Andreas interviewed Anji for a special feature on his new XtraChill Intensiv podcast. The feature includes several tracks each from Lovespirals, Bitstream Dream, and Plastic Chair, giving an overview of Anji’s work from the past 5 years or so. This is a bilingual interview, with in German and English — but music is the universal language, right?
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Big changes at lovespirals.com
Lots of updates are being made to the band site this month, the biggest of which is integrating WordPress into it so we can connect with the blogosphere at large. Now the front page of the site has a continuous feed of our news, podcast, and blog entries — all mixed up together, but tagged with categories. You can still view just news or blog entries on separate pages if you like, as well. We’re still ironing out all the kinks and figuring out what works best, but it looks pretty good and it’s functioning, so feel free to poke around and make some comments!
Gearwire Lovespirals Interview Feature
Longtime Lovespirals pal, Patrick Ogle, (of Thanatos and Illegal Teenage Bikini fame) interviewed Ryan and Anji for an artist feature for Gearwire. Read it directly on the Gearwire site, or on Lovespirals’ interview archive.
Chillin’ with Lovespirals #26: Kernel Panic
Ryan and Anji update you in the saga of Ryan’s new Mac Mini and how it affects progress on Lovespirals’ current recording sessions, reminisce about sneaking into NAMM, share Ryan’s “second choice” theory, make a big podcast announcement, and answer listener email, as Anji tries not to cough into the mic.
Additional Links:
- Moog Music (RIP Robert Moog)
- Propellerhead Software – makers of Reason
Chillin’ with Lovespirals Episode 24
Ryan and I talk about his upgrade to a Mac Mini running Parallels, the mysterious stink of his old iBook (aka StinkTop), PodShow forgetting to renew their domain, my launch of anjibee.com, plus I read a touching fan email from MySpace, share my own fan story of Robert Cray and more. Be excellent!
Chillin' with Lovespirals #17
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Anji and Ryan of Lovespirals chat about their upcoming Cinco de Mayo show with Mr. Meeble in Pheonix, last weekend’s show in Long Beach, an eBay auction of their posters, fan email, Second Life, and more.
“Once in a Blue Moon” Live at the Blue Cafe
The Jason Knows Podcast captured us performing at our recent show in Long Beach and was kind enough to share it with us.
Chillin’ with Lovespirals Episode 16
Ryan and Anji reflect upon their recent live performance and other experiences in Mexico City, announce a benefit show Lovespirals will l play in their hometown, Long Beach, and talk about preparing for a Cinco de Mayo show in Pheonix, Arizona in this 14 and a half minute podcast. Includes a clip of “Abide” live.
Music Tap interview with Ryan & Anji of Lovespirals
March 13, 2006: Music Tap by Matt Rowe
“Honey and Cool Jazz ‘n’ Rock: An interview with Ryan Lum and Anji Bee of Lovespirals”
Matt: Ryan – Anji’s voice is hauntingly memorable; her voice sticks in my mind long after I heard the songs. Are you as hypnotized by her ability to mesh with your vision of how Lovespirals songs should be communicated as we are hearing it?
Ryan: Yeah, it’s surprising how her voice just fits perfectly. I’m very lucky. Her voice has been as important as anything in the evolution of our music together.
Matt: Anji, obviously you are an excellent fit with Lovespirals. The forward progression of the band incorporates you better than many bands undergoing a shift in style. How do you feel your involvement with Lovespirals changes the band? Have you brought your own influences into the structure of the band’s musical vision?
Anji: It would be impossible for me not to bring my own influences into the band, since we are a collaborative team. I think I bring an earthier element to the music. My vocals are very lyrically based, as opposed to Suzanne’s more non-verbal stylings, and my sound is more soulful compared to her purely ethereal sound.
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Anji on Comic Strip Blog
Daily Source Code followers will likely be familiar with the infamous Comic Strip Blogger, who comments religiously on Adam Curry’s blog. I recently mentioned him in some audio feedback to Adam, and now CSB (as Adam calls him) has mentioned me in his comic strip! Now, that is usually NOT a good thing, but I was somehow spared his wrath and appear in a fairly positive light. Of course, I should remind him that Ryan was the one to the sell the 50,000 CDs, not me…
Music Tap's Featured Artist, November 2005
Matt Rowe reviews “Free & Easy”
In a time where there are many flavours and derivations of music, giving listeners a multitude of choices, and allowing for precision of preference, Lovespirals, originally birthed as Love Spirals Downward[s] some years back, has become a provider of experiences.
Lovespirals’ evolutionary path has brought it down the road from gothic shoegazer pop to hypnotically provocative jazz that is, at once, sexy, sultry, and dreamy. Their last album, the transitional Windblown Kiss, provided hints and sneak peeks into the heart of this duo and where they were headed while their latest, Free & Easy, wades deeply into the stream of where they are.
On Free and Easy, the band’s second release with Anji Bee, who possesses a voice of honey, and a natural element that adds colour and flame to songs, exploring realms of intensities in varying degrees, there are 9 songs of jazz-fusion. With original member, Ryan Lum adding stylish guitar and keyboards to permeate the silky fabric of the new album, the lover of jazz in all of its incarnations will be quite entranced.
The album’s opener, “Free & Easy”, begins by exuding an exhilarating blend of heady and dizzying sensuality. Ryan Lum’s instrumental approach is simple and effective, wisely allowing the mood of the song to carry the listener to the album’s first deliberate destination. It’s followed by the sexually tense, “Hand in Hand”, a musically soft ‘in the moment’ tune of the perfection of love. Things pick up with the dance flavoured “Deep In My Soul” carried by a funky rhythm and delivered by Anji’s ‘by now heart pulsing’ voice. The tune is reminiscent of the ’80s brand of music.
“Walk Away” resembles the past of Lovespirals more readily than the other tunes but still underlines a mournful jazz that also resembles Sade. “Habitual” is one of the stronger songs on the album and reveals a melancholy brought on by the rut of sameness. The album’s strongest track, the ‘saved the best for last’ “Sandcastles” is clearly the band’s single. It has all of the elements going for it – lyrics, atmosphere, a brilliant soundtrack, that voice – that should alert a sleepy public to the dream-dripping gorgeousness of Lovespirals.
Lovespirals already showcases all of the reasons that they should be this period’s hip duo. What remains is for you to discover why I said it.
Lovespirals "Free and Easy" Feature
Ryan and Anji discuss the creation of Lovespirals’ new CD, Free & Easy, detailing specific tracks, and comparing this 2005 release to their 2002 release, Windblown Kiss. Audio clips from every track on the album accompany this 15 minute interview feature.
