Lovespirals
Lovespirals began as an outgrowth of Love Spirals Downwards, the popular Projekt Records act of Ryan Lum. In 1998 Lum became immersed in the San Francisco drum ‘n’ bass DJ scene, and soon found himself collaborating with sultry vocalist, Anji Bee on new material. After a series of jazzy D’n’B singles released on comps alongside the likes of LTJ Bukem, Lum and Bee explored a new jazzy dream pop sound for their moody 2002 Projekt debut CD, Windblown Kiss. The duo followed up in 2005 with a sensual blend of electronica and dream pop on Free & Easy, the first CD for the band’s own label, Chillcuts. In late 2007, Lovespirals released their 3rd full-length album, Long Way From Home, digitally via reapandsow and in CD format via Chillcuts. This album finds the band in top form, perfectly melding a classic Americana vibe to the soulful Lovespirals dream pop sound. A digital only 6-song remix EP of the first single, “Motherless Child,” brings blues and electronica together in a completely unique Lovespirals fashion.
Lovespirals’ music has been featured on MTV, VH1, E!TV, ABC, EW (formerly the WB Network), and many other television and cable channels internationally.
Be sure to visit lovespirals.com for news, bios, audio, photos, band blog, podcast, interviews, reviews, online CD store and much more!
Listen to Lovespirals:
“Motherless Child” from Long Way From Home (2007) Chillcuts
“This Truth” from Long Way From Home (2007) Chillcuts
“Love Survives” from Free & Easy (2005) Chillcuts
“Walk Away” from Free & Easy (2005) Chillcuts
“Our Nights” from Windblown Kiss (2002) Projekt
“Windblown Kiss” from Windblown Kiss (2002) Projekt
Buy Lovespirals Music:
Buy CDs autographed by Anji Bee on the Lovespirals Webstore!
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Moosefrog
Moosefrog is the musical project of Helinski-based electronica producer, Moosefrog, and his “sidekick” Sami. Begun in 2002, the band’s music has evolved over time from Techno and Ambient instrumentals to a blend of Trip Hop, Downtempo and Acid Jazz — their most recent material including both male and female vocals.
Anji discovered Moosefrog on music.download.com and played a song from their 2005 “Come EP” on The Chillcast with Anji Bee episode 2. Impressed by their collection of freely downloadable tracks, she offered to add vocals and lyrics to their next album. Their first attempt, “En la Oscuridad,” won 2nd place in the Listening Music category at Icons 2007, while their second, “New Life,” was featured in the trailer of upcoming snowboarding film, Whatever.
Both collaborations were included on Moosefrog’s Adrift, released by Lo-Kiwi in 2007. This album is a Creative Commons release, so feel free to download it and play any track you like on your podcast or radio station.
Listen to Moosefrog with Anji Bee:
“En la Oscuridad” from Adrift (2007) Lo-Kiwi
“New Life” from Adrift (2007) Lo-Kiwi
Bitstream Dream
Bitstream Dream is the musical project of Canadian electronica producer, Rom di Prisco, working with an evolving collective of vocalists and musicians from all over the globe. The band’s music encompasses many genres, including Trip Hop, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Trance, House, and Ambient.
Anji Bee first met Rom in late 2000, whilst he was working under the pseudonym, Machineries of Heaven. Between 2001 and 2004, Anji provided vocals and lyrics for 4 songs, 1 remix, and a video game soundtrack, namely “Goodbye,” “Perfect Boy,” “Love Me Leave Me,” “Phantasma,” “Walk Away (Bitstream Dream Remix),” and “Cylkoid.”
Anji’s collaborations were included on Bitstream Dream’s 2003 release, Connected, and the 2004 release, Integration. Songs featuring Anji have been used by Sony, EA Games, MTV, E!TV, Oxygen, and others.
Listen to Bitstream Dream with Anji Bee:
“Love Me Leave Me” from Integration (2004)
“Phantasma” from Integration (2004)
“Perfect Boy” from Connected (2003)
“Goodbye” from Back Catalogue (2001)
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Plastic Chair
Plastic Chair is Anji’s collaboration with experimental Japanese musician/producer, Chukimai. The two met on the infamous Mp3.com site. Anji sent Chuki some spoken word recordings, which inspired Chuki to compose a song. Inspired by Chuki’s music, Anji sent back some additional vocals, which led to the completion of their first song, “All Those Days Ago.”
Between 2001 and 2003, the duo sporadically recorded in similar fashion, sending song ideas back and forth between the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States via email. Plastic Chair were well on their way to completing an album when disaster struck; the master tracks and original files were lost in a computer crash. Though the two went on to record a few more songs, it seemed they had lost their original inertia. Their final song was produced posthumously in 2005, appropriately entitled “Requiem.”
About a half dozen songs were available as downloads at various points, including “Sexy Plastic Chair,” “Kawaii,” “I Carry You,” and a version of Anji’s prior Bitstream Dream collaboration, “Perfect Boy.” Only one song was officially released, that being “Ragdolls” with special guest violinist, Lev Zhurbin, on a Monolog Recordings mix CD in 2003.
Listen to Plastic Chair featuring Anji Bee:
“Ragdolls” from Different - Chris Garrett (2003) Monolog
“Dispersion” unreleased (2003)
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