Transmutation Live

Infobox Album
Name = Transmutation Live
Type = live
Artist = Praxis


Released = October 7, 1997
Recorded = Zurich, Switzerland, June 21, 1996
Genre = Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy metal, Electronic music
Length = 60:05
Label = Douglas
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fpxqrjldhe link]
Last album = "Live in Poland" (1997)
This album = "Transmutation Live" (1997)
Next album = "1984" (1997)

Transmutation Live is a live album compiled from a live performance in Zurich, Switzerland, in the summer of 1996. Transmutation Live features an interesting incarnation of Bill Laswell's free jazz/rock/hip-hop collective. Frequent compatriots Buckethead and Brain assist on guitar and drums, respectively.

In this album Buckethead leaves an impression throughout the 60 minutes of this disc because of his abilities when he plays the guitar. DXT adds synthesizer and turntables, where he is aided and abetted by the Invisible Scratch Pickles, the Bay-Area collective of Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Shortkut, and Disk.

The four tracks on Transmutation Live are labeled simply as four movements, the albums has almost-ambient sound sculptures giving way to metal-stomp grooves.

Track listing

tracklist

title1 = Movement 1
length1 = 15:25

title2 = Movement 2
length2 = 14:05

title3 = Movement 3
length3 = 15:30

title4 = Movement 4
length4 = 15:05

Credits

* Praxis:
** Buckethead - Guitar
** Invisible Scratch Pickles - Turntables
** Brain - drums
** Bill Laswell - bass

* Bacon - Design
* Cimarron - Design
* Oz Fritz - Engineer
* James Koehnline - Cover Art
* Bill Murphy - Liner Notes
* Robert Musso - Mastering and Compilation Producer
* O'Brien - Design