Pomona, CA

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Lovespirals In-Studio #6: CD Mastering

October 12, 2009 ryan 1 Comment

Ambient music legend/mastering engineer Robert Rich explains the basics of mastering Lovespirals’ new album, Future Past, at his Soundscape Studio in Mountain View California. Ryan and Anji listen on as Robert demonstrates how he uses Apple’s Logic Studio, Izotope mastering software, and audio dithering to give each track its best possible sound. Robert also mastered Lovespirals’ 2002 release Windblown Kiss and 2007’s Long Way From Home. But the band was pleased to hear Robert say that the mixes “nailed it” this time, leaving him just enough room to creatively add a magic sparkle to the album. The result is the best sounding Lovespirals album by far; achieving a true big studio sound from their much more modestly equipped home studio.

Robert Rich explains his mastering process to Lovespirals

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Anji of Lovespirals In-Studio Video #5

October 8, 2009 Anji Leave a comment

The band return with yet another in-studio video! This time Ryan and Anji are in a vocal session for the chorus of new song, “One Of Those Days,” from their upcoming 4th album, Future Past. Anji is a little stuck on how best to do the harmony in the first chorus, trying to choose between two melody lines. This video gives you a different view into the new Lovespirals studio, including glimpses of Ryan’s amps and speakers and some of his guitar collection. Yes, some. Look forward to the next video, where Ryan points out that a 3-part harmony is not a good idea for this Dorian mode song…

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Anji and Ryan in a vocal session for “One Of Those Days”

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Ryan of Lovespirals In-Studio Video #4

September 29, 2009 Anji Leave a comment

In this minute-plus in-studio video, Ryan Lum performs bass for the new Lovespirals song, “Sinking.” As mentioned in a previous episode of the band’s podcast, Chillin’ with Lovespirals, he is – in fact – shirtless. Perhaps more interesting (or not), is the fact that this song had the bass and drums added after completing a vocal and guitar based recording. After listening to all of the song for the new album together as a group, the band decided this song needed to be expanded a bit. The results of added instrumentation are quite striking! Perhaps you’ll get to hear a bit of the original version in another video or podcast? Lovespirals 4th album, Future Past, is due out this November.

Ryan Lum plays bass on the song “Sinking”

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Anji of Lovespirals In-Studio Video #3

September 22, 2009 Anji Leave a comment

This time around, our in-studio video series features Anji working on vocal harmonies for the song, “Sinking,” from Lovespirals upcoming 4th album due out later this year. In a rare daytime recording session, you can actually see the band’s vintage hippy decor, including some of Ryan’s gear and guitars. Thrill to the sounds of Ryan and Anji discussing mic placement and singing preparedness… OK, maybe that’s pushing it a bit far? Just watch the clip already! And no, this was not the final take used in the song. In fact, the final take sounds completely different. LOL!

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Anji working on a vocal session with Ryan in Chillcuts Studio

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Chillin' with Lovespirals #69

September 22, 2009 Anji 1 Comment

The band are really excited about finishing up their upcoming album! Ryan and Anji talk the mixing process, discuss what’s next, and chat about some of the promotion they’ve already begun. Anji asks listeners to send in questions for the in-studio videos they are uploading to the Lovespirals Facebook page, and urges them to add themselves as fans. The duo also talk about spending the day at Village Studios for the Audio Underground talks, attending the Blame it on Rio show at Hollywood Bowl and Bob Weir show at the Greek. Be sure to join the band email list to keep up with album release news and to get a free download of Lovespirals’ cover of “Cymbaline” — which the band play a clip of at the show’s end.

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