ivan ives in lofi

34th Set, December 2009

2009-12-26T20:42:00.000-08:00

So Long 2009. Let's bring in the new year and TCB.

Get ready for "FIRST OF THE MONTH" - my new album, which will be unveiled as the year goes by. A new single on the first of every single month for the duration of 2010. So at the end of the year, a 12-track super album will be complete. But you can keep up with me and get the tracks as I go, along with me. Just check iTunes and AmazonMP3 on the first of every month for a new track.

On January 1st, 2010 - I will be releasing "ALL MY LIFE" - the first song and video. Oh yes, there will be a new video. Check teh YouTubez. First video since "THAT MAN" -- so it's been a while. I got something special in store for you.

Til next time,
Ives

33rd Set, September 2009

2009-09-30T13:55:00.001-07:00

As I predicted, TWITPIC has more or less taken over blogspot/photo-posting. It kind of sucks, because now essentially EVERYONE has a LOFI blog - but I started doing this shit a couple years ago. I guess I had the right idea artistically but I did not capitalize on it and make it easy for everyone else. But that's okay.

Enjoy this new set of photos, as it has been a couple months since I've posted on here. A couple of these you may have seen on my TWITPIC, but a bunch of fresh ones in here for the most part.

To the top!

32nd Set, July 2009

2009-07-06T05:34:00.001-07:00

Shit is wild in the world, son. I think this particular set has a nice bookend feeling to it. You know? It's funny it's only been 32 sets, it feels like a lot more. I guess it's because I take a lot more picture than I post up. I've been putting up a lot of these now on TWITPIC as I take them -- www.twitter.com/realivanives

If you haven't listened to NEWSPEAK yet, you should check iTunes out and give it a spin. I have some other updates for you soon. Remember you can download 2 of my releases for free at nothresholdrecords.com. Be well.

Ives

31st Set, June 2009

2009-06-02T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well, NEWSPEAK has arrived!!! Thanks to everyone that supported and bought it up on iTunes when it dropped; mad love for that. Thank you.

What's next? Well, let's just let NEWSPEAK ride out for a bit, enjoy the tracks and the videos, and the upcoming videos :)

After that, you KNOW I already have some tricks up my sleeve, ready to go!!

These photos are from home, and some misc tour stops I've been on in Portland Norcal Seattle etc etc etc. Enjoy!

Ives

30th Set, April 2009

2009-04-02T21:55:00.001-07:00

Things have been pretty busy, sorry I haven't hit you with much LOFI lately.

The Villain video has been released, and I must say it's stirring up some chaos in this piece. Thank you to those that love it and an even bigger thank you to those that hate it. It just got featured on Yahoo!MUSIC's "New Videos" front page, which is pretty awesome if you ask me.

Being featured on Yahoo! nowadays is like maybe being featured on MTV2 back in 2003, so it's a pretty great step in the right direction. I think I heard something about MTV making a new channel that shows videos again, but not sure.

Anyway, check out the Villain video here if you haven't already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaKIlkq3LhY

In other news, NEWSPEAK is being released on 05.19.09!!! It'll be available for pre-sale @ nothresholdrecords.com very soon... and of course the Villain single is available on iTunes, amazonMP3, and a bunch of other websites. Go check it out and support.

I have a show @ the USC springfest this Saturday, and then some shit in Portland and Humboldt in April (The Oregon Convention Center May 15-17 & The Red Fox on May 29). Stop by my MySpace page and say whatup; call me old-fashioned but that's still the social networking site of choice for me. Get at me.

And look out for the new Noci album, coming out on No Threshold Records. He is the first artist in an all-new roster line-up we have coming to NTR!!!

NEWSPEAK : MAY 19, 2009. PREPARE!!!

29th Set, February 2009

2009-02-04T01:43:00.001-08:00

Whats good! It's 2009. NEWSPEAK is just around the corner... it's finally wrapping up, so we're looking at a late spring release. Had to take a little extra time with this one, had to embrace it and give it the attention it deserves. A lot of great people worked on the album with me. You will soon find out who they are.

In the meantime, enjoy a few photos from my recent journeys...

Stay on top of checking my MySpace for new stuff... you wouldn't want to miss anything!

28th Set, December 2008

2008-12-23T13:47:00.001-08:00

The end of a mediocre year. Looking forward to 2009. New album is just around the corner. Let's go.

27th Set, November 2008

2008-11-10T21:36:00.000-08:00

There's a lot to do. Life is ugly. We have to keep working, and change things. Make them really happen the right way. Must prevail.

26th Set, October 2008

2008-10-15T02:18:00.001-07:00

San Fran/Boston/Vermont/NYC

Careful, the photos you're about to enjoy are extremely hot. I went on a very strange tour that included San Francisco, Boston, Vermont, and in a way NYC. In a way some of the things I did were repeats, and I hate doing repeats, but in a way some things were different and new. It was a very strange experience and I didn't travel with a team like I usually do so it reminded me how depressing and lonely life actually is 90% of the time. And with the shitty economy right now and no money floating around like there was earlier this year, times are definitely hard for everyone. Nevertheless I hope you're buying all my records on a regular basis!! ;)

It always amazed me though, how large of an industry travel is. Airports take so many people to run it's kind of insane. And this year I've spent way too much time at airports and traveling all over the place. I'm an expert at the security gates now, got it all locked down and taken care of. Easy peasy nice and cheesy. There's a new music video for that old instrumental track on "Deus Ex Machina" - called DE FACTO - and you can watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjjDmNN0yg

What would we do without YouTube? I hardly remember life before any of this shit. It's made things so much better yet also just so much incredibly worse I think. Don't think, just be. I think some sort of philosopher said that. Well fuck that guy too. Think and Be and drink Tea, African Nectar tea is especially delicious and has no caffeine in it so it's pretty good for you. If your eye is ever bothering you just boil some hot tea and put some tea on your eyeball (closed eyeball) and your eye will feel better. I had a stye a little while ago and that's basically how I cured it. Black ceylon tea squeezed into my eye kind of. Not like that but you get the picture.

I was thinking about having another LOFI exhibition somewhere (remember the one I had @ Downbeat Cafe in LA?). We'll see if it works out or not. I'd like to get some of my newer work up there, but a lot has been going on. Been working on the new album a lot etc etc. It's going to be pretty fucking awesome I do believe so. Fresh has been making fire and there are going to be some pretty great guests on the album. Get ready for it, slutbags and bagsluts alike.

Oh yeah, wasn't this supposed to be a photo blog? Sometimes in the middle of the night I begin to type while in a delirious state and this is what happens. Enjoy the photos, I'm getting weirder with my personal requirements and standards for the lofi photographs it seems from just looking at them. I'm not sure where my mind has gone, but it's either a very great or a very horrible thing.

Enjoy!

25th Set, August 2008

2008-08-30T22:24:00.001-07:00

Seattle & Midwest

Back from the Midwest Tour. I've spent a lot of time in Seattle lately, also. It's hard to limit my amount of photos to just the ones I really like, but here is a new set for you guys. Doesn't fully explain the details of the tour.. I'm saving that for the TOUR VIDEO.. which will be up soon, I just have to get to editing it amongst all the other stuff that's going on.

Most of you know that I got featured on MySpace the other week and that shit helped the JUICE TO GET LOOSE TO album blow up proper. It's done and pumpin, you can get it at nothresholdrecords.com or on my MySpace page. Also the first ever music video cartoon has been featured on the front page of newgrounds.com so you can go watch that also:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/456084

As of right now it has about 45,000 views, which is more than any other MUSIC VIDEO I've put out on YouTube etc. so that's pretty exciting. Big ups to Superstar Cartoons.

But yeah. Tour was fun, you'll see more when the video is posted. Also go on YouTube and type in "Ivan Ives Amelie A Milli Remix" and prepare yourself to be entertained. Haha. Back to work.

24th Set, July 2008

2008-07-14T22:18:00.000-07:00

The "Juice To Get Loose To" record is more or less done. It'll be out in August, you can watch the first video for it here!

I've been spending some time in Seattle and the Seattle area lately so that's been kind of weird and offered me some different perspectives at life etc. I appreciate Los Angeles even more as home now though after having been flying back and forth to and from there. I'm working on some top secret stuff up there that everyone will sooner or later be privy to.

In the meantime, enjoy some photos and recommend me some good books to read on the plane. I like going in planes now frequently because it's an excuse for me to read more and elevate my mind. I just finished reading Kafka's "Trial" and I'm going to read Animal Farm and some other classics that I never got a chance to read because I went to high school in Russia where they beat us every day and didn't let us read. I'm joking about both.

A lofi book might still be a possibility, if the demand is high enough for it.

23rd Set, June 2008

2008-06-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

Fresh and I have been working on our new album. It's coming out late summer. We also just finished shooting a video. Also we went up north on a mini-norcal tour, there will be a video on YouTube documenting that soon.. there are a few pics in here scattered from that tour. Other than that you know me I have been hustling and making new music. Enjoy!

22nd Set, June 2008

2008-06-04T16:01:00.001-07:00

Enjoy the 22nd Set! Fresh and I are working on a record right now, which is going to be a lot of fun once it's done. It's basically a non-stop party (with some depressing parts of the party). Maybe that was a bad analogy? Either way, stay tuned for it!

21st Set, May 2008

2008-05-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hello. The following Set is a collection of this entire past month of extravaganzas and lots of tomfoolery; actually no tomfoolery. Remember when I used the word tomfoolery on the old hit "NICE" on LA HEAT EP? Those were fun days, kind of. I've been in the studio with some important people working on the new record, which actually probably will not come out til 2009. BUT I will have some other projects, EPs, and even group LPs (hint hint) out before then so you can get your fix. But just wait for the new ii shit it's going to be incredible, I promise.

This set documents just a TINY PIECE of the NEW ENGLAND tour... because there is actually a VIDEO on the way right now that documented the entire trip QUITE well... so you will just have to watch out for that video coming soon to a YouTube near you. Check the myspace.com/ivanives page to stay updated on that. Also there is a track up on my MySpace page right now that I did with Stacy Clark you should check it out if you haven't already.

Okay. Happy day after Cinco de Mayo. <3, Ivan.

20th Set, April 2008

2008-04-05T19:25:00.001-07:00

This is kind of a crazy randomly put together pick of a bunch of different stuff since the last post... It's kind of nuts the amount of different places people go in such short amounts of time, right? Anyway. I have a show with The I.V. League in a few hours that I have to get ready for (at the time of me posting this). New England TOUR this April! Check my MYSPACE page for more information. In the meanwhile, enjoy the flicks:

19th Set, February 2008

2008-02-15T20:52:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year. LOFI is back. Although it never left really. This is from New Years in San Francisco and some shit after. Enjoy!

18th Set, December 2007

2007-12-24T02:11:00.000-08:00

Things have been slow. Or perhaps fast. Not really sure these days. It's been a while since I've posted up some pictures. Other things took over the small amount of time I gave myself to do LOFI. A lot has happened since the last set. I think I say that everytime, but everytime it's true, so what can I do?

This is some sort of collection from Halloween all the way til now. My last set for the year. We'll start 08 fresh with Set 19. In the meantime, take a glimpse into some of my adventures, including being depressed, doing raunchy filmshoots, working a lot, being in rolling stone, hustling in the street, and rapping over beats. Shit like that. You know.

Merry Holidays and bla bla bla. Hope you and your family and or friends have a great time. I'm not sure if I will be having one yet or not, I usually can't afford to relax and enjoy life's simple pleasures, unfortunately. It just comes with the territory.

Big things in 08. New Ives, yes. But in the meantime I.V. League debut album comes out TOMORROW on xmas, so pick that up @ nothresholdrecords.com

Til next time,
Ives.

17th Set, October 2007

2007-10-21T19:01:00.001-07:00

Iconoclast East Coast Tour 2007

So the tour was pretty crazy. Some of this is from a video shoot in Vegas right before I left to the East Coast. It's kind of hard to condense 3 weeks into these photos, but I kind of did it. Just check it out. There's a lot of weird shit in here. And cool stuff too kind of. So just check it out and make it happen. Iconoclast, on iTunes now, and at fine stores around Los Angeles and misc. places out East. Keep it real.

I'm not sure if I'm going to continue with the lofi sets as often as I've been putting them up... there's too much to do and not enough time, you know how it is. But keep your eyes peeled for a LOFI book & album sometime in 08/09. Love, Ivan.

16th Set, October 2007

2007-10-15T23:11:00.001-07:00

What's good? I know everyone is waiting for tour photos, but first I gotta do a small lofi set of just some backed-up lofi shit I was gonna post up before I left. Didn't have the time, but yeah here is a small set of just 18 lofis for your viewing pleasure, keep your eyes peeled for the big tour set coming soon!

In the meanwhile, thanks to everyone that has purchased Iconoclast, so far it's my best-selling record, and I got plenty more units to move so thank you for the continued support. It's also up on iTunes and you can check out the reviews for it in XXL's Scratch magazine, URB, plenty of online spots, and more to come. Mostly good reviews, some bad of course, it's expected -- a lot of haters out there. Regardless I feel confident in my latest work and I'm going to keep pushing it - I feel more on top of my game now than ever before, so thank you.

So yeah tour photos coming soon and watch out for that I.V. League record dropping on Christmas of this year, also!!!

15th Set, August 2007

2007-08-16T22:51:00.000-07:00

Well, here I am. It's been pretty hectic lately.

PRELUDE dropped on July 31, 2007 and it COMPLETELY sold out in 11 days.

ICONOCLAST (my 2nd FULL-LENGTH LP) is coming September 25, 2007.

You should be getting ready...

In other news, No Threshold Records moved to a new office on Hollywood Blvd, which you will see random photos of in the blog... also Pallium Cortex is set up there now (for film stuff).

A LOT of random stuff in this blog, catching up on a few months worth of photos I picked out from...

I wrote a new "about me" in the blog description here. Keep in touch and leave some feedback if you think I'm an asshole.

Enjoy!

14th Set, July 2007

2007-07-19T15:52:00.001-07:00

Baltimore / New York / Las Vegas

This is my 2nd "trip" lofi set...

This lofi set documents, in order, my departure from Los Angeles to Baltimore, then from Baltimore to New York, then from New York to Vegas, and it ends upon my leaving Vegas to return to LA.

Again, a lot of crucial moments from the trip were not captured, just because sometimes I don't think about taking a lofi of something.. although slowly I am thinking more and more about lofi with every passing moment. In fact, this is by far the largest lofi set.. weighing in at 127 photos.

I went out East to do some shows as well as have some sort of vacation from my hectic life, although it ended up not being much of a vacation.. up early, walking around all over the place, you know how it is.

Anyway, enjoy the set... see you soon with some regularly scheduled lofi programming...

13th Set, June 2007

2007-06-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

LOFI is back baby! It's back!!! A lot of shit has happened.. basically my phone was broken/gone for a period of time and hence the photos were as well. But I got a new one and basically started over again with my lofi tyrantry (word? or no).. seems like starting over anyway. I've been working in Downtown & Pasadena as well as just from Frogtown Los Angeles working away at my new album which I think is a masterpiece and the best one yet.. Due out SEPTEMBER 25th on No Threshold Records. That's right, mark your calendars.. mark em good.

But yeah I sprained my ankle, as you'll see in the first picture.. did a lot of film shoots, have been in the studio 4-5 nights a week, sleeping only a few hours a night.. but the album is finally done and off being printed etc. etc.

I'm reporting to you live from Baltimore, Maryland.. shit is crazy out here. Really humid so far, basically all I've done so far though is rested up. But yeah expect a new LOFI massacre detailing my trip here... and then New York... and then yes, Vegas.

Enjoy..

12th Set, May 2007

2007-05-02T23:48:00.000-07:00

I realized I'm not much of a photographer, or rather I could be a really good one if I actually tried.

Plus I need to get my camera fixed (my regular camera) so maybe I can take real pictures again. Then again, I have so much on my plate already with music and film, that it doesn't seem like a real possibility.

Anyway, enjoy the madness.

I love you guys.

11th Set, April 2007

2007-04-24T23:18:00.000-07:00

Humboldt

This set is different than all the other LOFI blogs thus far... in that this set is in chronological order, and is a documentation of our trip to Humboldt for our mini Ivan Ives tour up there.

A lot of the trip wasn't captured (The EPD almost arresting us, throwing us out of the Best Western, the crazy shows, the fucking afterparties, and all the other puff puff shit that went on up there), but this is a pretty decent enough capturing of events here.

Enjoy, and stay tuned for a regular lofi post very soon...

10th Set, April 2007

2007-04-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

the big 1-0. ten sets of lofi photos. it's been a few months now i guess. a lot of months actually. 5? that's kind of a big deal. maybe not though. time flies when you're clicking pictures, making hot tracks, and working on the most amazing feature anyone will ever see.

this first picture is my tag if you see it around los angeles or elsewhere. sorry if i ruined the side of your store/residence. i feel the message i have to spread is a worthy one. i did it for the art.

enjoy:

9th Set, March 2007

2007-03-20T01:49:00.000-07:00

enjoy.