HIGHWAY EXIT

It was a Sunday afternoon earlier this year, February 8th. We parked the cars with our gear outside the Guru Bar in Psyrri, downtown Athens. Five minutes later, our hosts for the gig and radio show broadcast Serafeim, Stelios (Provis) and Vasilis (Sigkatikos) arrived in their soccer outfits (tres sportif garcons) and helped us carry all the stuff up. The live stage of the club was set up on the third floor and the radio installation was set on a small attic right above the live stage floor. We spent the entire afternoon setting up everything, drinking anything we could find in the closed bar, eating junk food and discussing how we would fit our 14 lines into the 8-track console available for the live broadcast. The PA system of the club was no problem the only tricky part was the radio broadcast for CityFM 99,5.. but as you can hear in these 4 songs we have available for you to download, I think we did ok in the end after all! It was a full house, a great gig, definately a night to remember.

This live recording is a collectible item for many reasons. First of all the Guru bar was closed down a few months ago and the future of that part of the town is unknown in general.  Sadly City FM 99,5 has recently been closed as well and that’s a real blow at this town’s alternative music scene..No more gigs, no more live broadcasts. Our favourite greek artist, Jimmys Panousis used to have a show on that station, too. Finally, Cyanna has changed a bit too since then. Louie is no longer with us on the guitars, and that gig was one of the last we did together. Life moves in circles and I feel we are at the end of one of those circles right now. That means we are in the beginning of a new one as well, and all change is welcome.

We wanna thank everyone that made that night happen, all the people who came and shared the music. We also thank you all for supporting Cyanna and the “Just A Crash” album during the whole last year.

A new Cyanna album is underway and a new circle is opening.

C ya all out there again soon.

Cyanna

CYANNA  - LIVE AT GURU
RECORDED LIVE ON THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY 2009 AT BAR GURU BAR, ATHENS.
THE FIRST PART OF THE SHOW WAS BROADCAST LIVE FROM CITYFM 99,5.

NICK SID: PIANO, SYNTH
SPYREAS SID: VOCALS
LOUIE: GUITARS
JASON: DRUMS

STAGE & PA ENGINEER: STELIOS VLAHAKIS
RECORDING ENGINEER & MIX: TEO ZEFKILIS
CITYFM 99,5 RADIO SHOW HOSTS: BIANCA, VASILIS, SERAFEIM, STELIOS

SETLIST:
PART I – CITYFM BROADCAST
TV NATION
ELECTRON
ON AND ON
DONE BE
SEVEN NATION ARMY
SHINE
PARANOID GF*
BETTER NOT
ZAVARA*
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG*
LIKE FIRE*
CHINESE DRESS

PART II
LIQUID
CAGE OF ANGER
DO YOU LOVE ME
HIGHWAY EXIT

ENCORE
I WANNA BE YOUR DOG

*Available for free download in a .rar file from www.cyanna.gr