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News and updates about Anji Bee’s various musical activities, collaborations, and releases.

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“This Truth” Ft. Anji Bee Tops UK Charts

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This Truth on Loverush Hot new UK dance music label, Loverush Digital, is about to drop a “Damien.S VS Lovespirals” branded set of remixes of our single, “This Truth,” TOMMORROW February 9th. UK radio and club DJs, however, have already been spinning advanced copies the past few weeks. To my delight, the EP has been blazing up the DMC charts!

DMC is currently listing “This Truth” at #2 on the World Trance Chart, #4 on the World House Chart and the UK Club Chart, #6 on the Club 2009 Test Chart, #10 on the World Chart and #18 on the World Monthly Chart.

Support for the track has been great and we’re excited to be played on shows and stations including Housesssions with Denny Dowd on Juice FM, PH Factor on Energy FM, Club Control with DJ Confusion, and Twilight on Pulse. Reactions have been fantastic, as well. DJs are reporting lots of dancefloor love and even requests!

John McCormick (Deep 6, Fury Murrys, The Hive, Yates) 10/10
This has created one of the biggest buzzes on the floors I’ve seen in ages. Its an enormous winner and packs the floors everytime without fail. Superb mix package. Top stuff all round!

DJ Crispian Aldis (Elemental, Havanah, Paradise) 10/10
This is good and is causing quite a stir in my sets. Loads of fab mixes to choose from. Top track, top label. I can see big things for Loverush in 2009.

Beaker (Berties, Bunters, Divas, Red Square) 9/10
I love the feel to this track, she has such a haunting voice. You can’t help but hear it. It’s such a smooth chill out dance track that works really well.

John J (Club DNA, Liquid Lounge, Wigan Pier) 9/10
LOVIN THIS! Quality vocal trancer with a wicked package of mixers. Fave is Juno Synclair vs Craig Bailey Remix.

Go to Beatport.com Get These Tracks Add This Player

Also available digitally via JunoDownload and AudioJelly and XPressBeats
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Grooveblaster CD Featured on Below Zero

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below zero beats The Grooveblaster‘s new album, Cities, Streets & Bebop Nights, is the featured album on the ultra cool Below Zero radio show and blog this week. As you probably know, I contributed vocals and lyrics to 3 tracks on this album (including a remix of my band,  Lovespirals), alongside great collaborations with Yasi Baby! of Pacha Massive, Laura Harley, and Daca Kopanja. This top rated radio show airs Sunday nights in San Francisco on Energy FM 92.7 from 8 pm to Midnight (PST) and in Paris on Tonic FM Mondays 12 – 1 am (PST) and Fridays 11 – 12 pm (PST). You can also listen online via NetMusiq Tuesdays 10 am (PST) or anytime via Live365.

By the way, you still have a few days to enter the big end-of-2008 Chillcast 8-CD “Grab Bag” Contest which includes a promo copy of the great Minus1 compilation CD put together by Below Zero DJ’s Mason Rothert, Jason Teplitsky, and Sinukus.

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Anji Bee Tune on 64mm Skate Vidcast

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Rad! The latest episode of the 64mm vidcast includes “Love Me Leave Me,” my 2004 collaboration with Bitstream Dream. The funny thing is, I finally saw Paranoid Park this weekend, which is a film by one of my fave directors, Gus Van Sant, shot at Burnside Skatepark in Portland, OR. Anyways, stoked to be part of this fun skating vid. Hope you enjoy it, too!

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First Review of Chandeen ft. Anji Bee

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The first review of the upcoming Chandeen album, Teenage Poetry was recently posted on the band’s MySpace page:

Teenage Poetry is a long awaited jewel, a breathing, timeless work that rewards the patient listener with a moving, tear-inducing “hidden track” featuring Anji Bee of Love Spirals Downwards. It is lovely that such music is still produced today!” – Ecki Stieg

Some readers are probably scratching their heads wondering who this Love Spirals Downwards is, so I’ll fill you in; that was the original name of Lovespirals way back in 1991 with former vocalist, Suzanne Perry, (who would surely balk at my name being linked to the pre-2000 history of the band). In fact, only 1 song with me has been released as “Love Spirals Downwards” and that was a remix we did for Claire Voyant in 2000, so my vocals weren’t even involved – just my mad mixing skills. 😀

In any case, a very positive review, and one which makes me anxious to hear the rest of the album for myself. Teenage Poetry is due out March 28, 2008 on Chandeen’s own Kalinkaland label.

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New Lovespirals Remix Contest Begins

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Lovespirals Remix Contest

Remix Lovespirals‘ podsafe single, “This Truth,” from their latest album, Long Way From Home, for the PeaceLoveProduction Remix Contest! The finalist will win an iPod Touch, a year’s subscription to the PLP Producer’s Vault, and all 3 Lovespirals’ CDs – personally autographed by Anji Bee and Ryan Lum – plus inclusion on a Lovespirals remix digital EP and CD. The runner-up will win the 3 CDs plus inclusion on the remix EP and CD. Additionally, the top 5 remixes will be offered as podsafe singles on the Podsafe Music Network. The contest began 2/8/2008 and runs until 4/1/2008. Good luck!

Listen to Anji’s audio promo: [audio:http://chillcuts.com/promos/Lovespirals_Remix_Contest_Promo.mp3]

Podcasters & Radio DJs:

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Anji Bee Guests On New Chandeen CD

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chandeen.jpg I contributed vocals and lyrics to what will be a special “hidden” track on the upcoming new album by German band, Chandeen. Entitled Teenage Poetry, the 12 song disc is due out March 2008 on Chandeen’s own Kalinkaland label. As a free album preview for fans, the band are uploading one song per week (or so) to their MySpace page. This will be the first new Chandeen album in 5 years.

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Lovespirals’ Motherless Child EP on iTunes+ & Amazon Mp3

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Motherless Child EP Lovespirals’ Motherless Child EP has just been released on iTunes+ and Amazon Mp3. This digital only release features 6 remixes of the first single from the duo’s most recent album, Long Way From Home. Artists included are Karmacoda, Hungry Lucy, MoShang, Chris Caulder of Beauty’s Confusion, and The Black Channel Citizen — plus one by Lovespirals’ own Ryan Lum. The songs can be purchased individually in high quality 256k AAC no DRM format for just 99 cents each or download the whole collection for $5.94

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Anji Guests on Pussy: The Musical

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Download Pussy: The Musical – Chapter 8 MP3

Oh my… I collaborated on a song with evil genius, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, for his zany new “audio book” project with fellow Pacific Coast Hellway producer, Mike Yusi. Folks have said that Pussy: The Musical is PodShow’s answer to Highschool: The Musical; does that make me Gabriella?

You can actually buy my track – as well as the rest of the songs used in Pussy: The Musical on eMusic!

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Moosefrog Review on GratisVibes

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Posted on GratisVibes September 8th, 2007 by ikram

To coincide with the interview with Lo-Kiwi, I’m reviewing one of their releases, “Adrift” by Finnish duo Moosefrog. Adrift is a follow-up to the “Come” EP, which was the first release of the Lo-Kiwi label.

After an initial listen, ‘Adrift’ sounds unmistakeably like a throwback to the trip-hop era of the mid to late 90s, although its clear that Moosefrog have updated the template and the sound for the 21st century! If you liked Morcheeba, Thievery Corporation or other acts in that oeuvre, you’d definitely enjoy this album!

This stylish album has a alluring, sensual, yet dark and brooding quality to it. Maybe not as dark as Portishead but not as cheery as Hooverphonic were in their later days. The highlights include Anji Bee’s vocals on two of the tracks on this release. Anji (from the band Love Spirals Downwards) reminds me of Sade’s sultry voice. In fact ex-MTV VJ and well known podcasting personality Adam Curry calls it “the sexiest voice in podcasting”. Yes thats right, Anji does podcasts as well!

Definitely a release for all those skeptics who still think that the netlabel scene isn’t producing quality.

Download “Adrift” by Moosefrog FREE