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
Praxis chronology
Tennessee 2004 (2007) Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) (2008)

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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.^[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

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

1. Freeman, Phil. "Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness - Praxis". Allmusic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
2. (in Japanese)
3. Neowing.co.jp
4. "Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness: Praxis: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
5. "Praxis Teams w/Iggy, Serj, more on LP on Blurt Online". Blurt-online.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
6. Interview with Bill Laswell by Anil Prasad (1/11)
7. "Redeye Praxis LP page". redeyeusa.com. Retrieved February 25, 2013.

External links

• Profanation CD sale