Ayreon – 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves Blu-ray

Ayreon – 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves 

An Ayreon live event is a spectacular moment in time. An enormous production with musicians of the highest calibre combine to create a bombastic spectacle. The shows’ infrequencies make it evermore unique. In September 2023, Arjen Lucassen sold out five performances of '01011001 - Live Beneath the Waves' at the Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Talking about the show Arjen Lucassen says,: “When I wrote the 01011001 album back in 2007, it was never meant to be played live. So I could make it as complicated as I wanted with countless instrumentalists and no less than 17 singers!”

Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen and keyboardist Joost van den Broek managed to gather a large number of the original cast of the 01011001 album and many special guests, including Simone Simons (Epica), Damian Wilson (Threshold), Anneke van Giersbergen, Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Tom Englund (Evergrey), Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation), Marcela Bovio (MaYan), Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis). Maggy Luyten (Beautiful Sin), Michael Mills (Toehider) and Wudstik are among other incredible musicians.

The band was made up of the best instrumentalists in the genre - Ed Warby (Drums), Johan van Stratum (Bass), Timo Somers (Guitar), Marcel Coenen (Guitar), Joost Van Den Broek (Keyboards) and more. The enigmatic Lucassen also appears.

Tracklist:
1. March of the machines
2. Age of shadows
3. Comatose
4. Liquid eternity
5. Connect the dots
6. Beneath the waves
7. Newborn race
8. Ride the comet
9. Web of lies
10. The fifth extinction
11. Waking dreams
12. The truth is in here
13. Unnatural selection
14. River of time
15. E = MC2
16. The sixth extinction
17. Speech
18. This human equation
19. Fate of man
20. The day that the world breaks down
21. Behind the scenes

Label: Music Theories Recordings
Released: 2024