Thursday, December 24, 2009

THE FAR EAST. A WESTERN EYE THROUGH A WEATHERED LENSE

Just some images from this years tour to Japan with Curse. For whatever reason these ones stuck out more than others.. Allot got taken. My camera rarely made its way back into the bag before i was back in tourist mode again.
I was going to write captions about these photos but hey.. They can do the talking.
What an amazing place..
Enjoy.





















Top 10 of 2009

Its that time again! Jesus christ that went quick. Ivens top 10 albums of 2009.
So this year was pretty amazing for new music. At least i thought it was. You jaded bastards!
So this is what i have..

10.
CARPATHIAN
"Isolation"

9.
ENCIRCLING SEA
"I"

8.
NAILS
"Obscene Humanity"

7.
P.O.S.
"Never better"

6
DALEK
"Gutter tactics"

5.
PAINT IT BLACK
"New lexicon"

4.
PISSED JEANS
"King of jeans"

3.
THE BOX
"O.S.T."

2.
CONVERGE
"Axe to fall"

1
DISAPPEARER
"The clearing"

Some stuff that i have been listening to heaps this year.
Do yourself a favour and check these albums out.

So now thats done. Its back work on this new album. Will post the artwork for the upcoming G.C.T. / IVENS / DROWNING HORSE split 7 in the next day or so. Thats coming very soon. Late Jan. Stay tuned.
Stay safe over the holidays. Dont kill each other.
D.I.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Japan tour with Curse ov dialect

poster art for Japan tour September 09!!!


P.S. an east coast Australian tour with good friends Occult blood is in the works. planned for late October!!!
more info on that soon.
look out for more updates sooner rather than later. some more G.C.T. stuff in the works in the form of 7"s, an Ourobonic plague E.P. CDR release. all for late 09.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Twit..

http://www.twitter.com/therealivens
i caved. slowly getting used to this thing.. expect more frequent updates

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

VOID IN JAPAN

To coincide with the upcoming September 09 Japan tour with Curse ov dialect, Gore crow tones have put together a very small run of 3" cdrs limited to 20. the disc contains a brand new song that is an 8 1/2 minute adventure into the world of the Gore crow tones. crushing guitars, feedback, crazy synth work and more.

all individual cards have been hand drawn, screen printed and numbered. no two are the same. artwork by Ivan the goat.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

WELCOME.

Hello all. this blog was created by myself David R. (Ivens) to document my label ecotone records, and its movements. Plus many other cool things musical and other.
thought i better do something with this thing before i forget how to use it.
it is like 3.00 a.m. now and im falling asleep watching body melt. watch this blog as i will be updating it allot more lately.
D.R.