Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) is the fifth and 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.(in Japanese) The album had a US release via M.O.D. Technologies in 2011.
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.Neowing.co.jp On February 3, 2009, it became available as a digital download.
A US version was released on January 25, 2011, through Bill Laswell's new label, M.O.D. Technologies. 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".Interview with Bill Laswell by Anil Prasad (1/11) M.O.D. Technologies also slated (through their distributor Redeye Distribution) a vinyl version for April 2013.
Track listing
US release (bonus tracks)
Personnel
By song Track Title Vocals Guitar Bass Drums Keyboards Turntables Beats 1 Caution Rammellzee Buckethead Bill Laswell Brain PhonosycographDISK 2 Worship Hawkman & Maximum Bob Buckethead Bill Laswell Brain 3 Ancient World Dr. Israel Buckethead Bill Laswell Grandmixer DXT Monkey & Large 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 Future Prophecies 8 Revelations Part 2 Rammellzee Buckethead Bill Laswell Brain Bernie Worrell PhonosycographDISK 9 Ruined Bill Laswell Tatsuya Yoshida 10 Garbage God's Rammellzee Buckethead Bill Laswell Grandmixer DXT Rawthang 11 Babylon Blackout Buckethead & Otomo Yoshihide 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
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
References
External links Profanation CD sale