Artist description Unique blend of rock and electronica with touches of folk and world music.

Music Style Projekt Records, Pop, Shoegazer, Folk, Dream Pop, Ambient, Atmospheric Drum n Bass, Jazz-Step, Down Tempo, Chill-Out, Trip Hop, Electronica

Musical Influences Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Mazzy Star, Mojave 3, SEEFEEL, Dead Can Dance, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Everything But the Girl, Massive Attack, LTJ Bukem, Perfume Tree

Similar Artists Cocteau Twins, Violet Indiana, Delerium, Enya, Mojave 3, Slowdive, Mazzy Star, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerard, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Everything But the Girl, SEEFEEL, Projekt Records

Artist History Love Spirals Downwards was begun in the late 80's by multi-instrumentalist, Ryan Lum, but didn't truly take form until the addition of vocalist, Suzanne Perry, in 1991. Two of their three demo tracks were featured on the Across this Grey Land 3 comp, garnering attention from fans and critics worldwide, and sparking their career as one of Projekt's most successful acts. Over their 8 year history, Love Spirals Downwards released 4 albums; Idylls (1992), Ardor (1994), Ever (1996), and Flux (1998), 1 single, Sideways Forest (1996), and 1 retrospective collection Temporal (2000), incorporating the styles of ethereal,shoegazer, folk, world, ambient, and electronica to create a sound uniquely their own. Primarily a recording project, the duo performed only a handful of times, generally in conjunction with Projekt Festivals. LSD's last live show was in 1998, in support of their final studio album, Flux. In 1999, Lum shortened the band name to Lovespirals, and began working with new collaborator, Anji Bee. Suzanne Perry formed a new group, Melodyguild, in 2002 with several local Los Angeles musicians.

Group Members Ryan Lum: programming, guitar, bass, percussion, production | Suzanne Perry: vocals, lyrics | PLUS Occasional Special Guests: Kristen Perry: vocals, lyrics | Jennifer Ryan Fuller: vocals, lyrics | Rodney Rodriguez: guitar | Drew Pluta: percussion | Jeff Stone: percussion | Doron Orenstein: sax | Gabriel D. Vine: Rhodes piano

Instruments Electric guitar, 6-string steel acoustic guitar, electric bass, synthesizer, sampler, sequencer, hand percussion

Albums Idylls (1992), Ardor (1994), Sideways Forest EP (1996), Ever (1996), Flux (1998), Temporal (2000)

Press Reviews "Throughout their career, the duo have maintained a strong following among the Goth set, even though their audiences are far more varied than that. Ethereal folk is the best way to describe them, for they fit neither the image nor the dark mood of the Gothic genre, although their occasional melancholic edge does explain the connection." -- Bryan Reeseman, All Music Guide ****** "The Los Angeles based duo Love Spirals Downwards creates soundscapes layered with soothingly airy keyboards, acoustic guitar arpeggios and ethereal female vocals. In a rare appearance at the Troubadour, Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry stripped their music to its essentials: an amplified Ovation acoustic guitar, a haunting voice, and one beautiful melody after another." -- John Koenig, Muse Magazine

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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