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2nd “Love Me Leave Me” Remix Single Released

Fundraising efforts continue for Love Me Leave Me, the debut solo album by Anji Bee, with two new remixes of the title track being released. This second “Love Me Leave Me” remix single features a dreamy Baeleric-infused chill out mix by Lovespirals. Ryan Lum of Lovespirals stripped down the electronica elements of the original album mix and added wistful acoustic guitar, his trademark dream pop electric guitar, and groovy congas, while Anji contributed a soulfully ethereal backing vocal to enhance  the verses of this moody and romantic remix.

The “flip side,” as it were, is a light and summery remix by German producer, Mr. Alfa, of Venus International. Bee had previously contributed vocals to Alfa Kay’s Winter Sun EP in December 2012. Kay also contributed two remixes to Bee’s collaborative song, “Love Will Turn Your Head Around,” with San Francisco band, Karmacoda, and singer/songwriter Beth Hirsch, who is a frequent collaborator of Kay’s. Bee is set to release a Karmacoda remix of “Love Me Leave Me” as one of 2 tracks on the upcoming 3rd single.

As with the first single, Bee is urging fans to contribute what they can afford via the “pay what you want” option on her Bandcamp page. At time of writing, fans have donated nearly $300, which is approximately 1/3 of what’s needed to press a small run of eco-friendly CDs. With several more singles slated for release including the aforementioned Karmacoda remix, mixes by The Morphism and Daniel Knoxville, plus 2 mixes by Den Jones under his new Urban Punks moniker — and possibly a few more surprises — Bee is hopeful that her funding needs will be met. Pre-sales for the full-length album will likely begin in August.


An exclusive “unplugged” mix is available as a free download for fans that sign up to the email list on www.anjibee.com or that “like” the official Anji Bee page on Facebook via an app on  Anji Bee’s MTV page, where you can also leave a “tip” to help fund the CD pressing.


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Chillcast #368: Summery Mix

I’ve got a great summery mix for you today, packed with brand new tunes in a sweet variety of styles featuring a lot of lovely vocals — including my own! This episode marks the world premier of 2 brand new remixes of my song “Love Me Leave Me” in a continued celebration of its 10th anniversary. Huge heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who’s already donated via the “pay what you want” function on Bandcamp!!! You guys really know how to make a gal smile. 😀 There are 2 free albums and 2 free singles this episode. Grab them from the links below.

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Download Chillcast #368: Summery Mix (256k mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Anji Bee “Love Me Leave Me (Lovespirals “Baeleric Chill” Mix)” Buy Love Me Leave Me (Single 2) on Bandcamp
  2. Gelka “Being You (feat. Phoenix Pearle)” Buy Café del Mar, Vol. 19 on iTunes
  3. L.A.M.P. “Only You Know” Buy Shades of Green on iTunes
  4. Shortcircles “On My Mind (feat. Sarah K. Melfy)” Buy ‘Between Waves‘ on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  5. Sorrow “Maelys” Buy Dreamstone on Bandcamp
  6. Bonobo “Emkay” Buy The North Borders on iTunes
  7. Moosefrog “Curse of the Wereboy” Buy ‘Else (EP)‘ on Bandcamp
  8. Tricky “Is That Your Life (feat. Francesca Belmonte)” Buy False Idols on iTunes
  9. Ghostchant “Under The Light” Download Friends Are Electric Free Album
  10. Ciara “Body Party (Figgy Remix)” Download Free Mp3
  11. Different Marks “We Are Young (feat. Tanya Horo)” Download Untitled Free Album
  12. Little Boots “Confusion” Buy Nocturnes on iTunes
  13. Anji Bee “Love Me Leave Me (Mr. Alfa Remix)”  Buy Love Me Leave Me (Single 2) on Bandcamp

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Love Me Leave Me (Single 2)

Celebrate this song’s 10 year anniversary with me! A gorgeous all-new recording co-produced and remixed by Ryan Lum of Lovespirals AND a warm & summery remix from Mr. Alfa are now available for sale exclusively on Bandcamp to help raise funds for a CD pressing of my full-length album. Check it out at http://anjibee.bandcamp.com

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Chillcast Video #110: When Saints Go Machine

This is the first time Danish band, When Saints Go Machine, have appeared on Chillcast Video, though I’ve actually played them several times on my audio show, The Chillcast with Anji Bee. I did feature a side project of the band, Kenton Slash Demon, way back on Chillcast Video #65, however. When Saints Go Machine just released their 3rd album, Infinity Pool, and this is the official video for the first single, “Love and Respect (feat. Killer Mike).”


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10th Anniversary of “Love Me Leave Me”

Its the 10th anniversary of one of Anji Bee’s best-known songs!  The lyrics and vocal melodies of “Love Me Leave Me” were written a decade ago for a musical collaboration that never materialized. But Anji loved the song so much that she shared her demo vocals with Canadian producer, Rom di Prisco, who created a version for his 2004 Bitstream Dream album, ‘Integration.’ This album has long been out of circulation, and the song is not available anywhere legally.

Anji had never been satisfied with her hastily recorded demo vocals, so she was delighted when her Lovespirals partner, Ryan Lum, offered to recreate “Love Me Leave Me” in their own Chillcuts Studio. Armed with a vintage Neumann mic, a state of the art reverb unit by Bricasti, and an additional decade of singing, recording, and production experience, Anji has finally brought her melancholic lyrics to life with sensual and jazzy nuances galore.

The first remix of “Love Me Leave Me” to surface is by Anji’s long-time collaborator, The Grooveblaster. A series of 2 song singles are set to be released over the next month, with entries by Karmacoda, Mr. Alfa, Lovespirals, The Morphism, and Den Jones. Anji is asking her fans to pitch in a few bucks for each release to help fund the release of her full length debut solo album on CD, as well as to defray the cost of moving her long-time music show, The Chillcast, to a new hosting service. Read all about it and hear the single in full at anjibee.bandcamp.com

An exclusive “unplugged” mix is available as a free download for fans that sign up to the email list on www.anjibee.com or that “like” the official Anji Bee page on Facebook via an app on  Anji Bee’s MTV page.

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Chillcast #367: Love Me Leave Me

I’ve got really big news this week! I’m celebrating the 10 year anniversary of one of my most popular songs with a gorgeous brand new recording of it. The title track to my debut solo album, Love Me Leave Me, was just released as a digital-only single, along with a groovy dub mix by The Grooveblaster. I’m playing both cuts in the show tonight, and hope you’ll love them enough to go download my “Love Me Leave Me (Single)” on Bandcamp, where I’m asking fans to consider paying a little something extra to help fund the pressing of my album and keep The Chillcast online in downloadable podcast format. Also on the show tonight is an intriguing mix of new and recent releases, many with a jazzy influence and dark undertones. There’s 3 free downloads in the mix, grab them below.

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Download Chillcast #367: Love Me Leave Me (320 Mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Anji Bee “Love Me Leave Me (Original Album Mix)” Buy on Bandcamp
  2. Varien “L’esprit Noir [The Spirit of Darkness] (feat. CoMa)” Download Free Mp3
  3. Bonobo “Pieces (feat. Cornelia)” Buy The North Borders on iTunes
  4. Tricky “Valentine” Buy False Idols (Bonus Track Version) on iTunes
  5. Jono McCleery “Fire In My Hands” Buy Fire In My Hands (Single) on iTunes
  6. Kid A “BB Bleu (Original Demo)” Buy BB Bleu EP on iTunes
  7. Different Marks “Can’t Figure Me Out (feat. Ben Westbeach)” Download Free Mp3 / Download Free Album
  8. When Saints Go Machine ”System of Unlimited Love” Buy Infinity Pool on iTunes
  9. Soosh “For You (Synkro Edit)” Download Free Mp3
  10. Letherette “After Dawn” Buy Letherette on iTunes
  11. Booker T. Jones “Can’t Wait (feat. Estelle)” Buy Sound the Alarm on iTunes
  12. Pillowfight “You’re So Pretty” Buy Pillowfight on iTunes
  13. Karmacoda “Love Will Turn Your Head Around (Redux)” Buy on iTunes | Buy on Bandcamp
  14. Anji Bee “Love Me Leave Me (The Grooveblaster Dub)” Buy on Bandcamp

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Celebrate this song’s 10 year anniversary with me! A gorgeous all-new recording co-produced by Ryan Lum of Lovespirals AND a sexy remix from The Grooveblaster are now available for sale exclusively on Bandcamp to help raise funds for a CD pressing of my full-length album. Check it out at http://anjibee.bandcamp.com

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Anji Bee in Top 20 Most Influential Music Journalists

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Anji Bee has been named the #16 Most Influential Music Journalist in Social Media by Sonifly. The Sonifly Buzz blog selected their recipients “from a wide pool of writers, ranging from Rolling Stone to Billboard to various freelance writers all across the industry,” whom they “feel has displayed exceptional work in [their] field while simultaneously maintaining a considerable online presence.” This online presence consists of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and Wikipedia – and took into account not only likes, follows, and posting activity, but “how much reciprocal interaction had taken place between the followers and the journalist [to] decide who had created and nurtured relationships with their fan base.”

The Sonifly piece does a fairly thorough job of reporting various highlights of Anji’s career in both the musical and podcasting spheres, though it should be pointed out that Anji’s career in radio began in the mid-90’s, not the 80’s, and what they couldn’t know is that The Chillcast has had apx. 6.5 thousand download requests and Chillcast Video apx 16.5 million download requests via the Mevio network, since those stats are not publicly available. As an added bonus, the piece includes Anji’s lyrics to the song, “Phantasma,” from a collaboration with Rom di Prisco (as part of his now-defunct musical collective, Bitstream Dream). This song has been revisted with a brand new recording under the title, “Sleight of Hand,” for Anji’s upcoming debut solo album, Love Me Leave Me. Stay tuned for more news on that soon!

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Chillcast #366: Make A Move

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I reviewed a buncha new releases this week and found a lot of great songs I wanna share with you. It was SO hard to whittle down the playlist to just an hour. I ended up with a pretty interesting genre mix you won’t hear anywhere else. The subtitle of the show today refers to the fact that I’ve got 2 versions of the Cassie classic, “Me & U,” sandwiching all of this chillstep, chilltrap, chillhouse goodness. Both of them are free downloads, as are 4 other songs. Get the links below!

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Download Chillcast #366: Make A Move (320 mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Le Youth “COOL (R&B Edit)” Download Free Mp3
  2. Lindsay Lowend “Bar Harbor” Download Free Mp3
  3. Shortcircles “Smiles” Pre-order ‘Between Waves‘ on iTunes
  4. Sorrow “Embrace” Buy ‘Dreamstone‘ on Bandcamp
  5. Raw Frequency “Delerium (feat. Victoria Taylor)” Download Free Mp3 / Download Free Album
  6. Tricky “We Don’t Die” Buy False Idols LP on iTunes
  7. Artful feat. Kal Lavelle “Could Just Be The Bassline (Mr Blonde Remix)” Download Free Mp3
  8. Dabin “Mirrormask (feat. Koda & CoMa)” Buy on Beatport
  9. CLOSE “Beam Me Up (feat. Charlene Soraia & Scuba)”
  10. Different Marks “You Help Me (feat. Nnaji)” Download Free Mp3 / Download Free Album
  11. Jimpster “Brought To Bare (feat. Jonatan Backalie)” Buy on iTunes
  12. Elle Stinovo “Press Play (feat. Jaidene Veda & Rise Ashen)” Buy on Traxsource
  13. Sweater Beats “Make A Move” Download Free Mp3 (2 song EP)

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Chillcast #365: So NSFW [Explicit]

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This mix is NOT for the faint of heart, so if you are PC in nature, or PG in nurture, may I suggest you go ahead and tune out now. That’s right, just skip this episode altogether. I’ve gathered up an hours worth of accumulated Not Safe For Work – slash – Not Radio Friendly tunes that are heavy with explicit language, sexy beats, and urban vibes. I think its actually a great summery mix, in its way, so if you aren’t afraid of F-bombs, drug references, sexual suggestiveness, misogyny or bigoted slang, well then… By all means, download this mix! Seriously though, its a pretty chill mix that ramps up the intensity in the 2nd half and most, if not all, of the songs are FREE DOWNLOADS!

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Download Chillcast #365: So NSFW [Explicit] (m4v)

Playlist:

  1. Ellie Goulding “Wicked Games (HugLife aka DJ Slink Remix)” Download Free Mp3
  2. Main Attrakionz “Not Luv [Produced by Konyaga Tanaka]” Download Friendzone’s Kuchibiru Network 3 Mixtape FREE
  3. Giraffage “Undress U” Download Free Mp3
  4. Yankee Gold “Early Mornings” [He removed the file from his Soundcloud, sorry!]
  5. Drake “Girls Love Beyonce (feat. James Fauntelroy)” Download Free Mp3
  6. Juicy J “One Of Those Nights (feat. The Weeknd)” Download Free Mp3
  7. Smaug x Worpo “Pig Boppa” [feat. Biggie Smalls & Lana Del Rey] Download Free Mp3
  8. Tinashe “Boss (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)” Download Free Mp3
  9. Rihanna “Cake (Sweater Beats Bootleg)” Download Free Mp3
  10. The-Dream “Slow It Down (feat. Fabolous)” Download Free Mp3
  11. Jeremih “773 Love (Cashmere Cat Edit)” Download Free Mp3
  12. Fion “Ex$penses” [feat. Warren G) Download Free Mp3
  13. Justin Timberlake “Suit & Tie (Dillon Francis Remix)” Download Free Mp3
  14. The Weeknd “The Zone (Insightful Fondle)” Download Free Mp3
  15. The Hood Internet “All Gold Shuriken (Trinidad James VS Madeon)” Download Free Mp3

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Chillcast Video #109: Bonobo ft Grey Reverend

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Today’s musical guest is Bonobo feat. Grey Reverend, with the official video for “First Fires”, directed by Young Replicant. It was featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick, and is a free download. “First Fires” is the second single from Bonobo’s brilliant new 5th album, The North Borders, out now on Ninja Tune.  Bonobo is currently on tour, so be sure to check out their tour dates!


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Chillcast #363: Young + Beautiful

I thought about calling this week’s one hour episode “Tiny Violins” because I selected an awful lot of songs with strings in them, but decided instead to name it after the Lana Del Rey song that played such a haunting role in the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby. I was partly inspired by the bittersweet beauty of that film while selecting this playlist, as the overall sound is much more moody than upbeat. Its an eclectic set, genre wise, with hints of vintage music and a nostalgic feeling overall. There’s some great free downloads included, so be sure to grab your faves from the links below.

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Download Chillcast #363: Young + Beautiful (256k mp3)

Playlist:

  1. Michael Plaster “Outstretched”  Free Download (Pay What You Want)
  2. Asa & Stumbleine “Tinderbox (Vocal Version)” Free Download
  3. Soulular “Quartz” Awake LP Free Download (Pay What You Want)
  4. Spazzkid “Candy Flavored Lips (feat. Skymarines)” Desire LP Free Download
  5. Tricky “If Only I Knew” Pre-order False Idols LP on iTunes
  6. Bonobo “Jets” Buy ‘The North Borders‘ on Beatport
  7. Jono McCleery “Painted Blue” Buy Fire In My Hands (Single) on iTunes
  8. Lana Del Rey “Young & Beautiful (Chloe Martini Remix)” Free Download
  9. Griz “Fall In Love Too Fast” Mad Liberation LP Free Download * feat. Chet Baker
  10. Zyklon Sound  “Without” Glacis Presents Friendly comp Free Download
  11. The Hood Internet “The Thing U Do (Miguel x Shlohmo x RL Grime)” Free Download
  12. DFRNT “The Way You Look At Me” Free Download
  13. When Saints Go Machine “Love And Respect (feat. Killer Mike) [Radio Edit]” Buy Love and Respect on iTunes
  14. Bib “Take My Heart” Keats Collective Vol. 3 Free Download * feat. Sarah Vaughn

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