The Anix | |
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 Brandon Smith seen in his studio in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels |
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| Members | Brandon Smith |
| Past members |
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| Website | https://theanix.com |
The Anix is a former American rock band and currently a solo electronic project run by Los Angeles-based music producer Brandon Smith who was originally the band's frontman.
The Anix was formed in 2001 by Brandon Smith, Bryan Lareau and Oscar Gutierrez. [1] The band made various albums along the years (A Division of You, Digital Rock etc.) but they didn't receive much recognition. [2] The band released their debut studio album, titled "An Illusion of Time" in 2004. The band's first label released album was "Play, Dance, Repeat" released in April 2005. [1]
The Anix's first critically acclaimed album was "Demolition City". The album was released in 2008 under Chamberlain records. A review was published about the album on Billboard Magazine's vol.120 no.22 issue. [3] It praised the band's style of using 80's music as an inspiration.
The band played live shows in Illinois and Chicago with artist's Cromwell, Comasoft. In 2009 the band first played in overseas. [4] Along with Apoptygma Berzerk, the band played various live shows in Germany. [4]
The band then signed with Cleopatra Records and released their next album - "Sleepwalker".[ citation needed ] Released in 2011, the album received praise in the gaming community. The song "Warning Signs" was included in the soundtrack of Mass Effect: Paragon Lost.[ citation needed ] Smith said that the band is often inspired by film adaptations of graphic novels, like The Dark Knight and Sin City . [5]
The band's next album "Ephemeral" was released in 2017.[ citation needed ] The album contained elements from techno and dance music; a first for the band.
After the release of "Ephemeral" the band turned into a solo project with Brandon being the only member. He signed with electronic music label FiXT and released his debut single "Fight the Future". His sixth album, titled "Shadow_Movement", was released on 18 October 2018.[ citation needed ]
After releasing various singles Brandon released his seventh studio album "Hologram" on 10 October 2019.[ citation needed ] He released his eighth studio album, "Graphite", on 26 June 2020. [6]
The Revenge LP, with 15 tracks, was released January 14, 2022. It includes guest appearances by Julien K, InHuman, and Amir Derakh (Julien K, Rough Cutt).
On July 15, 2022, Demolition City was remastered and released. [7] The album contains all the previous songs (including "The Lowdown of a Fool", which was released under the name "Double Zero") and previously unreleased demos and songs. [8] [9]
On June 2, 2023, The Anix released its tenth studio album "Nightvision".
Current members
(Some of) Former members
| Title | Album details |
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| An Illusion of Time |
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| Play, Dance, Repeat |
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| Demolition City |
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| Sleepwalker |
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| Ephemeral |
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| Shadow_Movement |
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| Hologram |
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| Graphite |
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| Revenge |
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| Demolition City 2022 Remaster |
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| Nightvision |
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| Title | Album details |
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| A Division of You |
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| Digital Rock |
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| Double Zero |
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| Order / Disorder |
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| Song title | Release date | Album |
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| "Take My Future" | 2011 | Sleepwalker |
| "Cry Little Sister" (Gerald McMahon cover) | ||
| "Burn" (feat. Apoptygma Berzerk) (The Cure cover) | ||
| "Glass" | ||
| "Sideways" | March 10, 2017 | Ephemeral |
| "Mask" | March 31, 2017 | |
| "This Machine" | May 25, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Come Back Down" | June 28, 2018 | |
| "Fight the Future" | August 1, 2018 | |
| "Incomplete" | August 18, 2018 | |
| "Interchanger" | September 5, 2018 | |
| "Black Space" | January 29, 2019 | |
| "Techunter" | February 7, 2019 | Hologram |
| "Chrome" | April 15, 2019 | |
| "Everlasting Love" | May 9, 2019 | |
| "Talking In My Sleep" (feat. Emmanuella) | June 7, 2019 | |
| "Disappear" | July 11, 2019 | |
| "If This World Is With You" | January 15, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Still Standing" | February 28, 2020 | |
| "Give It Up" | March 25, 2020 | |
| "Parasite" (feat. GXG) | April 17, 2020 | |
| "Hideaway" | May 8, 2020 | |
| "Die With You" | June 3, 2020 | |
| "Unveil" | November 8, 2020 | Revenge |
| "Want U Like I Do" | January 29, 2021 | |
| "My Eyes" | March 4, 2021 | |
| "DSPTCH" | March 25, 2021 | |
| "Your Lies Are Like Fire" (with Julien-K) | May 10, 2021 | |
| "Follow" | June 25, 2021 | |
| "Don't Let the Outside Win" | August 6, 2021 | |
| "Antilife" (with Julien-K feat. Amir Derakh) | September 22, 2021 | |
| "Quicksand" (with Inhuman) | November 12, 2021 | |
| "Pretend" (with Intrelock) | December 3, 2021 | |
| "Below" | December 10, 2021 | |
| "Army of Me" (Björk cover) | April 1, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "Spit You Out" (solo or with Daedric) | August 26, 2022 | |
| "See Nothing" | October 28, 2022 | |
| "Just Like You" | November 17, 2022 | |
| "Frozen Waves" | December 9, 2022 | |
| "Bleach" | February 3, 2023 | |
| "Cut Me" | April 14, 2023 | |
| "Missile" | May 4, 2023 | |
| "Tethered" | May 26, 2023 | |
| "Crawl" (feat. Julien-K) | February 22, 2024 | Voltage |
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
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| 2009 | "Half the World Away" | Kurt Nishimura |
| 2011 | "Glass" | Chris Do |
| 2012 | "Glass" (Deconstructed) | |
| 2013 | "Resident One" | Unknown |
| 2017 | "Mask" | Ruslan Pelykh |
| 2018 | "This Machine" | Unknown |
| 2019 | "Black Space" | Ruslan Pelykh |
| 2020 | "Die With You" | Brandon Smith |
| 2021 | "Your Lies Are Like Fire" (with Julien-K) | Oscar Gutierrez |
| 2022 | "Spit You Out" | |
| 2023 | "Missile" | |
| 2024 | "Crawl" (feat. Julien-K) | Brandon Smith and Julien-K |
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