Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
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| Studio album by Praxis | ||||
| Released | September 8, 1992 | |||
| Genre | Funk metal, experimental, experimental rock, dub, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 56:45 | |||
| Label | Axiom | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell | |||
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| Single by Praxis | |
| from the album Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) | |
| Released | 1992 |
| Format | CD single |
| Genre | Funk metal, experimental rock |
| Length | 11:44 |
| Label | Axiom |
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Bootsy Collins |
| Producer(s) | Bill Laswell |
Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) is the first album by Bill Laswell's ever-changing "supergroup" Praxis. The album was released in 1992 and 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.
Note: Track 8 starts out with the Giant Robot theme, that is also featured on Buckethead's Bucketheadland album. The track also contains a version of one of the many themes Akira Ifukube wrote for Toho production's Godzilla films.
Animal Behavior is the first and only single by supergroup Praxis. The song was a natural choice to promote the band's debut album as well as Bill Laswell's new label Axiom since it was the only song of the album to contain lyrics. The vocals were done by former P-Funk member Bootsy Collins who also plays "space bass" while his P-Funk colleague Bernie Worrell can be heard on keyboards. Furthermore, the core members, San Francisco Bay Area musicians Bryan "Brain" Mantia (drums) and Buckethead (guitars) plus mastermind Bill Laswell (samples) were reinforced by turntablist Af Next Man Flip (aka Afrika Baby Bam of the Jungle Brothers).
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