Zurich (Praxis album)

Infobox Album
Name = Zurich
Type = live
Artist = Praxis


Released = 2005
Recorded = Jazznojazz Festival in Zurich, Switzerland on June 21, 1996
Genre = Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy metal, Electronic music
Length = 65:13
Label = Innerhythmic
Producer = Bill Laswell
Reviews =
Last album = "Warszawa" (1999)
This album = "Zurich" (2005)
Next album = "Tennessee 2004" (2007)

Zurich is a live album by Praxis, released in 2005 by the label Innerhythmic. The album is a recording of their performance at the Jazznojazz Festival in Zurich, Switzerland on June 21, 1996. Other selected parts were recorded live at the Knitting Factory, NYC on June 30, 2000.

The song "Transmutation" was originally only one song but was split into 5 parts for the final tracklisting. The song "Giant Robot" is a version of the song from the album Bucketheadland by guitarist Buckethead in 1992.

Track listing

tracklist

title1 = Transmutation
length1 = 1:04

title2 = Flame War
length2 = 3:34

title3 = Transmutation 2
length3 = 3:14

title4 = Buckethead Audio Virus
length4 = 2:11

title5 = Theatre of Eternal Turntables
note5 = In 3 Parts
length5 = 5:19

title6 = Transmutation 3 - Fresh Impression
length6 = 3:45

title7 = Telematic Circuit Break
note7 = In 2 Parts
length7 = 4:38

title8 = Low Bass Monster
length8 = 5:01

title9 = Ekstasis
length9 = 4:00

title10 = Flicker
length10 = 1:27

title11 = Compressed Signal Cuts
length11 = 7:14

title12 = Transmutation 4
length12 = 2:41

title13 = Cut-Chaos
length13 = 2:50

title14 = Giant Robot
length14 = 4:18

title15 = Direct Hit
length15 = 2:32

title16 = Transmutation 5 (Ascent)
length16 = 5:27

title17 = Undercurrent
length17 = 5:59

Credits

* Praxis:
** Buckethead: guitar
** Brain: drums
** Bill Laswell: bass

* Robert Musso: Engineer
* James Dellatacoma: Assistant
* Oz Fritz: Live engineering
* James Koehnline: Cover Art
* John Brown and Cloud Chamber: Redesign
* Steven Saporta: Innerhythmic
* Steve Dalmer: NYC
* Ian Blackaby: UK
* Robert Soares: Germany
* L & M Urso: Boston
* Peter Casperson: Invasion
* Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, NYC
* Alex Theoret: Second