Trying to fit six players into a photo was nigh on impossible so I tried to individually target different members of the band as ‘affinity.exe’ finished and another Affinity song, ‘Initiate’ began.
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Unlike the previous times I had photographed bands at the “Factory” there was no barrier to keep the punters at bay so it was a free for all as I wrestled my way to the front of the room. To say there was excitement in the air would be an understatement as Haken went straight into ‘affinity.exe’ from the Affinity platter. The latter’s capable chops were lapped up by all and sundry with ‘Reawakened’ and ‘Malevolent’ being my personal favourites.Īfter a quick turn around, Ivanyi’s band’s instruments were removed, the lights dimmed and the lead in anthem for Haken started to sound as the six members of the band filed on stage. He managed to put out a huge barrage of sound that along with Horgan, laid down a solid base that Ivanyi could shred right over.
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My son Kiel is a drummer and after seeing Mr Weedle in full flight said to me “ this guy is a monster”. Time and again after a song was finished someone from the audience would shout, “ You guys are incredible”, and they were. All three, guitarist James Norbert Ivanyi, bass player, Liam Horgan and drummer Liam Weedle laid down a thick textured progressive blend of fusion that took the entire audience by surprise – no they really did. Within a few bars of their first song, ‘Noir’, we were looking at each other in astonishment. I attended the show with my son Kiel and his mate and all three of us were not prepared for the tour de force that the James Norbert Ivanyi trio were about to serve up to us. Vocalist Rhys Weeks did a more than capable job up front with an animated performance that had those in attendance bopping along to a range of numbers – hopefully we’ll see more from this proggy quintet. Their performance was let down by less than ideal sound that made the drums hard to hear over a trio of electric guitars. The Sydney based five piece were eager to provide the listening audience with a selection of their songs that were played with vim and vigour. Three bands were on tonight’s bill with Sevsons opening the show. They were playing at the Factory Theatre in beautiful down town Marrickville. For old skool lovers of Progressive Metal, New York’s Dream Theater still remain the Gold Standard, but London based Haken have earned their stripes in no time flat – well ten years actually. “It’s me opening up,” he told Apple Music about the latter album, in which he crosses glistening hooks from the heavens with bass drops that could sink a submarine.I found it hard to believe that I would be seeing two of my favourite bands within a couple of weeks of each other – Dream Theater and Haken. Always versatile, he’s teamed with R&B singers and street rappers alike on subsequent remixes and EPs while exploring all shades of catharsis on his solo albums, including 2014’s VOID and 2018’s NOVA. In the early 2010s, he joined the Wedidit Collective alongside beatmakers Shlohmo and Groundislava and dropped out of school at NYU to focus on music, eager to capitalize on gig offers after drawing attention online for his tracks-including a mesmerizing, massive 2012 remix of Kanye West’s “Mercy” made with fellow L.A. He loved 50 Cent as a kid, made regular trips to the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas in high school, and started making beats after being inspired by the dubstep-inflected ballads of James Blake. in a creative family-his father was an architect and his mother was a fine-arts photographer. Born Henry Steinway in February 1991, he grew up in L.A. Reared amid the smoky, off-kilter creations of Los Angeles’ storied “beat scene,” the DJ and electronic producer RL Grime wields trap hi-hats, chest-caving bass, and languid synth lines that melt out of sound systems like Salvador Dalí’s clocks.
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