Live.04 is Isis

Isis (band)

Isis was a Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010...

's fourth live release and the first to be composed of recordings from several different sources and eras. Many of the tracks are from audience bootleg recording

Bootleg recording

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s, and as such do not sound professionally recorded. The exception is the first track, recorded for WMBR

WMBR

WMBR is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology student-run college radio station, licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and broadcasting on 88.1 FM. It is all-volunteer and funded by listener donations and MIT funds...

 Radio Boston. As with the rest of the live series, the CD version was self-released. The vinyl edition was handled, in this instance, by Robotic Empire

Robotic Empire

Robotic Empire is an American record label based out of Richmond, Virginia. They specialize in hardcore punk, metalcore, and alternative rock. Some of the most popular bands signed to the label over the years have been pg.99, City of Caterpillar, Crowpath, The Red Chord, Circle Takes the Square,...

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Along with all Isis' other live albums, it is set to be re-released on 12 July 2011 in digital format, almost a full year after Isis' dissolution. It marks the fourth of the series released to a fortnightly schedule.

Track listing

All songs written by Isis unless otherwise noted.

1. "Gentle Time" – 8:54
   • WMBR, Boston, MA – 2001
2. "Glisten" – 6:57
   • The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA – 11/05/2005
3. "C.F.T. (New Circuitry and Continued Evolution)" – 8:02
   • CBGB's, New York, NY – 08/26/2001
4. "Celestial (The Tower)" – 10:49
   • CBGB's, New York, NY – 08/26/2001
5. "Improv 1 / Endless Nameless" (K. Cobain) – 8:01
   • The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA – 06/07/2001
6. "False Light" – 8:30
   • The Middle East Upstairs, Boston, MA – 09/17/2002
7. "Weight" (instrumental version) – 12:25
   • The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA – 11/05/2005

Personnel

• Aaron Turner
  Aaron Turner
  Aaron Turner is a musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal band Isis, while also participating in several other bands and projects such as Old Man Gloom and Lotus Eaters.Though raised...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Jeff Caxide
  Jeff Caxide
  Jeff Caxide is an American bassist, best known for his time with post-metal band Isis, of which he was a founding member and present until its dissolution in 2010. He was also a founding member of Red Sparowes, but left after the release of their first full-length. He also contributed to...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Bryant Clifford Meyer
  Bryant Clifford Meyer
  Bryant Clifford Meyer is a keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist, best known for his tenure with Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band Isis. He was with the band since its debut full-length, Celestial, in 2000. Previously, he was a formative member of Boston-based rock band The Gersch...
  
   – electronics, guitar
• Michael Gallagher
  Michael Gallagher (Isis guitarist)
  Michael Gallagher is an American guitarist, best known for his work with post-metal band Isis. He joined them in 1999 for their debut LP Celestial, having previously been a member of Cast Iron Hike...
  
   – guitar
• Aaron Harris
  Aaron Harris (Isis drummer)
  Aaron Harris is an American drummer, best known for his career with Los Angeles, California-based post-metal band Isis. He was with the band from its inception in 1997 to its dissolution in 2010...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Justin Chancellor
  Justin Chancellor
  Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor is an English musician formerly in the band Peach but best known as the bass player for Grammy Award-winning rock band Tool. Chancellor is of Norwegian and English descent...
  
   – bass guitar on "Weight"
• Troy Ziegler – djembe
  Djembe
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  on "Weight"