Love Spirals Downwards

Love Spirals Downwards was begun in the late 80's by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Ryan Lum, but took flight with the addition of girlfriend-turned-vocalist Suzanne Perry in 1991. Two of their three initial demo tracks were featured on Various - From Across This Gray Land No. 3, garnering international attention from fans and critics alike, and sparking their career as one of Projekt Records' most successful artists.

At first unsure what to term the unique sound of 'Idylls,' their premier album, many referred to the band as ethereal or darkwave. By their second release,'Ardor,' the band had embraced the newly emerged shoegaze movement. With 'Ever,' the third offering, the band stripped down their sound a bit, while at the same time exploring the beats and synth textures of trip-hop. Their last studio album, 'Flux,' culminated in a unique mix of jungle break beats and rhythms with their earlier ethereal, folk, and world elements. 'Temporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present,' a post-mortem compilation released in January 2000, illustrated how each successive Love Spirals Downwards album incorporated new elements into their basic foundation of atmospheric melodies and ethereal female vocals, while highlighting guest performances from lyricist/vocalists Kristen Perry and Jennifer Ryan Fuller and musicians Rodney Rodriguez, Doron Orenstein, and Jeff Stone.

The band's first two albums were also licensed to German label Various - Hy! From Hypnotic... (The Hyperium Compilation | Part I) boxed set.

Primarily a recording project, the duo performed live about a dozen times -- generally in conjunction with Projekt Festivals -- almost all of them acoustically. Love Spirals Downwards' last live show was in 1998.

In 1999, Lum began working with a new collaborator, Soul Whirling Somewhere.

Perry founded the band Golden Gardens.