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Flying​/​Falling (Official Bootleg - Live at the Annandale, May 2010)

from 230503 (Deluxe Anniversary Edition) by Anubis

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about

In the 1990's and early 2000's, the Annandale is Sydney was a legendary venue that almost every band aspired to play as it was the launchpad for many of Australia's most celebrated artists.

Anubis, of course, was no exception and when we finally got our chance to play the venue on May 16th 2010, performing '230503' in full to an enthusiastic audience, it was always going to be a memorable show.

We had debuted the piece in full a month earlier in a well received but technically disastrous performance that had the distinction of being Dean's first performance with the group. This is his second show as a member of Anubis. The show was made even more memorable for being invited to join the fledgling Bird's Robe Records roster by Mike Solo backstage; with him committing to take on and work the follow up album that we were by then fairly deeply immersed in.

This show was not only the last time we performed the whole 70 minute album as a full piece but also the final show before we started introducing material later to be released on 'A Tower of Silence'.

The performance itself has long been, in my view, one of early Anubis' best shows and has some really strong moments. Like many of the earliest Anubis shows, we had been influenced by the power and chaos of bands like The Mars Volta and that energy and influence filters through the performance here, resulting in a much more raw, loud and aggressive performance with some unpredictable twists and turns.

Listening now, there are moments in 'The Bond of Mutual Distrust' which sound like a vastly different band to the one that exists now; and in fairness, it was powered by a totally different mindset. Looking back, it does have a charm that's unique and unlike anything on our later official live records.

The audio was multi-tracked on the night to a primitive 16 track digital recorder with sync problems, straight out from the desk. The sound guy that night did not mic Steve's kit properly and as such the only cymbals that made it into the mix comes from a room mic - which means the audio had to go out warts and all. Anubis goes punk. Between Dougie and I, we've done enough surgery to mix and master the show in order to make it sound reasonably listenable and a decent representation of what the show might have sounded like, but it's by no means a definitive live document of Anubis.

Even so, all of us agree that this recording evokes heavy nostalgia and is a tangible reminder of a time not so long ago where playing to big crowds in Europe or Japan or to any of you would have seemed little more than a far-fetched teenage fantasy.

Dave

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I'm Flying
I'm Flying
I'm Flying
I'm Flying

I'm Falling
I'm Falling
I'm Falling
I'm Falling

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from 230503 (Deluxe Anniversary Edition), released May 23, 2022
Written by Robert Moulding, David Eaton and Dean Bennison

Performed by Robert James Moulding, David Eaton, Douglas Skene, Dean Bennison, Steven Eaton and Nick Antoinette

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Anubis Sydney, Australia

Anubis is a cinematic Progressive Rock band from Sydney, Australia. Formed in 2004.

The band has released to date 6 studio records to date, 2 live albums and toured Europe twice. The latest album, ‘Homeless’ reached number 4 in the Australian Indie chart in March 2020. ... more

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