Sacrifist
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| Studio album by Praxis | |||||
| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy Metal, Electronic Music | ||||
| Length | 44:41 | ||||
| Label | Subharmonic | ||||
| Producer | John T. Matarazzo on the reissue | ||||
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Sacrifist is the second disc of Bill Laswell and Buckethead's project Praxis.
For this project Laswell calls in some of his associates for various tracks, many tracks are speed/thrash metal at their noisiest; most notable of these is "Rivet" which combines Buckethead's ultra-heavy guitar riffs and shredding solos with sounds of shattered glass for an especially aggressive experience. There's also a short dub interlude in the song "Iron Dub" and a hip-hop freakout with lots of scratching and high-pitched shrieks as in the song "The Hook".
Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (both also featured on the first disc, Transmutation) each contribute one lengthy track:
- "Deathstar," with Bootsy's free-form bass explorations.
- "Crossing," featuring Bernie's psychedelic improvisation on a distorted Hammond organ.
Also thrown into the mixture are Mick Harris from the bands Napalm Death and Scorn and Yamatsuka Eye from the band Boredoms screaming at the top of their lungs, plus John Zorn on some shrill alto parts and game calls, the band Blind Idiot God, and lots of frightening ambient sounds, noises, and samples out of Shinya Tsukamoto's cult movie Tetsuo: The Iron Man. In the song "Nine Secrets" a sample is used which most likely is taken from "joy" from the album "Shakti with John McLaughlin".
There's been a particular CD reissue that should be avoided: all of the tracks are put into one lengthy CD track, with very low sound quality, and half of "Crossing" is missing. This reissue can be easily identified by looking at the back cover, which has the name of producer John T. Matarazzo listed; he was not credited on the first release.
[edit] Track listing
- "Stronghold" – 1:34
- "Cold Rolled/Iron Dub" – 6:22
- "Suspension" – 2:19
- "Rivet" – 5:23
- "Deathstar" – 9:47
- "The Hook" – 6:17
- "Nine Secrets" – 3:16
- "Crossing" – 9:43
[edit] Credits
- Bootsy Collins - bass and vocals
- Buckethead - guitar
- Brain - drums
- Bernie Worrell - keyboards
- Mick Harris - drums
- Yamatsuka Eye - vocals
- John Zorn - saxophone
- Bill Laswell - bass
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