Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

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Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)
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Studio album by
Praxis
ReleasedJanuary 1, 2008
Genre Experimental rock, alternative rock [1]
Length47:46 (Normal Edition)
60:43 (Bonus Tracks Edition)
Label NAGUAL, M.O.D. Technologies
Producer Bill Laswell
Praxis chronology
Tennessee 2004
(2007)		Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)
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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; notably it features some of the last known recordings of Rammellzee. [2] [3] The album had a US release via M.O.D. Technologies in 2011.

Contents

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. [4] On February 3, 2009, it became available as a digital download. [5]

A US version was released on January 25, 2011, through Bill Laswell's new label, M.O.D. Technologies. [6] The re-release features two new live tracks, "Wedge" and "Subgrid". Not long after this re-release, Laswell commented on the likely end of the band and that he considered the band as a "closed chapter". [7] M.O.D. Technologies also slated (through their distributor Redeye Distribution) a vinyl version for April 2013. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

US release (bonus tracks)

No.TitleLength
1."Wedge"3:02
2."Subgrid"9:55

Personnel

By song

TrackTitleVocalsGuitarBassDrumsKeyboardsTurntablesBeats
1Caution Rammellzee Buckethead Bill Laswell Brain PhonosycographDISK
2Worship Hawkman & Maximum Bob BucketheadBill LaswellBrain
3Ancient World Dr. Israel BucketheadBill Laswell Grandmixer DXT Monkey & Large
4Furies Iggy Pop BucketheadBill LaswellBrain
5Galaxies Killah Priest BucketheadBill LaswellBrain Bernie Worrell PhonosycographDISK
6Sulfur and Cheese Serj Tankian BucketheadBill LaswellBrain
7Larynx Mike Patton BucketheadBill LaswellPhonosycographDISKFuture Prophecies
8Revelations Part 2RammellzeeBucketheadBill LaswellBrainBernie WorrellPhonosycographDISK
9RuinedBill Laswell Tatsuya Yoshida
10Garbage God'sRammellzeeBucketheadBill LaswellGrandmixer DXT Rawthang
11Babylon BlackoutBuckethead & Otomo YoshihideBill LaswellBrainBernie Worrell
12EndtimeBucketheadBill LaswellBrainBernie Worrell
13WedgeBucketheadBill LaswellBrain
14SubgridBucketheadBill LaswellBrain

General credits

References

  1. 1 2 Freeman, Phil. "Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness - Praxis". AllMusic . Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ (in Japanese)
  3. ↑ "Album Review: Praxis - Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness". Consequence. January 31, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ Neowing.co.jp
  5. ↑ "Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness: Praxis: MP3 Downloads" . Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Praxis Teams w/Iggy, Serj, more on LP on Blurt Online". Blurt-online.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  7. ↑ Interview with Bill Laswell by Anil Prasad (1/11)
  8. ↑ "Redeye Praxis LP page". redeyeusa.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
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