NEWEST
BLACK HOLE
My new song and music video “Black Hole” is streaming everywhere.
Produced in collaboration with Bartees Strange, “Black Hole” draws on a unique blend of psychedelic soul and folk music. The track is rich in ethereal harmonies, swelling pedal steel, and a driving heartbeat that builds into a cosmic climax. It song tells the story of an all-encompassing toxic relationship - a black hole where “time slows down and light comes to drown” – that is, at the same time, an inevitable and seemingly inescapable connection.
This idea of an almost irreversible entanglement is told in the Black Hole Official Video starring Aviva La Viv alongside pole dancer Sammie Claire, with projections from light bath creative artist Jarid Blue.
SHALOM ACHSHAV (PEACE NOW)
Cover art by Micah Bazant
My new song “Shalom Achshav (Peace Now)” is streaming everywhere and available for purchase on Bandcamp (all proceeds towards The Sameer Project)
I wrote this song earlier this year in an effort to reflect on the Jewish values I was taught growing up around peace, war, violence, and conflict resolution; values that I still live by. I looked into Jewish liturgy through the ages and chose pieces that resonated with me…
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Thus [God] will judge among the nations
And arbitrate for the many peoples,
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks:
Nation shall not take up sword against nation;
They shall never again know war.
- ספר ישעיהו (Sefer Yeshayahu, book of Isaiah)“Love your neighbor as yourself”
- LeviticusThe concept of “Olam Habah” - The World to Come - the age of peace that is meant to come when Moshiach (the messiah) arrives.
I wanted to take these passages and give them new life and meaning. This song is both a prayer and a promise, meant to be sung with others—the chorus is a “nigun” - wordless melody of the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition, which makes it easy for others to join in.
While a genocide rages, while intentional starvation persists, while occupation and supremacy reign, when lives of all ages are so callously taken and perspectives in my community of origin and all around the world are shattered, what does it mean to create art? What does it mean want people to listen?
The only way I know how to live is to keep creating and channeling my thoughts and experiences into my music and work. These past couple years have collectively been the most devastating of my lifetime, but my only hope for this song is that it can be something you can turn to in moments of need, to feel connected, bolstered, supported in your righteous fights for justice and know that you are not alone. text goes here
MUSIC
EPs
VIGILANT LOVE, VOL 2 is Aviva La Viv’s sophomore EP
(Released JULY 2023)
The second half of a 10 song project, this EP is the follow up to Vol. 1, featuring Aviva’s musical and creative range—sliding between folk, folktronica, and indie rock, with a global sound influence that is representative of both Aviva and the other artists involved with the project.
VIGILANT LOVE, VOL 1 is Aviva La Viv’s debut EP (Released November 2022)
SINGLES
Shalom Achshav (Peace Now)
Fantasy (from Vigilant Love, Vol. 2) - Featured on BBC Radio 6!
Homeostasis (from Vigilant Love, Vol. 2)
Faige Etke Acoustic (original version on Vigilant Love, Vol. 1)
Sister (from Vigilant Love, Vol. 1)
Vigilant Love (from Vigilant Love, Vol. 1)
SHOWS
UPCOMING
Aviva La Viv, Light Bird, and Ri Lotz @ Cassette
3/31/26
PAST
Limbsnapping Festival @ The Root - 8/16/25
Rubulad - 6/29/25
Purgatory - 11/24/24 and 12/12/23
Big Lawn Music Festival - 8/3/24
Nothing To See Here Festival - 7/26/24
Function by the Junction - 7/19/24
Dead Letter No. 9 - Pride show (NYC) - 6/29/24
Gold Sounds - 2/8/24
Sofar Sounds NYC - 11/10/23
Sundown Sessions @ The Yard LES - 9/1/23
C’mon Everybody - 7/26/23
(EP Release Show)
CAMP Festival - 7/3/23
The Bowery Electric Maproom - 6/7/23
The Delancey - 4/13/23
Havurah Sessions: Episode III - 2/16/23
Rouge Cabaret - 2/25/23
Baby’s All Right - 11/29/22
(Music Video Premiere + live set)
The Sultan Room - 11/7/22
(EP Release Show)
C’mon Everybody - 7/28/22
(Music Video Premiere + live set)
Camp Festival - 7/22
Function By The Junction - 6/23/22
(EP Listening Party + Pride Showcase)
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Aviva La Viv (she/they) is a queer Ashkenazi indie rock and folktronica singer/songwriter and multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn.
Through her poetic lyricism, ethereal melodies, and dynamic compositions, Aviva explores deep emotional dichotomies, queer love, identity, heritage, and the idea that “a better world is possible.” Aviva loves genre-blending, weaving her folk music roots with world, indie rock, Klezmer, and house music influences.
Aviva is the co-founder of Tone Shift Collective, which uplifts and connects women and gender-diverse musicians and producers in NYC and beyond by hosting listening parties, live showcases, and networking events.
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I've been writing songs and singing as long as I can remember. Words of poetry turn into songs that must be sung.
I process my world, inner and outer, through the sounds and movements that flow through my body.
My art is a reflection, a rejection, a record and a prayer.
I sing to connect with others and myself, to embrace collective joy, suffering, and wisdom.
I compose to remember my tradition and to break from it.
I play to encourage questions, dreams, dances, and revolutions.
I harmonize with my darkness while searching for a greater balance.
I make music so I don't forget to see light in the world.
CONTACT
hello@avivalaviv.com
Spotify | Apple Music | Youtube Music
SoundCloud | Bandcamp
Stay up dated on music releases and shows:
@AvivaLaViv on Instagram
