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Blessed (Lyrics)

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“Blessed” – Falling You Adore (2011)

There’s something I want to say to you
There’s something I want you to know

I’ve been so blessed to have you by my side
My source of strength, my joy, my pride

I’ve been so blessed to have you here with me. Oh…
Our love so deep; it lasts eternally

I’ve been so blessed to have you in my life
You as my husband, and I, your wedded wife

– By Anji Bee (BMI)

NOTE: This was one of those rare instances where I actually composed the lyrics after hearing the music. John sent me an instrumental titled, “Adore: Ambient Mix,” along with the comment: “The theme for the next Falling You album, ‘Adore,’ is a more optimistic one — that being, life isn’t always about being reflective and sad, and those we bring into our lives continue to enrich it even when they’re gone.” His working title and instructions inspired thoughts of my beloved and these lyrics sprung to life almost of their own accord.

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Cast Out Of Paradise (Lyrics)

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“Cast Out Of Paradise”  by Bloody Mary & SIS feat. Anji Bee from Potluck (2011)

All they ever wanted
Was to be left in peace
But western man
Can’t seem to leave
Well enough alone
Foolishly
He believes
That he
Can improve
What God creates
Man destroys
On a whim
And out of greed
Without true need
Acting out
As if cast out
Of paradise

– by Anji Bee (BMI)

Buy “Cast Out Of Paradise feat. Anji Bee (Original Mix)” on Beatport

NOTE: I wrote this poem back in mid-2008 without any particular use in mind. In January of 2011, Bloody Mary sent me a rough musical idea which was basically just a strong beat with a wisp of ambient keyboard atmosphere. I thought a mix of spoken word and traditional singing could be interesting and so I chose to work with a poem, rather than a lyric. I recorded everything myself in my podcast studio and sent the files over via the Internet. Bloody Mary and SIS cut up the files and created a 13+ minute track which really expanded a lot upon their original ideas. I uploaded a shortened edit of the song to SoundCloud just to highlight my contribution to the piece.

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Chillcast #275: Epic Premier

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Today Monster and I bring you a very excellent show, replete with the World Premier of the brand new single from Karmacoda, appropriately titled “Epic.” The lovely Miss Heather Pierce even pops in for this very special occasion. As if that weren’t enough, we also have a great free download from the one and only Moby! There are lots of great new tunes in this mix of chillout, downtempo, poppy electronica and deep house with loads of lovely female vocals. Enjoy!

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Playlist:

  1. Velvet Lounge Project “A Little Bit Longer” Buy on iTunes
  2. All India Radio “The End or Near (The Bomb Mix)” Download Free on Bandcamp
  3. Moby “Lie Down in Darkness (Ben Hoo‘s Dorian Vibe)” Download Free Mp3
  4. Lovers and Poets “Only Bitterness Remains” Buy on iTunes
  5. Karmacoda “Epic” Buy on iTunes
  6. Data Romance “Bullets” Buy on iTunes
  7. Milyoo “Kazudon” Buy on iTunes
  8. Merge of Equals “Heart Of Gold (Gold Lounge Electrolounge Mix)” Remerge due out July 29th!
  9. Ciappy DJ “Just Believe (City Soul Project Club Mix)” Just Believe single due out soon!
  10. Fabio Bacchini (feat. Brooke Russell) “Set Me Free (Original Mix)” Buy on iTunes
  11. La Rochelle “Madame (Parov Stelar Remix)” Buy on iTunes

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Chillcast #274: Summery & Soulful

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There’s so  much great new music coming in for summer I had to really cram to get everything in this episode! And there was still more I wanted to play… This set is just perfect for summertime with warm, soulful vocals and a nice variety of grooves that evolve from chillout and nusoul to soulful vocal house with a little blast of poppy trance to top it off. Just a couple free downloads this week, but they are doozies. Enjoy!

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Playlist:

  1. Velvet Lounge Project “How Far, How Long (feat. Vadim Kasputin)” The Perfect Backdrop (2011) Buy Single on iTunes
  2. Kan Sano “The Truth” The Heart Vol. 2 (2011) Buy from Tokyo Dawn
  3. Favorite Flava “Dirty City Supermind” VII – Single (2011) Buy Single on iTunes
  4. SBTRKT (feat. Little Dragon) “Wildfire” IM//UR (2011) Download Free Mp3
  5. Jin Choi “Half Baked (Maceo Plex Deep Remix)” Full Range EP (2011) Buy on WhatPeoplePlay
  6. Jaidene Veda “Soul Size Love (Timmy Regisford Rmx)” Soul Size Love for Japan (2011) Download Free Remix on Bandcamp | Buy EP on Traxsource
  7. Castillo & Face (ft. Jennifer Perryman) “Love’s Wine (Demarkus Lewis Remix)” House Sessions Vol. 2 (2011) Buy on Traxsource
  8. Monodeluxe feat. Jannae Jordan “Time (Anthony Nicholson Soundphaze Remix)” Time Remix Project (2011) Buy on Traxsource
  9. DJN Project & Kenny Bobien “What a Way” (Carlos Vargas Soul Mix) What a Way (2011) Buy on Traxsource
  10. Speedboats & Big Explosions feat. Marcie “Hazel Eyes (Radio Edit)” Hazel Eyes (2011) Buy on iTunes

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Chillcast Video #62: Findlay Brown (NSFW)

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Today’s musical guest is the English crooner, Findlay Brown. I have fallen in love with his brilliant remake of Joe Smooth’s 1989 hit, “Promised Land.” Mathieu Tonetti directed this retro-styled video starring Camelia Belle for Record Makers, whom he’s done a lot of work for. Beware, there is a little nudity — though not as much as the “uncut” version of the “Promised Land” video on Vimeo. This video is set to the original mix of this lovely cover, but you can catch a number of different remixes on The Chillcast with Anji Bee, including the Hypnolove mix on last week’s Chillcast #273: Male Vocals. You can purchase Findlay Brown Promised Love – Bonus Edition for just $3.99 on iTunes which is a great deal as you get this original mix plus 5 other remixes!



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Chillcast #273: Male Vocals

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As I was putting together this week’s playlist, I noticed that I had a plethora of male vocal tunes in the mix. As its historically been rather rare to hear male vocals in electronica, I thought I’d capitalize on this opportunity to features all male vocals this episode. And oh, what nice vocals they are! From playfully soulful to moody and dark, this mix runs the gamut. Overall, though, I’d say there’s a preponderance of dreamy tunes in this set. There’s quite a few free downloads this week, so enjoy!

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Playlist:

  1. “This Is Dope (feat. Ebrahim)” Häzel The Heart Vol. 2 (2011) Buy from Tokyo Dawn
  2. “At A Glance (Toro y Moi Remix)” Body Language Single (2011) Download Free Mp3
  3. “VII (Sasac Remix)” Favorite Flava VII – Single (2011) Buy Single on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  4. “Daylight” Thundercat The Golden Age of Apocalypse (2011) Download Free Mp3
  5. “Knew You Were The 1” DBridge Back and 4th (2011) Buy on iTunes
  6. “Half Baked” Jin Choi Full Range EP (2011) Buy on WhatPeoplePlay
  7. “Come Along” Komaton & Cesare VS Disorder Potluck (2011) Buy on Beatport
  8. “Add Ends” When Saints Go Machine Konkylie (2011) Buy Album on iTunes | Download Free Mp3
  9. “Pictures Of The Sea (Love Theme)” Prommer and Barck Alex and the Grizzly (2011) Buy on iTunes
  10. “Promised Land (Hypnolove Remix)” Findlay Brown Promised Land (2011) Buy on iTunes
  11. “Swim (feat Chris James – Nick Cooke Remix)” DJ Cam Swim – EP (2011) Buy Single on iTunes | Download Free Mp3

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Chillin’ with Lovespirals #83

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After podfading for 3 months, Ryan and Anji return to the podcast to fill you in on everything the band has been up to recently. The duo realized that some major life changes and events have taken up a lot of their usual creative time, including having air conditioning installed in both home studios, upgrading WordPress on the band website and hunting down various resulting issues, planting and maintaining a fairly extensive organic home garden, and taking care of Monster the Cat after a sudden turn in his health. The busy duo also found time to take a few trips to see friends and attend concerts, and still was able to work on a new series of songs. Plus Anji had several new collaborations released, created a video for “Try To Forget,” did an interview with MusicTap, and more. Listen in for all the details and hear an intimate demo of Lovespirals most recent song in progress at the close of the show.

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Anji Bee Hosts Mothpod #223

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Once again, Anji Bee (of The Chillcast with Anji Bee and Lovespirals) brings a dreamy aspect to The Mothpod this week in a show packed with lovely female vocals (a few boys, as well!) and tons of fantastic free downloads. Zack “The Mothman” Daggy contributes a set-within-a-set, as well as the closing track. The opening quote is read by Wiley Wiggins, from the Richard Linklater film, Waking Life – one of Anji’s all time favorites. Listen below to The Mothpod #223: Where I Am.

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Tracks:

1.    Caroline – Gone
2.    Lykki Li – Dance. Dance. Dance.
3.    Florence and the Machine – Cosmic Love (Short Club Remix)
4.    Josh Garrels – The Resistance
5.    Peter Westheimer – Change Now
6.    J-Crush – Hypnotic
7.    Bostich & Fussible – I Count The Ways (Vive Latino 2011 Mix)
8.    Natalie Walker – Mars
9.    Lovespirals – Love (Soul Whirling Somewhere Remix)
10.  The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee – Put Some Music On (Good Times)
11.  Florrie – Call 911 (d. Franklyn Remix)
12.  Katie DiCicco – Mud

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The Mothpod is produced by Zack Daggy, and edited & hosted by Allen Sale, Cybster DJ & Nicholas Young. Narration provided by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff & Michael Behm. Mothpod theme music by Red Friday and Geoff Smith. All music featured on The Mothpod is played by permission of the artists, bands, managers, publicists and labels. All rights reserved.

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Anji Bee Interview on MusicTap

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Matt Rowe of MusicTap recently interviewed Anji Bee for a feature on the newly revamped music site. Entitled, Quality Time With Anji Bee of Lovespirals and Chillcast, the piece goes into some depth about Anji’s thoughts on the current state of music while looking into the origins of her Chillcuts Digital label, the creation of her new The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin’ compilation, and how she selects music for her weekly podcast, The Chillcast with Anji Bee. Matt has been a long time supporter of Anji’s band, Lovespirals. He featured the duo in 2006 with his MusicTap piece, Honey and Cool Jazz ‘n’ Rock: An Interview with Ryan Lum and Anji Bee of Lovespirals.

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Chillcast #272: IndepenDANCE Day Mix

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Its that time of the year when we Americans celebrate our independence and what better way to celebrate than with a fun, upbeat, extended dance mix? Whether you’ve got special 4th of July activities planned or you’re at your usual 9-5 here or somewhere else in the world, you are sure to enjoy the extra hour of tunes today. Look forward to funky fresh downtempo, soulful vocal house, and world-influenced beats in this 90 minute DJ set. Enjoy!

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Playlist:

  1. “Sun-Vibes (All Good Funk Alliance Remix Dub)” Swamburger Quincy Jointz presents Lime Sorbet (2011) Buy on iTunes
  2. “New Life” Jeremy Glenn New Life (2011) Buy on iTunes
  3. “Mind On You” Kate Simko Lights Out (2011) Download Free Mp3
  4. “Free (Glenn Underground SJU Rewerk)” Face feat Jennifer Perryman House Sessions Vol. 1 (2010) Buy on iTunes
  5. “A Leaf For Hand In Hand” Hune Panorama Bar 03 – Single (2011) Buy on iTunes
  6. “Take U Away” Joe Silva Uncorrected (2011) Buy on iTunes
  7. “Time (Soul City Remix)” Monodeluxe feat. Jannae Jordan Time Remix Project (2011) Buy on Traxsource
  8. “Dali Sonuvam (Pearl Beach Mix)” Marga Sol Dali Sonuvam (The Deep House Remixes) EP (2011) Buy on iTunes
  9. “Dreamin Mali (Original Mix)” Hamza Mali Dreams EP (2011) Buy on Traxsource
  10. “Something About You (Trotter Remix)” Atfunk Something About You (2011) Buy on iTunes
  11. “Set Me Free (Original Mix)” Fabio Bacchini (feat. Brooke Russell) Set Me Free (2011) Buy on iTunes
  12. “Musiqué Du Brésil (Sax Version)” Marcelo Medeiros Fabriuqué Au Brésil (2011) Buy on iTunes
  13. “Conmigo (E’s E Remix)” Nickodemus Turntables On The Hudson Vol 8 “Reflecting CIELO” (2011) Buy on iTunes
  14. “Feel Right” La Rochelle Madame (2011) Buy on iTunes

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