Anji Bee
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Anji Bee is a vocalist/lyricist, podcaster, former college radio DJ, and music journalist from Los Angeles.
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[edit] Musical history
Over the past decade, Anji Bee has collaborated with a number of independent bands and musicians including Canadian composer, Rom Di Prisco (as Bitstream Dream and Machineries of Heaven), Japanese composer, Chukimai (as Plastic Chair), Los Angeles hip hop artist, Dminor, Philadelphia electronica band, Beauty's Confusion, and War-n Harrison (of Hungry Lucy). The bulk of her recordings have been with Ryan Lum, of Love Spirals Downwards, under the shortened moniker, Lovespirals.
Bee's music has appeared on television, cable, DVD, and video games, as well as podcasts, Internet radio, and satellite radio, including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, E!'s Gastineau Girls, the WB's Popular boxed set, The Strand: Venice (by Daniel Myrick of The Blair Witch Project fame), EA Games' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, and multiple shows for MTV and VH1.[[1]] [[2]]
Her vocal style has been compared to Sade [[3]], Astrud Gilberto [[4]], Elizabeth Fraser [[5]], and Billie Holiday [[6]]. Music critic Ned Raggett, wrote in the All Music Guide:
- Bee's singing is a perfect counterpoint, a blend of classic mid-century jazz-pop flow and a bit of '60s cool in a French or Brazilian sense -- some low-key scatting here, some warm, playful crooning there.[1]
[edit] Broadcasting history
Bee began her broadcasting career in 1996 as a college radio DJ at KUCI 88.9 FM, on the UCI Irvine campus. Her first show, Gloomy Sunday, aired from October 1996 to May 1997. This was immediately followed by another show, The All-Purpose Nuclear Bedtime Story. Bee and her co-host, Justin Johnsen, interviewed a number of underground culture figures on this show, including performance artist/musician/filmmaker, Miranda July, experimental solo artist and former Swans member, Jarboe, and ambient music composer, Robert Rich. Bee worked as KUCI's Music Director and Experimental Music Director, as well as Art Director and Editor of the station's program guide. Additionally she was a music writer for the guide. [[7]]
In January 2000, Bee began an Internet radio program called The Lovely Ladies of Electronica on Live365. She later amended the name to Chillcuts Radio with a slight change in music format.
Switching from radio to podcasting, in June 2005 Bee initiated the Chillin' with Lovespirals band podcast. In February 2006, she joined PodShow with a new music podcast, The Chillcast with Anji Bee, featuring podsafe chill out music. The Chillcast was added to PodShow's Sirius Stars 102 lineup in January, 2007[[8]]. In September 2006, Bee began a vlog called Chillin' with Anji Bee. In December 2006, she joined fellow PodShow podcasters the Rumor Girls, Cali Lewis, Soccergirl, and PodChick to create the group podcast, ShowGirls. In February 2007, Bee began a second podsafe music podcast, Lovely Ladies, focusing on music with female vocals. [[9]] [[10]]
Before joining PodShow, Bee was an occasional contributor to the Daily Source Code, the podcast and Sirius radio program of PodShow founder, Adam Curry. She has guest hosted two episodes of the Daily Source Code, "Best of Charley #5" and "DSC #524: Adam Loves the Ladies". Curry has said that Bee "has the sexiest voice in podcasting." [[11]]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raggett, Ned. Free & Easy review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on December 10, 2006.
