Ryan Lum, Suzanne Perry, Kristen Perry, Jennifer Ryan Fuller
Influences
Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Mojave 3, Seelfeel, LTJ Bukem, Massive Attack, The Cure, Grateful Dead, Popul Vuh, Led Zeppelin
Sounds Like
Terms like "Ethereal", "Dream pop", "Ambient", and "Angelic Voices" have all been used in describing the mysterious sound of Love Spirals Downwards. While none of these names completely capture the essence of their sound, each describes some quality of their beyond-language music. And "beyond language" is a good starting point; their female vocals largely transcend lyricality, while guitars swirl and spiral with bright atmospheric textures from a place beyond words. Listening to Love Spirals Downwards lets you leave words, and the world, behind you...
"Dissatisfied with current trends and styles in much of today's pop music, our music is a unique blend of what we find to be aesthetically pleasing. To us, our music transcends any one pigeonhole categorization into one particular style or genre. Elements from East Indian music, psychedelic rock, and ethereal - among others - can be found in our music. In creating atmosphere, we meld "exotically" tuned and processed acoustic, as well as electric, guitars with female vocals and percussion. In breaking with more conventional vocals, we completely abandon the use of language as a conveyor of thought and emotion in hopes that the entire musical piece, instrumental and vocals, work as one artistic expression."
-- Love Spirals Downwards, 1991
"LSD shine with the sort of music that once made the Twins so exciting: Droning, quivering layers of electric and acoustic guitars, minimal drums and just the right amount of synthetic keys. And the voice. Perry's lovely vocals are soft with a cathedral ambience... There's no need to bemoan the Twins. Their old banner has been picked up and held high by a pair who will not let it drop."
-- Michael C. Mahan, Alternative Press, 1996
"An achingly beautiful, enchanting maelstrom of emotion that fuses honey-dripped vocals, delicate guitars and electronic backdrops of sedate, swirling synthesizers, effectively capturing what Halstead and Goswell missed in their transition. Slow, somber, and beautiful beyond reason, this LSD just might be the burgeoning leader of another full-on ethereal rock revival.
-- M. Tye Comer, CMJ, 1996
The remastered reissues of Idylls and Ardor are available now!
Love Spirals Downwards was begun in the late 80's by multi-instrumentalist and producer, Ryan Lum, but didn't truly take flight until the addition of then-girlfriend, Suzanne Perry, as vocalist in 1991. Two of their three initial demo tracks were featured on Projekt Records' popular Across this Grey Land 3 comp, garnering international attention from fans and critics alike, and sparking their career as one of Projekt Records' most successful artists to date.
Over their 8 year history, Love Spirals Downwards released four best-selling Projekt albums Idylls (1992), Ardor (1994), Ever (1996), and Flux (1998), plus 1 single, Sideways Forest (1996), and 1 retrospective Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present (2000), incorporating the styles of ethereal, shoegazer, folk, world, ambient, and electronica to create a uniquely beautiful, dreamy sound. To date, they have sold over 50,000 CDs through indie label, Projekt, and though disbanded since 1999, they continue to sell to this day.
Primarily a recording project, the duo performed live only sporadically -- generally in conjunction with Projekt Festivals -- and almost always acoustically. Love Spirals Downwards' last live show was in 1998, in support of their final studio album, Flux. In 1999, Lum began working with new collaborator, Anji Bee, under the shortened moniker of Lovespirals. There are no plans for Love Spirals Downwards to record or tour in the future.
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS: Idylls
Remastered Re-issue
A unique, sumptuous sound composed of interwoven acoustic and electric guitar textures with exotically layered ethereal female vocals. The band's popular 1992 debut album.
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS: Ardor Remastered Re-issue
90's Ethereal music at its finest; part rock, part new age, part folk -- all of it drenched in melancholic psychedelia featuring beautiful acoustic & electric guitar and ethereal female vocals.
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS: Ever
Ambient electronic grooves combine with folk-inspired melodies, lush guitar textures, and ethereal female vocals to a poignant, bittersweet, but beautifully exalted effect.
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS: Flux
Ambient-tinged electronica featuring ethereal female vocals and melodious guitar work, creating a relaxing, yet envigorating dreamscape of sound to lose yourself in. The band's final studio album.
LOVE SPIRALS DOWNWARDS: Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present
An 8 year retrospective of world influenced folk rock, dubby ambient electronica, and mid-tempo drum 'n' bass, featuring ethereal female vocals and dreamy electric/acoustic guitar. Includes album cuts, remixes, live and comp tracks.
Hey, I've got a new acoustic demo up of my song "Snapshot Chronicles" up now. Feel free to listen, comment, and if you like it tell your friends. If not, that's cool too.
We were being and knowing That two were one, and we were three In twelve sided cosmos, drifting by I wasn’t seeing I was feeling And wasn’t being, doing, two were one And when I looked to it Nothing but the corner of my eye Then we were three, and being Being and doing I hadn’t known that two were one We were that same one, and being When I know, I feel I see that two were one We were three and being Drifted through twelve sides And we were being Knowing that two were one And falling there on clouds like stars We were three and known We were one, I don’t know I was being, doing, but I knew That two were one And clouds flow down Drifting, we know, and see Doing, and knowing we were three And knowing two were one That two were one.
Well hey there!! We just wanted to peek in & see what the happs are in Love Spirals Downwards's world!! Always a party goin' on over here! Check out our lastest concert pix from Indianapolis in our Pics Album area. This barrage of awesome images were captured by myspace.com/scooterpics.
While you're in the neighborhood, let us know how you are!!
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we are proud to announce, that our debut album “The Land Sleeps” is released as CD on CD-Baby and CDeal as well as Mp3 on diverse online stores with more online stores coming up soon. The linkz will be updated on our myspace regulary.
Kurosawa's debut album, 'Your Star Has Fallen Over' is now available from CD Baby as a digital download! Kurosawa is a musical collaboration between Paul Cartwright, Adam Spellicy and Karen Vogt. The result is a graceful collision of soaring, ethereal vocals and lushly atmospheric, infectiously melodic acoustic and electronic sounds.
Visit cdbaby.com/cd/kurosawa - you can listen to all 14 tracks before you buy.
