Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

Infobox Album
Name = Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
Type = studio
Artist = Praxis


Released = September 8, 1992
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy metal, Electronic music
Length = 56:45
Label = Axiom
Producer = Bill Laswell
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfuxqy5ldde link]
Last album =
This album = "Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)" (1992)
Next album = "A Taste of Mutation" (1992)

"Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)" is the first album by Bill Laswell's everchanging "supergroup" Praxis. This first album features Buckethead on guitar, Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals, Brain on drums, Bernie Worrell on keyboards and DJ AF Next Man Flip on turntables and mixer.

Transmutation features a wide range of musical styles, all mixed together to make a very diverse and unique album. Styles such as heavy metal, funk, hip hop, ambient, jazz and blues are blended together to form a strange style of avant-garde, with extended guitar and keyboard solos, and highly improvised passages.

Track listing

tracklist

title1 = Blast/War Machine Dub
length1 = 3:51

title2 = Interface/Stimulation Loop
length2 = 2:17

title3 = Crash Victim/Black Science Navigator
length3 = 3:42

title4 = Animal Behavior
length4 = 7:09

title5 = Dead Man Walking
length5 = 5:14

title6 = Seven Laws of Woo
length6 = 5:05

title7 = The Interworld and the New Innocence
length7 = 6:29

title8 = Giant Robot/Machines in the Modern City/Godzilla
length8 = 6:38

title9 = After Shock (Chaos Never Died)
length9 = 16:20

Note: Track 8 starts out with the Giant Robot theme, that is also featured on Buckethead's Bucketheadland album.

Credits

*Praxis:
**Bootsy Collins - space bass, vocals.
**Buckethead - guitar, toys.
**Brain - drums.
**Bernie Worrell - synthesizer, clavinet & vital organ.
**AF Next Man Flip (Lord of the Paradox) - turntable, mixer.
***also known as Afrika Baby Bam of the Jungle Brothers

*Recorded at Greenpoint Studios, Brooklyn, New York.
*Conceived and constructed by Bill Laswell.