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| Name | Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) | ||||
| Artist | Praxis | ||||
| Type | Album | ||||
| Released | January 1, 2008 | ||||
| Genre(s) | Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy Metal, Electronic Music | ||||
| Length | 47:46 | ||||
| Label(s) | NAGUAL | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bill Laswell | ||||
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Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) is an album by Bill Laswell-led supergroup, 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.[1] (in Japanese)
It has been speculated that the US release delay has to do with contractual difficulties between the artists and their various record labels. It is currently only available for purchase by ordering it from Japan. A Japanese site released samples of each song at: Neowing.co.jp
Track Listing[]
- The collaborators of each song are listed with each track
- "Caution" – 1:58
- "Worship" – 3:37
- Hawkman
- Maximum Bob
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- "Ancient World" – 3:25
- Dr. Israel
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Monkey and Large
- Grandmixer DXT
- "Furies" – 4:44
- Iggy Pop
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- "Galaxies" – 4:27
- Killah Priest
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- Bernie Worrell
- PhonosycographDISK
- "Sulfur and Cheese" – 4:44
- Serj Tankian
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- "Larynx" – 2:31
- Mike Patton
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Future Prophecies
- PhonosycographDISK
- "Revelations Part 2" – 5:19
- Rammellzee
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- Bernie Worrell
- PhonosycographDISK
- "Ruined" – 4:07
- Tatsuya Yoshida
- Bill Laswell
- "Garbage God's" – 2:44
- Rammellzee
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Rawthang
- Grandmixer DXT
- "Babylon Blackout" – 5:12
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- Bernie Worrell
- Otomo Yoshihide
- "Endtime" – 4:57
- Bill Laswell
- Buckethead
- Brain
- Bernie Worrell
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.