exelent
author: abel gonzalez
this cd is exelent
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Drifting Toward a Romantic Twilight
author: Jeff Stringer, Borders Inside Magazine, Feb 2000
Just as Valentine's day can bring about all kinds of emotions with regards to romantic love, so can romantic music take on many different forms. Such is the case with the duo known as Love Spirals Downwards. They were one of the first acts to exist on the Projekt record label, which has been a specialist in all manner of gothic, electronic, ambient and other various ethereal kinds of music for over 10 years now. From their 1992 debut, Idylls, to 1998's very popular flux, Love Spirals Downwars has always existed in a moody, enchanting universe all its own, thanks to the musicscapes of guitarist/keyboardist Ryan Lun, and the unearthly crooning of vocalist Suzanne Perry. Their earlier releases contain haunting, drifting melodies and layered, melancholy vocals reminiscent of Enya, while later albums incorporate some gentle yet vital dancebeats into the spell. Now, Love Spirals Downwards releases a long-overdue retrospective titled Temporal. It features 13 songs spanning all of their albums and singles, and includes six previously unreleased tracks. It is a comprehensive overview of the duo's many shades. Whether you're relaxing in the dark tranquility of post-first-date bliss, or are swimming in the nostalgia of love lost, this album will help you keep warm.
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A serene reflection on a career bursting with unassuming creative victories.
author: Sean Flinn, Choler Magazine (January 25, 2000)
While music's perpetual evolution occasionally imprisons bands within their niche, Love Spirals Downwards has co-evolved, fearless of adding new tones to its palette and heading off in new directions when dead ends pop up along well-worn routes. "Temporal," a retrospective that includes six previously unreleased tracks, displays the many fine forms resulting from the group's adaptation. Unfolding in reverse chronological order, the album charts the band's growth from a heavily ethereal folk duo with a surplus of goth appeal to its more recent incarnation as an atmospheric drum 'n' bass outfit. In retrospect, the album argues, even the group's earliest, least tangible work was setting the stage for its eventual embrace of electronica. While most groups or labels might have chosen a more obvious approach to the retrospective -- assembling the band's "greatest hits" or strongest single material -- LSD and Projekt have chosen to focus on collecting songs that best reflect the group's transition between styles. With by-now characteristic grace, LSD shows how easily it married its early, almost formless vignettes to the rigid structure of drum 'n' bass and spawned (yet another) sub-subgenre of jungle. All of the songs display a smooth-as-ether ambience, a unifying trait that has long masked this very mellow band's adventurous, survivalist qualities. "Temporal" marks yet another in Love Spirals Downwards' unbroken series of subtle triumphs, a serene reflection on a career bursting with unassuming creative victories.
(For the full review, check out the link to Choler.com!)
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