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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 demo tracks (”Mediterranea” and “Forgo”) were featured on the From Across this Grey Land 3 compilation, garnering international attention from fans and critics alike, and sparking their career as one of Projekt Records’ most successful artists to date. Listeners have long been fascinated by the mysterious vocals of Perry, who is considered to be a classic singer of the Heavenly Voices genre. Many of the band’s songs are lyrically composed of nonsense sounds devised to feign Middle Eastern and Roman languages. A few, such as “And the Wood Comes into Leaf” and “This Endris Night” are simplified reworkings of Medieval songs. Other lyrics, while in modern English, still leave quite a bit to the imagination, which is how they prefer it. Primarily a studio recording project, the duo performed live only rarely — 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.