Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)
Studio album by Praxis
Released January 1, 2008 (Import)
February 3, 2009 (Download)
January 25, 2011 (U.S.)
Genre Avant-garde, hip hop, alternative metal, electronic music, experimental rock, funk metal, funk rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, drum and bass, space rock, dub
Length 47:46 (Normal Edition)
60:43 (Bonus Tracks Edition)
Label NAGUAL, M.O.D. Technologies
Producer Bill Laswell
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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.[2] 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.[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 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"[6] M.O.D. Technologies has also slated (through their distributor Redeye Distribution) a vinyl version for April 2013.[7]

Track listing

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

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

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