Live at Levitation '16

{{Infobox album

| name = Live at Levitation '16

| type = live

| artist = King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

| cover = Live at Levitation '16 Poster.jpg

| released = December 10, 2021

| recorded = May 1, 2016

| genre = {{Hlist|Psychedelic rock|thrash rock|}}

| length = 57:20

| label = {{hlist|Self-released|Various}}

| producer = Stu Mackenzie

| prev_title =Live at Levitation '14

| prev_year = 2021

| next_title = Butterfly 3001

| next_year = 2022

}}

Live at Levitation '16 is a live album released by Australian rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, of their performance at Levitation, a music festival at Carson Creek Ranch, Austin, Texas. The album was released alongside Live at Levitation '14 in December 2021 between the studio album Butterfly 3000 and its remix album Butterfly 3001.

Recordings

Although the festival itself would be canceled due to severe weather, since King Gizzard had already traveled to Austin they decided to press ahead with the show at a venue named the Barracuda, and perform anyways.{{cite web |last1=Sterdan |first1=Darryl |title=Albums Of The Week: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Live at Levitation ‘14 and ’16 |url=https://tinnitist.com/2021/12/10/albums-of-the-week-king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-live-at-levitation-14-and-16/ |website=tinnitist |access-date=27 May 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Broerman |first1=Michael |title=King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Share ‘Live At Levitation’ Culled From 2014, 2016 Sets [Video/Audio] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/king-gizzard-lizard-wizard-live-at-levitation-2014-2016/ |website=Live For Live Music |access-date=27 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Live At Levitation '14 |url=https://kglw.net/discography/live-at-levitation-16 |website=kglw.net |access-date=27 May 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Pearis |first1=Bill |title=King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release 'Live at Levitation' double album |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-release-live-at-levitation-double-album/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=27 May 2025}} King Gizzard mostly performed songs from the still unreleased Nonagon Infinity as part of a build up towards the albums release.{{cite web |title=KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD release 'Live at Levitation' |url=https://www.heaviestofart.com/post/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-release-live-at-levitation |website=heaviestofart.com |access-date=27 May 2025}}

Reception

4 limit editions of vinyls of the album where released by the The Reverberation Appreciation Society which runs the Levitation festival. Additionally the albums came out shortly before the beginning of their World Tour 2022. King Gizzard's front-man Stu Mackenzie stated that this was one of their personal favorite live recordings, saying "It doesn’t get any better" while the magazine Tinnitist also noted that the band was "firing on all cylniders." The album would also be released for free on as part of the band's official Bootlegger program.{{cite web |title=King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Surprise Drop “Live At Levitation” Album |url=https://ghostcultmag.com/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-surprise-drop-live-at-levitation-album/ |website=Ghost Cult Magazine |access-date=27 May 2025}}

Track listing

The albums were mastered by Joe Carra and mixed by Stu Mackenzie with cover art by Alan Forbes.{{cite web |title=Live at Levitation '14 |url=https://bootleggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-levitation-16 |website=Bandcamp |access-date=27 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Unveil New Double LP, ‘Live At Levitation’ |url=https://jambands.com/news/2021/12/10/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-unveil-new-double-lp-live-at-levitation/ |website=Jam Bands |access-date=27 May 2025}}

{{track listing

|headline = Live at Levitation '16

|total_length = 57:20

|title1 = Robot Stop

|length1 = 4:12

|title2 = Hot Water

|length2 = 4:53

|title3 = Trapdoor

|length3 = 3:15

|title4 = I'm In Your Mind

|length4 = 3:18

|title5 = Im Not In Your Mind