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. 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.
Background and recording 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. 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. 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.
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.
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
Personnel
Vocalists Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gentle Storm, VUUR, ex-The Gathering) Maggy Luyten (Beautiful Sin) Simone Simons (Epica) Phideaux Xavier Arjen Lucassen Liselotte Hegt Marjan Welman
Guest vocalists Michael Mills (Toehider) Damian Wilson (Headspace, ex-Threshold) Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers) John Jaycee Cuijpers (Praying Mantis)
Backing vocals Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Mayan) Irene Jansen Jan Willem Ketelaers
Instrumentalists Joost van den Broek – keyboards Ed Warby – drums Johan van Stratum – bass Timo Somers – electric and acoustic guitar Marcel Coenen – guitar Ben Mathot – violin Jeroen Goossens – flute Jurriaan Westerveld – cello
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