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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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Download The Mothpod #233: Where I Am (mp3)

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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Anji Bee on New Dame-Music Comp

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Hot new dance record label, Dame-Music, celebrates it’s first year anniversary with the eclectic double vinyl 12″ set, Potluck. Label founder and successful DJ/Producer, Bloody Mary, has compiled an amazing group of new collaborations between various Dame artists for this set. The opening track is her own collaboration with fellow Berliner, SIS, featuring vocals and lyrics by Anji Bee. “Cast Out Of Paradise” is an epic 13 and a half minute deep minimal tech house song with a very moody and slightly dark feel. Also included are collaborations between Komaton & Cesare vs Disorder, Sierra Sam & Tolga Fidan, Quenum & Paris the Black FU, and Timid Boy & Marco Resmann, plus an exclusive track by Jozif, who’s just joined the label’s roster of artists. You can download Potluck on Beatport (exclusively at this time) or purchase the limited-edition double vinyl of Potluck on Decks Records.

Listen to a 4+ minute edit of “Cast Out Of Paradise” on Soundcloud:

Cast Out Of Paradise [Edit] by Bloody Mary & SIS feat. Anji Bee

View an interview video with Bloody Mary and SIS about ‘Potluck’ on Vimeo:

Anji had previously been featured on the Jin Choi remix of “Arabesque” by Bloody Mary, released by Dame-Music in November 2010.

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Karmacoda Single Features Anji Bee + Beth Hirsch

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San Francisco band, Karmacoda, recently released the first single from their upcoming fourth album, Eternal. “Love Will Turn Your Head Around” is multi-artist collaboration featuring vocals and lyrics by — not only Anji Bee — but also one of her musical idols, Beth Hirsch, who was famously featured on Air’s hit album Moon Safari. “Love Will Turn Your Head Around” debuted at #3 on the Below Zero Top 10 chart for April 17th, and has been featured on the Pure Bliss Vocals site, Dave’s Lounge, Properly Chilled, SomaFM’s Lush station, Kimberly Wilson’s Tranquility du Jour, The Mothpod, Expand Your Musical Horizons, and of course, The Chillcast, where is was first premiered.

You can purchase the Love Will Turn Your Head Around Single on iTunes. It includes the original 6 and a half minute version, plus a radio edit. Karmacoda’s album, Eternal, is due out August 2nd, 2011.

You can also listen to the single on YouTube, Spotify, and other digital music services.

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Anji Bee Hosts Mothpod #218

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I’m chill. Are you chill?  Slip out of your business suit and into a kimono, dawg, and get ready to chill out on your chilltastic couch as Anji Bee of The Chillcast puts some music on — good times! The winner of the 5 Years of Chillin’ limited edition CD is announced this episode, as well as a Matthew Ebel music sale, and a Nu Shooz Orchestra video contest. Check it all out in this chill episode of the Mothpod. Podcast cover art model: Matthew Ebel. Design by: Zack “The Mothman” Daggy.

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Download Mothpod #218: Kimono Dawg (mp3)

Tracks:

  1. The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee “Put Some Music On (Good Times)” (2011)
  2. Findlay Brown “Promised Land” (2011)
  3. C3 “Give It To Ya” (2010)
  4. Hymnisphere “Umoja (feat. Aesop)” (2011)
  5. Nu Shooz Orchestra “The Return of the Point of No Return” (2010)
  6. Matthew Ebel “Attention Getting Device” (2010) Download Free Song
  7. MoShang “Mi Secreto” (2011) Download Free Song
  8. Artemis : Divasonic “Truth (Divasonic Cotton Candy Original Version)” (2010)
  9. Lovespirals “Love (7 Day Visa – Brooklyn Afterhours Remix)” (2010) Download Free Song
  10. Plastic Operator “Singing All The Time (The Sanfernando Sound Remix)” (2011)
  11. Natalie Walker “Cool Kids (Linus Loves Remix)” (2011)
  12. Zagar “Wings Of Love (feat. the Underground Divas – Radio Edit)” (2010)

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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 Guests Properly Chilled

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Lovespirals vocalist, Anji Bee, guest hosted a one hour set on the radio show, Properly Chilled, last weekend. The show airs on 101.5 FM WXGR in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, every Saturday from 6-8 pm, and streams live worldwide via http://www.wxgrfm.org. Luckily for you, it is also released as a podcast the following week. You can Check out Properly Chilled Podcast #44 (B): Guest Anji Bee on Mixcloud or check out the full show and view the complete shownotes for Properly Chilled #44 with Guest DJ Anji Bee on Properly Chilled.com.

Included in Anji’s set is Lovespirals’ brand new track, “Try To Forget,” as well as her solo song, “Put Some Music On” (produced by Ryan Lum, of Lovespirals, btw…), along with several other cuts from her new 5 Years of Chillin’ compilation. In addition, she featured several recent Lovespirals remixes, including the winner of the “Feel So Good” remix competition held by Sony Acid Planet earlier this year. Also in the mix are 2 brand new Anji Bee collaborations; one with The Grooveblaster, and the other with Karmacoda and Beth Hirsch, as well as her recent collaboration with 7 Day Visa.

Properly Chilled was founded in January 2005. Dedicated to downtempo music and culture, their approach is a widely inclusive one, bringing together the sounds of nu jazz, broken beat, world fusion, dub, trip hop, deep house, jazzy hip hop, ambient electronic, idm, glitch, reggae, acid jazz, afrobeat, cosmic disco, dubstep and pretty much any other laid back child of electronic music.

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Anji Bee Hosts Mothpod #215

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Get wild and crazy with guest hostess, Anji Bee of The Chillcast, who returns to the Mothpod to share her latest musical collaborations with Karmacoda and The Grooveblaster, as well as to announce as a special Mothpod CD contest for her new collaboration, 5 Years of Chillin’. Expect the unexpected in this nearly hour long episode packed with new music selected both by Anji and Zack “The Mothman” Daggy! See the full shownotes for Mothpod 215 – Wild & Crazy on the official Mothpod site.

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Download Mothpod #215: Wild & Crazy (mp3)

Tracks:

  1. Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers – Jubilation Day
  2. Liz Queler & Seth Farber – Keen
  3. Natalie Walker – Uptight
  4. Jennings – Everlong
  5. Balligomingo – A Beautiful Day (Piano Mix)
  6. Ernesto & Markus Z – Pretty Lies
  7. The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee – Smiling
  8. Psaul – Catch U
  9. Dotsun Moon – Flutter
  10. Karmacoda – Love Will Turn Your Head Around (feat. Beth Hirsch & Anji Bee) [Radio Edit]
  11. Duran Duran – All You Need Is Now (Live)
  12. Audra – Everything Changes

The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin'
The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin'

5 Years of Chillin’ on Mothpod Contest:

Post about this episode on Twitter for a chance to win a copy of the limited edition The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin’ CD! Just be sure to include #mothpod plus a link to Mothpod.com to be entered. A winner will be randomly selected by March 15, 2011.

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Anji Bee Hosts Mothpod #212

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Take an excellent adventure with special guest hostess, Anji Bee, of The Chillcast, as she guides you through an eclectic mix of tunes selected by both Zack “The Mothman” Daggy and herself, including several tracks from her brand new compilation, 5 Years of Chillin’ — which you can download FREE! Special note! Levi Kreis is asking for your help to raise money for his next album. He’s offering lots of fun rewards up until May 31 so get involved over at Levi Kries’ Kickstarter Profile

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Download Mothpod #212: Excellent Adventure (mp3)

Tracks:

1.    Karmacoda VS Lovespirals – Motherless Child
2.    Levi Kreis – Gonna Be Alright
3.    Anji Bee – Put Some Music On
4.    Under – Keep On Moving
5.    Stray Palace – Go
6.    Kilbey-Kennedy – Close (Funk Mix)
7.    Lovespirals – Try To Forget
8.    Bianka – Eyes On You
9.    Lynda Rose – Pushin Me Down
10.   DJ Eric Ill – Dirty Secret
11.   Bowling For Soup – S-S-S Saturday
12.   Cassidy Haley – This Time

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Anji Bee Releases 5 Years of Chillin’

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Download 5 Years Of Chillin’ for FREE at anjibee.bandcamp.com

March 2011 marks the 5th Anniversary of The Chillcast with Anji Bee, the twice-nominated “Best Podsafe Music Podcast,” on the Mevio Network. Since 2006, Bee has had over 5 million downloads of nearly 300 audio episodes and 55 video episodes, featuring approximately 1,500 bands and artists in a wide range of electronica genres guaranteed to soothe you and groove you.

To mark this historic occasion, Bee has assembled an hour long compilation, 5 Years Of Chillin’, featuring brand new unreleased tracks by Chillcast regulars MoShang, Chill Factor-5, 7 Day Visa, Lovespirals (Bee’s band with partner, Ryan Lum) and Anji Bee, herself — plus hard to find tracks by Adam Fielding, Mr. Meeble, and The Grooveblaster, as well as a few favorite songs by Ernesto + Markus Z, Under, Science for Girls, Sunburn in Cyrpus, Steve Kilbey + Martin Kennedy, and Karmacoda (who collaborated with Lovespirals on a modern version of the classic Americana spiritual, “Motherless Child”). The album was mastered by Robert Rich of Soundscape Productions, with assistance by Lum – who also shot the cover photograph – while Bee designed the album artwork and attendant promotional graphics.

All of the artists have generously donated their music gratis, and Bee will be making this musical collection available for free download through music sites including Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Last.FM, and Mixcloud. A small pressing of eco-wallet promotional CDs will be available soon.


On top of releasing the 5 Years of Chillin’ comp, Bee is hosting a series of CD giveaway contests on The Chillcast in March and April, from artists including Nu Shooz, Balligomingo, and Karmacoda. Come join the celebration over at www.anjibee.com!

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Chillcast Joins Club1 Radio Lineup

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Long time listener of the show, DJ Wessel Rubensky, invited The Chillcast with Anji Bee to join his newly founded CLUB1 lineup on Nijmegen1 radio. Rubensky is the music advisor for the local Dutch station, which airs on 107.8 FM in Nijmegen and Arnhem City in the Netherlands. The Chillcast closes out a great lineup of international dance music shows broadcasting Saturday night through Sunday morning. You can listen to a high quality live stream at www.nijmegen1.nu

Saturday CLUB1 Lineup:

20-21 (CET) – Ibiza Sensations with DJ Luis del Villar (Barcelona)
21-23 (CET) – DJ Theo´s Soulful San Francisco House Sessions (San Francisco)
23-01 (CET) – DJ MEB Welcome to My House (London)
01-02 (CET) – DJ Northern Monkey (London)
02-03 (CET) – Club 1 Night Stand (Various DJs)
03-04 (CET) – Zero–Inch (Vienna/Berlin)
04-05 (CET) – Cooling Down: The Chillcast with Anji Bee (Los Angeles)

It is perhaps not surprising that Rubensky first discovered Bee through the podcast of former Netherlands DJ (and MTV VJ), Adam Curry, who dubbed her “the sexiest voice in podcasting.” Curry founded the Podshow Network (now known as Mevio) in 2005, signing Bee on as one of 30 flagship podcasts for his new media company. Curry also included The Chillcast in his Adam Curry’s Podshow lineup on Sirius Satellite Radio.