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

Footsoldier Album Features Lovespirals

YouTube personality Vegan Footsoldier has been fundraising for what he touts as “The Best Vegan Rock Album Ever” for some time now, and at last the album has dropped!

Anji and Ryan were credited as “Happy Healthy Vegan” — their YouTube channel handle — on the track “Jam” in which Ryan contributes bluesy electric guitar leads and Anji contributes her own lyrics and vocals/spoken word.

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Anji Bee – Lonely Sunset Mobil Mix On Bandcamp

Direct from the Anji Bee music vault! Exclusive to Bandcamp is this previously unreleased mix of “Lonely Sunset” created in 2013.

Haunting, yet upbeat, trance collaboration with Ukrainian producer Mobil. His dazzling melodic progressive style twinned with the shimmering vocals of Anji Bee is like a breath of warm summer air in the midst of snowy wintertime.

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ANJI BEE “Gone (F9 Mix)” on Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is now hosting the year 2000 classic Fishtank No. 9 mix of “Gone” by Anji Bee. Never commercially released, this song has been unavailable for over a decade. Now you can stream or download it in multiple audio formats for free! The entry includes retro artwork with a photo from their era, often seen in Bitstream Dream publicity.

Stream the song below

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“Just One Word” Single Released on Bandcamp

Up until now, Anji’s soulful downtempo track, “Just One Word,” was only available as a hidden bonus track on the Bandcamp digital release of ‘Love Me Leave Me.’ Interest in the song sparked from including the sensual track on her popular YouTube channel, Happy Healthy Vegan, inspired her to release the Lovespirals co-production officially as a stand-alone single. It is currently a Bandcamp exclusive, with a music video to follow shortly on Anji’s Official YouTube channel. The cover art features a previously unreleased shot from the 2012 album dphotoshoot with Aga La Maga.

Falling You Album “Shine” Features Anji Bee

Bay Area recording project, Falling You, just released a new album on Project Records called ‘Shine‘. This highly collaborative album features a song with lyrics and vocals by Anji Bee called “World On Fire.” This marks the second time Bee has worked with band founder and songwriter, Michael Zorko, who previously collaborated in 2011 for the song “Blessed,” his album, ‘Adore.’

Stream the track in full, below, before purchasing:

REVIEWS:

Another beautiful release from Falling You that finds John Michael Zorko collaborating with some truly remarkable vocal talents, resulting in a stunning collection of songs that are moving, inspiring, and powerfully emotional. 

Highly recommended…

RikM

Intimate and fragile or powerful and full of energy, the tracks are dedicated to the light that is inherent in all of us. Following this idea, soft, harmonious and accessible Shoegaze and Dream Pop sounds dominate. Creativity, love and beauty are the powerful drivers of these songs.”

Sonic Seducer

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 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

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