You can now purchase Windblown Kiss for just
$11.98 online from Projekt Records,
including first class shipping!
P-Fest
I’ve started hearing back from a few of the fans who attended Projekt Fest 2002. Its so nice to know that people enjoyed our show! We weren’t sure how folks would take to our jazzy new sound, but it seems like it was a success. And my kazoo was a big hit!
Looks like we might have a half dozen shows set up this year when everything is verified. Big stuff, for us! We’re thinking about adding a few more songs to the setlist, perhaps some more electronic stuff?
First WK review
Lovespirals – Windblown Kiss (Projekt): Love Spirals Downwards remove the “Downwards,” dispense with the electronic beats of Flux, and change the singer, but remain as ethereally innocuous as ever, if a bit more eclectic. — Angry Robot
Pretty much to the point, eh? I looked up “innocuous” just to make sure that there actually is a positive use for it. Ha ha!
New Comp Released
Lovespirals are included on the new compilation CD,
Blisscent Vol. 1, which
showcases Indie, Dream Pop, and Shoegazer acts
popular on the underground radio show, Blisscent.
Back from Projektfest
Got back from Philly last night. We enjoyed ProjektFest more than we anticipated. It was fun to hang with Audra and Mira at the after parties, and to see old pals like Roachie, Johnny, Lisa etc… There’s some talk of us doing a West Coast tour with Mira this Summer, which would be really cool! We especially hope to hit Portland and San Francisco, where we have friends and family. Keep posted to our news section for updates!
Jive Magazine Interview
A new Lovespirals <a
href=”http://www.jivemagazine.com/interviews/2002/051
92002-lovespirals/index.shtml”
target=”_blank”>interview has been posted at Jive’s online magazine. The print edition is due out June 1st. An mp3 of “Love Survives,” a new unreleased track, is included in Jive’s music section.
This is it!
We leave tommarrow for ProjektFest! I’m still fussing with last minute packing, but I’m almost there…. Wish us luck!
Ecstatic EP – Hot Pick on Mp3.com
Mp3.com is featuring the revised Ecstatic EP as their Hot Pick CD for the Electronica genre. It is also the featured CD in the Ambient Drum ‘n’ Bass Top 40. Several tracks from the EP are currently in the Top 40, as well.
Lovespirals on Mp3.com
Cool! I see our mp3.com page has gone well over 100,000 plays this month. I always wonder who listens, if the same people keep coming back over and over, if they listen to every song or not, and that sort of thing. I tend to download the songs I like by other bands, and play them in my iTunes library. I like to make stations, too, like my Dream-Pop Losing Today-inspired stations. Hey, that reminds me, I recently updated my Live365 station, “Lovely Ladies of Electronica,” with 3 totally new hours of music. Look up “Anji Bee” at www.live365.com to hear it.
Jive Magazine Interview & New Song
Russ Marshall of Jive interviewed Ryan and Anji for the music section of their print magazine. Their website also features the Lovespirals interview plus an mp3 of the brand new unreleased song, “Love Survives.” Be sure to check that out at www.jivemagazine.com and if you can pick up a copy of the magazine, snatch it up now!
Q: When did the Ryan/Anji collaborations begin, and how did that come to be?
Anji: Ryan and I started working together late 1998, early 1999. We pretty much hooked up through my radio show on KUCI 88.9fm (in Irvine, CA). He had me come over to his studio to check out some new stuff he was working on (which later turned out to be ‘Beatitude’ and ‘Love Survives’) and I was really into it. The first two songs we did, “Ecstatic” and “Hand in Hand,’ Ryan made dub plates of; he was more heavily into deejaying at that time.
Touring
I’ve been thinking that it would be nice to do a few short tours to support the album. We could try to set up small West Coast and East Coast tours, plus a show or two in Mexico, at the very least… No idea how we’d go about booking it, though. I wonder if we should try to travel with another Projekt band or two, or just go it solo? We’ll have to talk to everybody at ProjektFest, to see what they think!
Pre-release CDs
Wow! Got a few pre-release copies of the new album today and they look great. We’re both really pleased with how the artwork came out, as well as the CD itself. It feels really good to have created the whole CD ourselves from top to bottom. Its been a lot of work, but I think all the love really shines through. I can hardly wait to send everybody who helped us out a copy!