Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

2008 studio album by Praxis

Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

Studio album by

Praxis

Released| January 1, 2008
Genre| Experimental rock, alternative rock[1]
Length| 47:46 (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)
(2008)  |

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

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.

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 was available as a 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

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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)

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Wedge"| 3:02
2.| "Subgrid"| 9:55

## Personnel

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### By song

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Track  | Title  | Vocals  | Guitar  | Bass  | Drums  | Keyboards  | Turntables  | Beats

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* Profanation CD sale

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Praxis

* Buckethead
* Bill Laswell
* Bernie Worrell
* Brain

Notable Guests|

* Serj Tankian
* Bootsy Collins
* Les Claypool
* Iggy Pop
* DJ Disk
* Invisibl Skratch Piklz
* DXT
* Cindy Blackman
* Yamatsuka Eye
* Toshinori Kondo
* Hakim Bey
* Lili Haydn
* John Zorn
* Mick Harris
* Pat Thrall
* Rammellzee
* Killah Priest
* Tatsuya Yoshida
* Otomo Yoshihide

Albums|

* Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
* Sacrifist
* Metatron
* Mold
* Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

Singles|

* Animal Behavior

Live Albums|

* Live in Poland
* Transmutation Live
* Warszawa
* Zurich
* Tennessee 2004

Ep|

* 1984
* A Taste of Mutation

Compilation Albums|

* Collection

Labels|

* Axiom

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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