# The Anix

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.

## History
### Formation and release of "An Illusion of Time" and "Play.Dance.Repeat" (2001–2007)

The Anix was formed in 2001 by Brandon Smith, Bryan Lareau and Oscar Gutierrez. The band made various albums along the first two years of their existence (A Division of You, Digital Rock etc.) but they didn't receive much recognition. The band released their debut album, titled "An Illusion of Time" in 2004. The band's first label released album was "Play, Dance, Repeat" released in April 2005. The band then underwent multiple lineup changes before entering the studio in 2006 to record their next album.

### Gaining recognition with "Demolition City" and release of "Sleepwalker" and "Ephemeral" (2008–2017)

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. 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. Along with Apoptygma Berzerk, the band played various live shows in Germany.
The band then signed with Cleopatra Records and released their next album - "Sleepwalker". 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. Smith said that the band is often inspired by film adaptations of graphic novels, like The Dark Knight and Sin City. They embarked on a North American tour with Cromwell in 2012. The band additionally played a few shows in 2013 and 2015.
The band's next album "Ephemeral" was released in 2017. The album contained elements from techno and dance music; a first for the band. Unlike after the release of its predecessor, the band didn't promote the album by going on tour.

### Turning into a solo project and subsequent releases (2018–present)

After the release of "Ephemeral" the band turned into a solo project with Brandon remaining the sole band 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.
After releasing various singles Brandon released his seventh studio album "Hologram" on 10 October 2019. He released his eighth studio album, "Graphite", on 26 June 2020.
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. 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.
On June 2, 2023, The Anix released its tenth studio album "Nightvision". On February 22, 2024, The Anix released a new single called CRAWL featuring Amir Derakh of Julien-K as a part of his upcoming tenth studio album "Voltage". On April 15 and May 28, "Gravity" and "Shadow" were released as the second and third single of The Anix's upcoming album.

## Members

Current members
* Brandon Smith – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, programming (2001–present)
Former members
* Oscar Gutierrez – drums (2001–2005)
* Bryan Lareau – guitar, bass, backing vocals (2001–2006)
* Chris Yarber – bass, synthesizer, backing vocals (2004–2008)
* Nik Lawhorn – guitar (2004–2008)
* Logan Smith – drums (studio and live: 2005–2018, live only: 2022, 2025)
* Greg Nabours – synthesizer, backing vocals (2008–2011)
* Chris Dinger – guitar, backing vocals (studio and live: 2009–2018, live only: 2022)
* Nikolas Musolino – guitar (2013–2017)

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| An Illusion of Time | Released: May 12, 2004 Label: Self-released Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Play, Dance, Repeat | Released: April 15, 2005 Label: Universal Records Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Demolition City | Released: January 1, 2008 Label: Chamberlain Records Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Sleepwalker | Released: August 30, 2011 Label: Cleopatra Records Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Ephemeral | Released: March 31, 2017 Label: Cleopatra Records Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Shadow_Movement | Released: October 19, 2018 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Hologram | Released: October 11, 2019 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Graphite | Released: June 26, 2020 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Revenge | Released: January 14, 2022 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Demolition City 2022 Remaster | Released: July 15, 2022 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Nightvision | Released: June 2, 2023 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |
| Voltage | Released: November 22, 2024 Label: FiXT Format: LP, CD, digital download, streaming |

### Remix albums

* Change (Remixes) (2003)
* Dangerous (Remixes) (2005)

### Compilation albums

* Rare And Unreleased (2009)
* Glass (Deconstructed) (2012)
* Black Space (Deconstructed) (2019)

### Others

| Title | Album details |
| A Division of You | Released: 2001 |
| Digital Rock | Released: 2002 |
| Double Zero | Released: 2003 |
| Order / Disorder | Released: 2019 |

### Singles

| Song title | Release date | Album |
| "Take My Future" | 2011 | Sleepwalker |
| "Cry Little Sister" (Gerald McMahon cover) | 2011 | Sleepwalker |
| "Burn" (feat. Apoptygma Berzerk) (The Cure cover) | 2011 | Sleepwalker |
| "Glass" | 2011 | Sleepwalker |
| "Sideways" | March 10, 2017 | Ephemeral |
| "Mask" | March 31, 2017 | Ephemeral |
| "This Machine" | May 25, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Come Back Down" | June 28, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Fight the Future" | August 1, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Incomplete" | August 18, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Interchanger" | September 5, 2018 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Black Space" | January 29, 2019 | Shadow_Movement |
| "Techunter" | February 7, 2019 | Hologram |
| "Chrome" | April 15, 2019 | Hologram |
| "Everlasting Love" | May 9, 2019 | Hologram |
| "Talking In My Sleep" (feat. Emmanuella) | June 7, 2019 | Hologram |
| "Disappear" | July 11, 2019 | Hologram |
| "If This World Is With You" | January 15, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Still Standing" | February 28, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Give It Up" | March 25, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Parasite" (feat. GXG) | April 17, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Hideaway" | May 8, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Die With You" | June 3, 2020 | Graphite |
| "Unveil" | November 8, 2020 | Revenge |
| "Want U Like I Do" | January 29, 2021 | Revenge |
| "My Eyes" | March 4, 2021 | Revenge |
| "DSPTCH" | March 25, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Your Lies Are Like Fire" (with Julien-K) | May 10, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Follow" | June 25, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Don't Let the Outside Win" | August 6, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Antilife" (with Julien-K feat. Amir Derakh) | September 22, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Quicksand" (with Inhuman) | November 12, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Pretend" (with Intrelock) | December 3, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Below" | December 10, 2021 | Revenge |
| "Army of Me" (Björk cover) | April 1, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "Spit You Out" (solo or with Daedric) | August 26, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "See Nothing" | October 28, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "Just Like You" | November 17, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "Frozen Waves" | December 9, 2022 | Nightvision |
| "Bleach" | February 3, 2023 | Nightvision |
| "Cut Me" | April 14, 2023 | Nightvision |
| "Missile" | May 4, 2023 | Nightvision |
| "Tethered" | May 26, 2023 | Nightvision |
| "Crawl" (feat. Julien-K) | February 22, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Gravity" | April 15, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Shadow" | May 28, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Panic" | June 18, 2024 | Voltage |
| "X-Ray" | July 18, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Sinking Alone" | August 20, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Locked Door" | September 30, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Go" | October 17, 2024 | Voltage |
| "Disarm" | November 5, 2024 | Voltage |

### As featured artist

* Pers Mantrum - Loading 99
* Fury Weekend - Illumination
* We Are Pigs - Brazen
* Julien-K - Desperation Day
* Nouveau Arcade feat. Cordélia - Apart
* HU3M3N - T3MPT3D
* Intrelock - Reminisce
* Fury Weekend - Delirious
* Void Chapter - Our Time Is Now
* Main-De-Gloire - Come Alive
* High Society - Harm

### Covers

* Hey Man, Nice Shot by Filter
* Change (In the House of Flies) by Deftones
* Precious (Depeche Mode song) by Depeche Mode
* Burn by The Cure
* Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMahon feat. Apoptygma Berzerk
* Celestica by Crystal Castles
* New Year's Day by U2
* In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
* Eye by The Smashing Pumpkins
* Army of Me by Björk
* Don't Stop by Innerpartysystem
* Digital Bath by Deftones

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Director(s) |
| 2005 | "Held Apart" | Monte Carlos |
| 2005 | "This Game" | Monte Carlos |
| 2009 | "Half the World Away" | Kurt Nishimura |
| 2010 | "Enemy Eyes" | Brandon Smith |
| 2011 | "Glass" | Chris Do |
| 2012 | "Glass" (Deconstructed) | Chris Do |
| 2013 | "Resident One" | Brandon Smith |
| 2017 | "Mask" | Ruslan Pelykh |
| 2018 | "This Machine" | Brandon Smith |
| 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" | Oscar Gutierrez |
| 2023 | "Bleach" | Oscar Gutierrez |
| 2023 | "Missile" | Oscar Gutierrez |
| 2024 | "Crawl" (feat. Julien-K) | Brandon Smith and Julien-K |