Love Spirals Downwards

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Love Spirals Downwards is a California-based recording project founded by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Ryan Lum. Originally emerging on Projekt Records in 1992, the project's early work featured Suzanne Perry, a psychology student whose fortuitous foray into ethereal vocals helped define the label’s early aesthetic. They quickly became one of the label's most popular acts, blending ethereal wave, dream pop, and atmospheric electronica into an emotionally rich and sonically immersive sound. During their tenure with Projekt Records, Love Spirals Downwards released four studio albums—Idylls (1992), Ardor (1994), Ever (1996), and Flux (1998)—as well as the career retrospective, Temporal: A Collection Of Music Past & Present (2000). LSD appeared on dozens of international CD compilations, notably anchoring genre‑defining series like Hyperium’s Heavenly Voices and Projekt’s Beneath the Icy Floe. Their music was also featured on high‑profile samplers from Alternative Press, Zillo, and Caroline Records, and more recently on Cherry Red’s Cherry Stars Collide: Dream Pop, Shoegaze and Ethereal Rock 1986-1995 (2023). Beyond the studio, Love Spirals Downwards was a pillar of the label’s live presence, performing at the inaugural Projekt Festival ’96 and ProjektFest ’97 in Chicago alongside the label founder's band Black Tape For A Blue Girl, fellow Projekt artists Soul Whirling Somewhere and Lycia, and ambient pioneers Steve Roach and Robert Rich --as well as the 1998

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Flux

Ever

Ardor

Flux (Deluxe Edition)

Idylls

Ardor [Remastered Reissue]

Not Myself

Idylls [Remastered Reissue]

Temporal: A Collection Of Music Past & Present

Okay

Without You

Noumenon

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