Ryan and Anji will perform a short, intimate, stripped down set for a Cancer benefit show on Sunday April 23rd:
The Blue Cafe
210 The Promenade
Long Beach, California
21+ – $7 – Show starts 9pm
Lovespirals go on at 11pm and are the last performers of the night.
The Lovespirals feature on Atmosphere 69 turned out pretty cool. It’s always kind of surreal to hear oneself on radio, but in a way, it puts your work in perspective. I was pleased to hear our music in another context, to find that it actually sounds really good. Not to be vain, it’s just that we tend to take our stuff forgranted after hearing it so much in the studio. To hear it outside of the studio is like a reality check of sorts. It’s like hearing it fresh for the first time again. I really, really like “Free and Easy.” That song is really personal. I tend to forget that fact. Anyway, I’m really happy we met up with the Lounge King and Agent 69 because this was a very nice interview and a great experience.
The Lovespirals “Music Therapy” Artist Profile with DJette Agent69 is now available for free download as part of the launch of the Atmosphere69 podcast. This half hour feature produced for The Lounge King Radio Network was previously aired on April 2nd via Mix96 FM Canada, as well as on the streaming internet radio stations Luxuria Music and Lounge Radio.
Looks like things are coming together for a few California shows over the next 2 months. Still working out details, but it looks like they’ll be a small one near us, and a big one up north. Maybe an intimate one up north, as well. Hoping to hear back from a venue or two in L.A., as well. Keep your eyes peeled on the news area for some announcements!
Tune in this Sunday, April 2nd, for a Lovespirals Artist Profile on the Atmosphere 69 show with DJette Agent 69 on Mix96, 95.9 FM in Montreal, Canada 10 PM EST. This special interview will repeat online via Luxuria Music the following Tuesday, April 4th, and sometime soon after on Switzerland’s Lounge Radio.
Joseph from Noise Kontrol backstage at DadaX with Anji, moments before Lovespirals take the stage.
Anji and I just got back from our weekend in Mexico City. I was hoping that we’d be able to make a podcast from there, but there was no time to be found. As always, we were treated wonderfully in Mexico by both our fans and the producer of the show, Joseph of Noise Kontrol, who also happens to be our distributor in Mexico. In our set, we played many songs from Free and Easy for the first time. In addition, we debuted two brand new songs that we had just recently written. We might have been a little rusty having not played a show since last year, but we gave it our all and the enthusiasm of the crowed had a positive effect on us for sure. I’m looking forward to returning again. In the meantime, can someone in Mexico please Fedex me some enchilada suissas or mole poblano?
Top: Anji & Ryan and Joseph & Anji backstage at Dada X before the show
Bottom: Anji & Ryan outside of the hotel the morning after the show
Header: Dada X crowd just before the show, photo by Anji
I just launched a new podcast on Adam Curry’s Podshow Podcast Network called The Chillcast with Anji Bee. It’s a half hour music show featuring chilled tunes in genres from downtempo to deep house, trip hop to dream pop, electro lounge to old school jazz & blues, and more. The show was inspired by my Live365 radio station, Chillcuts, which was in turn inspired by my older show, The Lovely Ladies of Electronica. Basically, I just keep widening my circle of musical styles as time goes on. Anyway, I’d love to have you come check the show out at http://chillcast.podshow.com.
Feel free to hit me back and let me know what you think!
Yesterday was the first official day of Spring, or so I’m told. It rained last night, but today is nice and sunny, if a bit crisp. Still, the garden really seem to love the weather. I mentioned on the podcast how green the patch surrounding old Babik Nurn is. Here’s a photo for you!
The white heliotrope is looking great, and all the bulbs are starting to flower, plus forget-me-nots are really sprouting up everywhere! Guess that shovel is coming in handy for our little gnome friend.
Anji expresses regret at not making this a St. Patrick’s day episode, alas! Ryan and Anji discuss next weekend’s Lovespirals show in Mexico including their new setlist, how new songs always seem like the most fun to perform, working with Noize Kontrol for distribution in Mexico, share some fan mail, make that announcement Anji has been promising, and more!
Ryan and I been working on our new live set the past week or two. It’s quite a bit different from our last tour! We did one show last year with The Flir, so we had worked up a few songs from Free and Easy and our cover of Floyd’s “Cymbaline.” Now we’ve added 2 of our brand new, unreleased, songs to the set. We’ve also been testing out an old LSD tune to play acoustic, rather than the version of “Ring” we did in 2002. It’s cool to have so many more tracks to choose from when we play! Now we can actually have a few extra tunes tucked away for encores, if we need them. The first time we went to Mexico, we only had one album out and no extra tunes for encores. I ended up doing an acapella Billie Holiday song at one gig, and an acapella LSD song at another. This time we’ll actually be prepared. Should be cool.
March 13, 2006: Music Tap by Matt Rowe
“Honey and Cool Jazz ‘n’ Rock: An interview with Ryan Lum and Anji Bee of Lovespirals”
Matt: Ryan – Anji’s voice is hauntingly memorable; her voice sticks in my mind long after I heard the songs. Are you as hypnotized by her ability to mesh with your vision of how Lovespirals songs should be communicated as we are hearing it?
Ryan: Yeah, it’s surprising how her voice just fits perfectly. I’m very lucky. Her voice has been as important as anything in the evolution of our music together.
Matt: Anji, obviously you are an excellent fit with Lovespirals. The forward progression of the band incorporates you better than many bands undergoing a shift in style. How do you feel your involvement with Lovespirals changes the band? Have you brought your own influences into the structure of the band’s musical vision?
Anji: It would be impossible for me not to bring my own influences into the band, since we are a collaborative team. I think I bring an earthier element to the music. My vocals are very lyrically based, as opposed to Suzanne’s more non-verbal stylings, and my sound is more soulful compared to her purely ethereal sound.
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