Last year, band founder Ryan Lum produced a remix of “Molten” by Blue Ringed Baby + Kami (ft bbsani) for the Australian duo’s debut album on Goddezz. Following its release as part of the molten/CPU Maxxing + Love Spirals Downwards Remix digital single in September 2025, it appeared on the full-length Forever Chemicals album in November.
Now the remix returns on Forever Chemicals [Deluxe] released November 6 on Goddezz. The expanded, 21-track edition includes additional remixes alongside ambient and glistening downtempo outtakes from the original recording sessions, brought to life during the duo’s recent tour of Japan. As the release notes on Beatport explain:
‘Forever Chemicals deluxe’ continues to tread the pair’s unique venn diagram of sonic waters, with its additional set of new ambient and glistening downtempo tracks to contrast the bass-heavy remixes. As offcuts from the original sessions that were brought to life during their recent tour of Japan, these pull the listener into an intimate moment of stillness.
Listen to Forever Chemicals [Deluxe] via the Bandcamp player below, or find it on all major streaming platforms.
If last month’s single, “Strange Air,” embodied the mystery of a cosmic connection, this month’s “Entangled” explores the profound weight of staying in its orbit.
Blending atmospheric Dream Pop with gentle Quiet Storm vibes, this evocative new single continues the sensual trajectory of Ryan and Anji’s recent releases. It drops a week early for Bandcamp Friday, ahead of its official release on Friday the 13th.
Ryan and Anji’s “Misunderstood” from the 2023 Flux Deluxe Edition was featured on EKHO Sonic Chill, a new late-night downtempo music show that features a blend of classic electronica and dream pop. What could be more us? This 2-hour episode includes moody cuts by Smoke City, The Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, Cocteau Twins, Hird, and Francisco The Man, amongst others. You can stream Ekho Sonic Chill #14 directly from the MixCloud player below, or check it out on the show’s website, where many more episodes and info on the bands are available.
Veteran commercial-free online radio station Soma.FM has long supported our music on their vocal-based Lush channel, but it’s come to our attention that they’re also spinning the instrumental “Cosmos” from the previously unreleased b-sides of the Flux Deluxe Edition (2023) on their #1 flagship show, Groove Salad. In fact, it looks like they have been playing it regularly since this past June. According to their weekly playlist, 10,968 listeners gave the track a star — though I’m honestly not sure if that’s for just the past week or all-time. Either way, it’s pretty cool, and we’re happy the listeners enjoy this little slice of late 90s electronica.
It’s interesting to hear this dub techno track finding a home in such varied sets—from TRiNH’s new wave, synth pop and folk selections to Liquid Mirror’s electronica, breaks and leftfield pop sets, and Prolonged State’s dub techno and techno mix. Trip hop is a shared tag across these broadcasts, though “Sunset Bell” is decidedly not that.
Charlie Croft included the song “Psyche” from Love Spirals Downwards’ 1998 album, Flux, in her recent ‘Acts of Magic’ set for London’s Loose.FM. This collaboration with Kristen Perry is one of the band’s most famous tracks, having been featured on a season premier episode of Dawson’s Creek in 2001. It currently ranks as the band’s second most streamed song on Spotify. DJ Charlie previously featured our 2024 single, “Not Myself,” on her ‘Beatific’ show on Voices Radio. We appreciate her continued support!
You can stream an archive of her live radio sets via SoundCloud:
Ryan and Anji’s September single —which dropped early as a Bandcamp Friday exclusive— now comes to streaming platforms.
From Bandcamp:
Shifting away from the breezy downtempo of September’s “So High,” “Strange Air” takes a darker turn just in time for Scorpio Season. Ryan and Anji Lum’s latest single is steeped in a mysterious atmosphere, melding dream pop with the smoky undertones of trip-hop and neo-soul. Anji Lum’s intimate vocals capture the magnetic, almost dangerous chemistry of a Mars-Venus connection that strikes from out of the blue. Weaving the sensual textures of Anji’s voice into Ryan’s beautifully emotive acoustic and electric guitar work, with a sprinkling of antique piano and light, jazzy drums, “Strange Air” conjures a numinous enchantment. Was that chance encounter a brush with destiny, or was it just a momentary desire?
Just found out that our February single “Secrets” was recently added to the Spotify playlist called Oblique. The epic 100 song, six and half hour set is simply described as: “Oblique: Angular. Asymmetrical. Experimental.” Some of the other artists featured are Seefeel, Stereolab, John Beltran’s Placid Angels, Brian Eno, Avalon Emerson, Mount Kimble, and Little Dragon. Give it a listen!
Ryan and Anji Lum’s brand new single for September is available now on all streaming platforms, digital music stores, and via YouTube Music.
From Bandcamp:
“So High” takes a break from narrative-based work and offers a refreshing late-summer dive back into the downtempo chillout of their surprise 2024 hit “Not Myself.” With laid-back beats and a melancholic vibe suggestive of the neo-soul sound of Sade and the moody, urban sophisti-pop of Everything But The Girl, the duo’s latest single is less dream pop than turn-of-the-millennium electro-acoustic nostalgia.
Featuring a mix of soulful sun-kissed lyrical snippets and light, jazzy vocalizations reminiscent of Lonnie Liston Smith’s “Summer Night,” Anji Lum’s dreamy vocals project a sophisticated ease, creating an emotional push-pull between sensuality and sadness. Driven by Ryan Lum’s signature blend of acoustic and atmospheric electric guitar, the track’s groove is defined by soulful wah-wah textures, vintage synths, and sultry saxophone—evoking the breezy warmth of Kool & The Gang’s “Summer Madness.”
“So High” is the perfect soundtrack for sipping chilled wine and watching the sky turn from golden afternoon to purple dusk.
Siren Podcast said of “So High” in their Instagram review (translated from the original Italian):
The music leaves behind the more introspective dimension of previous singles. Dream pop doesn’t disappear entirely, but it dissolves into the background as the duo moves toward a soft downtempo, infused with soul, jazz, and electronica.
Anji’s voice accompanies this shift without forcing it. These are colors that she and Ryan draw from a soul and pop aesthetic of a few decades ago and transform into something intimately their own, maintaining that electronic delicacy that has always accompanied the project.
The music reflects a passionate mood and a chilled out sensibility, perfect for relaxation and dreaming, tinged with a hint of melancholy emotion to balance the sailing, graceful sensation within the music.
Watch the official lyrics visualizer below—created by Anji using photography by Ryan. Be sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell to stay connected as we continue to release our monthly singles.
Ryan and Anji Lum’s brand new single for August is available now on all streaming platforms, digital music stores, and via YouTube Music.
From Bandcamp:
Emerging from the heavy, interior themes of “Haunted,” “Broken,” and “Dissociate,” “Desirable” shifts its gaze outward. Sultry, jazz-tinged trip-hop downbeat carries a weary detachment—a last call barfly watching the room with a tired eye, attuned to the quiet gravity of desire as it pulls everyone closer.
“Desirable” unfolds as an enigmatic study in magnetism and distance, where vintage warmth meets modern depth. The arrangement moves with a slow, deliberate confidence, letting space and texture do the work of tension and release.
Anji’s breathy, seductive vocals, recorded in a single take, offer a storyteller’s intimacy—cool, measured, and just out of reach—underscored by a restrained high-harmony flourish. Paired with Ryan Lum’s evocative guitar and the duo’s hypnotic production, the track settles into a velvet-lined atmosphere that feels both intimate and faintly untouchable.
With “Desirable,” Love Spirals Downwards move into a more outward-facing dimension without losing the qualities that belong to their music: the warmth of a night and that almost hypnotic pull that is difficult to resist.
This time, though, the sensuality of a gaze and the desire running through the song are added to it all.
And so, chapter after chapter, Anji and Ryan continue to build their story, once again leaving us suspended between what we see and what their music enables us to imagine.
Watch the official music video below—filmed and edited by Anj. Be sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell to stay connected as we continue to release our monthly singles.
Genre-fluid explorations of dream pop and electronica
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