01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves

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01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves
Live album by
Ayreon
Released17 May 2024
Recorded15–17 September 2023
GenreProgressive metal, progressive rock
Length2:14:48
LabelMascot Label Group / Music Theories
ProducerArjen Anthony Lucassen
Ayreon live chronology
Electric Castle Live and Other Tales
(2020) 		01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves
(2024)

01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves is a live album by Arjen Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, released on 17 May 2024.[1] It is a live version of the 2008 concept album 01011001, which was filmed during a series of five concerts performed in September 2023 in the 013 venue in Tilburg, Netherlands.[2]

Background and recording[edit]

After performing the previous Ayreon live album Electric Castle Live and Other Tales in 2019, plans were made for a new set of concerts to be held in 2021.[3] These plans were delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, unsure about post-pandemic demand for the shows, Arjen Lucassen announced three 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves shows to be performed on 15–17 September 2023.[4] After the initial three shows sold out in minutes, two matinée shows were added, for a total of five shows played in three days. The evening performance of the Sunday 17 September show was the main recording used for the live album.[5]

Of the seventeen singers on the original album, twelve returned to perform the live shows. In addition, four additional guest lead vocalists and three backup singers completed the vocalist lineup. As the singers on the album do not have unique characters they perform, vocal parts were not strictly distributed based on the performers of the original album.[6]

After performing the album in its entirety, the cast performed several songs from other Lucassen albums: "This Human Equation" from the 2020 Ayreon album Transitus, "Fate of Man" from the Star One album Revel in Time and "The Day That the World Breaks Down" from the Ayreon album The Source.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Arjen Lucassen, except melodies by Anneke van Giersbergen for "We Are Forever"[a] and "Waking Dreams" and melodies by Jonas Renkse for "We Are Forever"[a], "Waking Dreams", "Unnatural Selection", "2085"[b].

No.TitleLead vocalists[c]Length
1."March of the Machines" 2:45
2."Age of Shadows"Tom S. Englund, Michael Mills, Daniel Gildenlöw, Hansi Kürsch, Brittney Slayes, Jonas Renkse, Anneke van Giersbergen, John Jaycee Cuijpers10:26
3."Comatose"Van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson4:22
4."Liquid Eternity"Renkse, Gildenlöw, Maggy Luyten, Wilson, Englund, Slayes7:45
5."Connect the Dots"Arjen Lucassen4:30
6."Beneath the Waves"Gildenlöw, Wilson, Van Giersbergen, Mills, Slayes, Kürsch, Englund, Cuijpers8:25
7."Newborn Race"Gildenlöw, Slayes, Englund, Renkse, Wilson, Kürsch, Cuijpers8:03
8."Ride the Comet"Renkse, Slayes, Englund, Luyten4:45
9."Web of Lies"Simone Simons, Phideaux Xavier[d]2:47
10."The Fifth Extinction"Van Giersbergen, Wilson, Mills, Cuijpers, Englund, Gildenlöw, Kürsch, Renkse, Slayes10:43
11."Waking Dreams"Renkse, Van Giersbergen6:35
12."The Truth Is in Here"Lucassen, Liselotte Hegt5:19
13."Unnatural Selection"Englund, Mills, Cuijpers, Wilson, Kürsch, Renkse, Irene Jansen, Marcela Bovio7:23
14."River of Time"Kürsch, Wilson4:06
15."E=mc2"Wudstik, Marjan Welman5:19
16."The Sixth Extinction"Englund, Mills, Kürsch, Gildenlöw, Renkse, Slayes, Wilson, Cuijpers, Van Giersbergen, Hegt, Lucassen, Luyten, Simons, Welman, Wudstik12:12
17."Speech" 6:50
18."This Human Equation"Simons3:54
19."Fate of Man"Slayes5:40
20."The Day That the World Breaks Down"Wilson, Gildenlöw, Jan Willem Ketelaers, Simons, Luyten, Cuijpers, Kürsch, Mills, Englund, Van Giersbergen, Bovio, Jansen12:59

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2024) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 29
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[9] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[10] 18

Notelist[edit]

  1. ^ a b Section of "Age of Shadows"
  2. ^ Section of "The Sixth Extinction"
  3. ^ a b c In order of appearance
  4. ^ a b Digital recording

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ewing, Jerry (31 January 2024). "Ayreon announce new star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves release". Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. ^ "AYREON announces the release of '01011001 - Live Beneath the Waves'". 2 February 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  3. ^ Electric Castle Live and Other Tales - Behind the Scenes (Blu-ray). Mascot Label Group.
  4. ^ "Ayreon To Perform 01011001 Album In It's Entirety At Three Tilburg Shows". BraveWords. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves (Blu-ray). Mascot Label Group.
  6. ^ 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves – Behind the Scenes (Blu-ray). Mascot Label Group.
  7. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ayreon – 01011001 - Live Beneath the Waves" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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