Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)
| Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) | ||||
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| Studio album by Praxis | ||||
| Released | January 1, 2008 (Import) February 3, 2009 (Download) January 25, 2011 (U.S.) |
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| Genre | Avant-garde Experimental rock Heavy metal Electronic music |
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| Length | 47:46 (Normal Edition) 60:43 (Bonus Tracks Edition) |
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| Label | NAGUAL, Innterhythmic | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Wilson & Alroy |   [1] |
Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) is the last album by Praxis, released in Japan on January 1, 2008. The album features guest appearances by Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian and Killah Priest among others.[2] The album had a US release via Innerhythmic in 2008.
For more than a year the album was only available for purchase by ordering it from Japan. Japanese website "Neowing" released samples of each song.[3] Since February 2009 it can be purchased as a download.[4]
A US version was released in January 25, 2011, through Bill Laswell's new label, M.O.D. Technologies.[5] The online version available through Amazon.com featured two new live tracks "Wedge" and "Subgrid". This version was the last release before Laswell commented about the end of the band and that he considered the band as a "closed chapter"[6]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Caution" | 1:58 |
| 2. | "Worship" | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Ancient World" | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Furies" | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Galaxies" | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Sulfur and Cheese" | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Larynx" | 2:31 |
| 8. | "Revelations Part 2" | 5:19 |
| 9. | "Ruined" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "Garbage God's" | 2:44 |
| 11. | "Babylon Blackout" | 5:12 |
| 12. | "Endtime" | 4:57 |
[edit] US release (bonus tracks)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Wedge" | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Subgrid" | 9:55 |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] By song
| Track | Title | Vocals | Guitar | Bass | Drums | Keyboards | Turntables |
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| 1 | Caution | Rammellzee | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | PhonosycographDISK | |
| 2 | Worship | Maximum Bob | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | ||
| 3 | Ancient World | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Grandmixer DXT | |||
| 4 | Furies | Iggy Pop | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | ||
| 5 | Galaxies | Killah Priest | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | Bernie Worrell | PhonosycographDISK |
| 6 | Sulfur and Cheese | Serj Tankian | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | ||
| 7 | Larynx | Mike Patton | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | PhonosycographDISK | ||
| 8 | Revelations Part 2 | Rammellzee | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | Bernie Worrell | PhonosycographDISK |
| 9 | Ruined | Bill Laswell | |||||
| 10 | Garbage God's | Rammellzee | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Grandmixer DXT | ||
| 11 | Babylon Blackout | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | Bernie Worrell | ||
| 12 | Endtime | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | Bernie Worrell | ||
| 13 | Wedge | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain | |||
| 14 | Subgrid | Buckethead | Bill Laswell | Brain |
[edit] General credits
- Produced and arranged by Bill Laswell
- Created at Orange Music Orange, NJ
- Engineer: Robert Musso
- Assistant: James Dellatacoma
- Drums and Amps/Set up: Artie Smith
- Mastered at Turtle Tone Studio
- Engineer: Michael Fossenkemper
- Front + Back panels: James Koehnline
- Design: John Brown @ cloud chamber
[edit] References
- ^ Wilson & Alroy review
- ^ (in Japanese)
- ^ Neowing.co.jp
- ^ "Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness: Praxis: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Profanation-Preparation-Coming-Darkness/dp/B001U0QR5G/. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ "Praxis Teams w/Iggy, Serj, more on LP on Blurt Online". Blurt-online.com. http://blurt-online.com/news/view/4508/. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ Interview with Bill Laswell by Anil Prasad (1/11)
[edit] External links
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