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New & updates on Anji’s various projects

Anji Bee’s Debut Vegan Cookbook Out Now

By popular demand from fans of her show, Happy Healthy Vegan, Anji Bee has finally released our debut cookbook! Keep It Carbed, Baby! features 45 of the most-asked-for recipes in Anji’s back-to-basics style of high carb, low fat, whole food, plant based dishes. These are not showy recipes with exotic ingredients, but homey go-to meals made with fresh seasonal produce and easy to find kitchen staples like rice, beans, potatoes, bananas and simple spices. The key point of every dish is that they are both healthy and satisfying.

From International favorites like the Kenyan cornmeal based Ugali and the rice and legume based Kitchari of India, to all-American Peach Pie and Hearty Breakfast Oatmeal, Anji has tailored her recipes towards ease of use for readers with any level of kitchen experience. She hopes that this book will inspire people worldwide to go vegan and Keep It Carbed, Baby!

Pick up a digital download or a spiral bound book directly from Anji via shop.happyhealthyvegan.org or buy an iBook from the Apple Store or Kindle from Amazon.

Keep It Carbed, Baby!
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Lovespirals “Motherless Child” Music Video

The first single from Lovespirals’ 2007 album, ‘Long Way From Home,’ was a heart-rending ethereal blues cover of the anonymous American spiritual, “Motherless Child.” It also appears on the ‘Motherless Child EP‘ released September 16, 2007. This video was filmed by Lovespirals’ vocalist, Anji Bee, on a road trip to Sonoma County, California.

The ‘Motherless Child EP’ is available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, Bandcamp and other online music stores.

Anji Bee Guest DJs on Bondfire Radio

Tune in LIVE for a 5 hour block of The Chillcast with Anji Bee goodness THIS Saturday, July 30, 5-10 p.m. Eastern / 2-7 p.m. Pacific Time at Bondfireradio.com. Anji has been the resident guest DJ for the Tranquil Beats show on this independent station airing out of Brooklyn, NY, during all of July with a one-hour set airing twice daily each weekday. But this weekend they are featuring them back-to-back for some super chill-tastic vibes!

Read all about the inspirations and themes behind these 5 mixes on the Bondfire Blog.

You can use the TuneIn app to stream Bondfire Radio on Tune in, or simply stream it from their homepage.

Anji Bee and The Grooveblaster Release ‘Destiny’

‘Destiny’ the beautiful new single from The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee is now available on iTunes. It is the 12th and final single of the Grooveblaster’s 12 singles in 12 months campaign, and the ninth song this duo has created together. In 2008, The Grooveblaster created a remix of “This Truth,” by Anji’s band, Lovespirals. Soon after, she contributed vocals to 2 tracks on The Grooveblaster album, ‘Cities Streets & Bebop Nights.’ Another two collaborations were created for his 2011 album, ‘Out of the Past,’ and 2 more Grooveblaster remixes were produced from Anji’s first solo album, ‘Love Me Leave Me.’ There are tentative plans to re-release all of these collabs in one collection, potentially with one or two more original songs by the duo. Keep your eyes out for more news!

Or Buy ‘Destiny’ by The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee on iTunes

Lovespirals “Heartstrings” Music Video

“Heartstrings” is a lovely high point in the tracklisting for Lovespirals’ upcoming 5th album. The song is a celebration of the duo’s creative connection and the love that goes into Ryan and Anji’s music. The music video, created by the band themselves, is a beautiful representation of the song, shot during the height of California wildflower season. With 3 years of experience shooting, editing and producing videos for their YouTube channel, Happy Healthy Vegan, this creative couple have created what is surely their best and most professional looking music video to date.

Buy the new single & music video on Lovespirals’ Bandcamp to help fund the band’s upcoming 5th album

CREDITS:

Ryan Lum: music, tracking, mixing, production & video filming
Anji Bee: lyrics, vocals, co-production, video filming, video editing & album design
Written by, published + copyright Anji Bee (BMI) + Ryan Lum (BMI)

Lovespirals “Heartstrings” Digital Single Released

Part Dream Pop, part Americana, the new single from Anji Bee’s band, Lovespirals, is considerably more upbeat than “Brother Against Brother,” the first single. Band founder, Ryan Lum, juxtaposes driving blues riffs and dreamy shoegazer guitar, finding a delicious balance between his earlier Love Spirals Downwards work and more recent Lovespirals work. Anji’s vocals exude the confidence born from years of familiarity with the material, with a lovely harmony of her natural earthy tone and haunting upper register.

“Heartstrings” has been 12 years in the making, beginning as a collaborative idea between Lovespirals and indie electronica duo, Beauty’s Confusion. The song was based around an acoustic guitar loop of Ryan, to which Chris of BC added beats and a Johnny Mars-esque electric guitar. The project came to an standstill over artistic differences, and in 2005 Anji sent her vocal files to DJ Pain 1 to gauge interest in the project. He quickly created a demo, featuring an amazing rap with his friend Guante. He wasn’t satisfied with the mix, however, and his version fell by the wayside, as well.

In 2007, Anji resuscitated the project as the theme song to a music podcast, enlisting Ryan to add his signature guitar leads to the original demo and to professionally record the chorus vocals for a shortened edit. The song lay dormant, once again, until production on Anji’s first solo record began in 2010. She was determined to create the definitive version of “Heartstrings,” building upon the 2007 version. The ensuing recording had such a strong Lovespirals vibe that it was decided to hold onto the cut until the band was ready to release their next album. Which brings us to this, the final version of “Heartstrings.”

Buy the new single & music video on Lovespirals’ Bandcamp to help fund the band’s upcoming 5th album

Lovespirals “Sandcastles” Music Video Out

Music video for “Sandcastles,” the epic closing track to Lovespirals‘ album, ‘Free and Easy.’ Enjoy 2 gorgeous sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, shot at the pristine So Cal beach, Crystal Cove. The first sunset was shot from down on the beach, while the second one was filmed from up on the bluff. The second sunset is the most amazing technicolor sky Anji and Ryan have ever experienced, and it really brings the gospel-like chorus and ending electric guitar solo to life!

MUSIC: “Sandcastles” by Lovespirals From the album, ‘Free & Easy’ (2005) Available at http://lovespirals.bandcamp.com Or iTunes, Amazon, Google Play or Spotify

CONNECT: http://lovespirals.com or  http://facebook.com/lovespirals

Anji Bee Celebrates Dave’s Lounge 10th Anniversary

Its the 10th Anniversary of Dave’s Lounge, the chillout, trip hop and downtempo show of my long time friend, Dave Warner.  We met online back in the good ole days of Mp3.com, and met in person years later in Las Vegas at the 2008 New Media Expo. We’ve both hosted each other’s podcast for fun, and helped promote each others shows and music regularly. Its hard to believe time has flown by so quickly over the past decade. Celebrating Dave’s 10th year reminds me that The Chillcast will be 10 next January, too. Wow! This episode of the Lounge is a trip down memory lane, with many songs I haven’t heard in awhile, including the wonderful Soul Whirling Somewhere remix of my own song, “This Truth,” by my band, Lovespirals.

Take a listen and be sure to give Dave a comment over at his site:

Dave’s Lounge #308: The 10th Anniversary Mix (stream or download free)

Karmacoda ‘Love & Fate’ Album Features Anji Bee

Bay Area band Karamacoda — long time friends of The Chillcast with Anji Bee and sometime collaborators with both Lovespirals and Anji Bee — have just dropped a new album called Love and Fate. Excitingly, Anji collaborated on a duet with band founder, B. “Naive” features lyrics penned by Bee, who recorded her vocals in The Chillcuts Studio with Lovespirals partner, Ryan Lum.

In an interview with Below Zero Beats B said:

When we wrote our last record Eternal we asked Beth and Anji to join us on vocals for the track Love Will Turn Your Head Around and it was so magical, so beautiful, I wanted to recreate that experience even more

Love and Fate‘ was released March 10, 2015 on Sola Musa Music.

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Video for “Love Me Leave Me (Morphism Remix)” Out

Anton Gagarin, the creator of the VK-based  “Romulus Club” – a fan club for Rom Di Prisco and Saki Kaskas – recently created a music video for his remix of Anji Bee’s 2013 recording of “Love Me Leave Me.” This long time fan of Bitstream Dream considers his punchy glitch-hop track to be an homage to the 2004 Bitstream Dream version of “Love Me Leave Me.” The Morphism had previously collaborated with Bee on the original track, “Cetus Aero,” for his 2013 release, ‘Madness Shift (EP).’ You can pick up “Love Me Leave Me (The Morphism Remix)” on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon Mp3, Google Play and other digital stores.

Read the “Love Me Leave Me” lyric page for more info on this song