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Projekt ‘Flux’ Press Release & PR Photo

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Official Love Spirals Downwards ‘Flux‘ press release from Projekt Records:

As the name of their newest album implies, Love Spirals Downwards has continued their evolution with each new release. Comprised of Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry, the band was among the first generation of musicians to grow up with home recording studios. As technology became more sophisticated, so did their art. Now Lum and Perry use a full range of technical advances, including computers and digital audio recording. Their embrace of technology helped lead to their current dance/electronica base.

The mood of Love Spirals Downwards’ music, for all its aural and technological spectacle, is contemplative, drawing upon such eclectic inspirations as classical philosophy, Buddhism, mysticism, Spanish ode, and the distinctly American free verse of Jack Kerouac. This range of sources suggests something of the scope and spiritual embrace of their art.

Degreed in Philosophy and Psychology respectively, Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry’s musical collaboration as Love Spirals Downwards is both intrinsically thought-provoking and therapeutically relaxing. It is music which takes listeners beyond conditioned preconceptions, flowing into a space that is invitingly warm and boundless.

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Hello. It’s been a few months since my last update. Lots has happened, and the big news is that our new album Flux is finished and mastered. Its release date, last time I checked, is July 21, 1998. I’ll be sure to keep you informed here if that gets changed.

In other news, we had a great time onstage and off at the Los Angeles Projekt Fest show this past March. Thanks to those in attendance for making it the funnest show we ever had. And also thanks to Andrew Pluta of Arcanta and Rodney Rodriguez of the Von Trapps for joining on percussion and guitar respectively for this show. We hope to do more shows with the four of us, but I should say here and now that we will not be doing any of the Projekt Festival shows later this summer.

We have a new song on a new compilation put out by Pat Ogle’s (formerly of Projekt) new label Precipice Recordings. Our song, “Asleep,” can only be found on this compilation and will not be on our new album. Projekt is distributing this disc, so you can order it direct from them by calling 1-800-CD-LASER.

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L.A. Projekt Festival

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The Los Angeles show that I referred to earlier, as some of you may have figured out, is the Los Angeles Projekt Festival at the El Rey Theater on March 15. Check Projekt’s Live Page for the latest info and details. I haven’t mentioned it here until now because the details of the show were constantly changing. The original idea for the show was supposed to be just us and labelmates, Thanatos. Now Thanatos is not playing and the show has become the “L.A. Projekt Festival.” Some of you know that Suzanne and I are not exactly blissful about festival shows, so this will be our last festival performance and your last opportunity to see us at one. Later in the year we plan to get back to doing our own shows again when we do some touring.

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Mexico Projekt Fest

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We recently got back from another wonderful time in Mexico. After just dealing with a less than ideal audience in Chicago, the Mexico City audience’s enthusiasm for us, Lycia, and Arcanta was rewarded by great performances from us all (I’d say we all performed much better than in Chicago). The show was one of our best to date, with or without the electricity (those of you who were there know what I mean). The U.S. Projekt Fest audience could learn a few lessons from the Mexican audience, who really seemed to be there for the MUSIC rather than socializing.

After the show, Suzanne and I traveled to Cancun, on the Yucatan, for some relaxation and exploring. The highlight was visiting the pyramids and Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.

Again, we had a great time in Mexico and look forward to the next time.

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Projekt Festivals

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I would like to say thanks to everyone that came to see us at the Projekt Festival (and at our Border’s in-store) in Chicago. Suzanne and I had a fun time once again. For those of you who were trying to enjoy our set, I am sorry about all the rude loud motherfuckers that talked during our set and the sets of all the more quiet bands. Those people obviously did not come for the music and ruin it for those who did. If there is another festival next year, I hope to have a solution worked out with Projekt and the venue for dealing with such situations. Anyway, we’re just a fews days from the Projekt Festival Mexico, in Mexico City, with Lycia and Arcanta! I should probably go pack.

Love Spirals Downwards performing at the Vic Theatre in Chicago Friday August 1, 1997
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News & Updates

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This is Ryan from Love Spirals Downwards.

If you had trouble locating our latest releases, Ever and the CD-single Sideways Forest, our label has finally solved the distribution problem that it was facing at the time of these releases. Now, they should be pretty easy to find at Tower, Borders, and most other record stores.


We have just two shows planned for this summer. First, we will be in Chicago at the Vic Theater for the Projekt Festival. We will play on the first night on Friday August 1. Tickets are $30 — which covers admission to both Friday & Saturday evenings( or $20 for one night). Tickets are on sale at the Vic box office, through Ticketmaster (Chicago only), or from Projekt at 312-913-9162. And on Saturday August 16, we will play again in Mexico City at the Cine Bella Epoca (Tamaulipas Y Alfonso Reyes S/N, Col. Condesa). Fellow Projekt artists Lycia and Arcanta will be playing as well. More info on these shows can be found on the Projekt ‘live’ page on their web site (www.projekt.com/live).


For those who are wondering, we are working on new music, some of which we are playing live. So, we should have a new album released next year. And for those who have asked about lyrics, sorry but we don’t have them available.

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Ever Distribution

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There were a few things that happened in the past few months regarding our music distribution that I would like to mention. The German release of Ever happened a few months back, with EFA being the new distributor for Projekt in Germany. And in the United States, we now have great distribution here through ADA, a Warner subsidiary.

Many people have written to us saying how difficult it was to find Ever and our other releases. I too had a tough time finding them. Now our CDs are everywhere once again: Tower, Borders, and all sorts of other stores. So, if you haven’t got it yet, now’s the perfect time to get a copy of Ever .

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Summer ‘Tour’

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We have just two shows planned for this summer. First, we will be in Chicago at the Vic Theater for the Projekt Festival. We will play on the first night on Friday, August 1st. Tickets are on sale at the Vic box office, through Ticketmaster (Chicago only), or from Projekt. Along with us on night 1 of the two-day festival will be The Moon Seven Times, Ben Neill, Vidna Obmana, and Steve Roach. For more complete information on the Projekt Festival, check out the Festival pages.

Our second show of the summer will be in Mexico City on Saturday August 16, 1997 at the Cine Bella Epoca (located at Tamaulipas Y Alfonso Reyes S/N Col.Condesa). Fellow Projekt bands Lycia and Arcanta will be performing as well. This should be a lot fun and I (Ryan) am really looking forward to seeing our friends there and eating at every possible opportunity!

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Sideways Forest Maxi-Single Out

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Our new maxi-single is out now on Projekt Records!

After two albums of layered, interwoven textures evoking warm, dreamlike states of consciousness, Love Spirals Downwards emerge with a distillation of their sumptuous sound on their new single ‘Sideways Forest’.  Triggered by the group’s experiences of performing live with a more stripped down, acoustic set, on “Sideways Forest” we hear the intrinsic beauty of simple, flowing guitar melody and a lone, singular voice, beckoning listeners to embellish the sound in their own minds.  The “Quantum Remix” of the title track deconstructs these acoustic elements and rebuilds from the song’s foundation, adding sampled and electronic patterns, morphing them into a euphoric journey into trip-ambience.  The disc concludes with the instrumental “Amarillo,” echoing themes hinted at in “Sideways Forest,” while uniting the group’s acoustic elements and free flowing, open atmospherics.

The single release of ‘Sideways Forest’ will be followed by Love Spirals Downwards third full length release, ‘Ever,’ scheduled for September 15, 1996.  The band will perform selected live dates in support of ‘Ever’ during the winter and spring of 1997.

— Projekt Records