Track Listing:
Stronghold {Bill Laswell} 1:34
Cold Rolled/Iron Dub {Andy Hawkins, B Laswell} 6:20
Suspension {B Laswell} 2:20
Rivet {Buckethead, B Laswell} 5:22
Deathstar {W Collins} 9:43
The Hook {B Laswell, John Zorn} 6:17
Nine Secrets {B Laswell} 3:14
Crossing {B Worrell} 9:41
Personnel:
Bill Laswell
John Zorn
Blind Idiot God (Andy Hawkins, Gabe Katz, Ted Epstein)
Bootsy Collins
Mick Harris
Yamatsuka Eye
Bernie Worrell
Rating: RC: **1/2
Comments:RC: The second Praxis album lacks the cohesiveness of the first, becoming more like the typical 'Laswell soup' kind of project. The tight band that produced the crazy sounds on the first album is replaced by other assorted New York and Japanese avant-garde artists. As far as P.Funk goes, Bootsy and Bernie each get one song to do their thang. Both of these songs are extremely interesting, but there's not much on here otherwise that a funk fan will find interesting, unless they're into speed metal and noise.
"Stronghold" is a bit of thrash noise. "Cold Rolled" has a sort of discordant intro that also leaps into speed metal. "Suspension" has that ambient feel to it, with a bit of funk. "Rivet" features more thrash, but also has an interesting lead guitar line from Buckethead. "Death Star" is the Bootsy extravaganza, with some deeply funky and smelly bass playing, working well with its ambient feel. The fuzz gets deep here! "The Hook" is also pretty interesting, with weird drum loops and good bass playing. "Nine Secrets" is more thrash noise. "Crossing" is Bernie organ madness, very funky, with deep-cutting grooves.
This album is out of print and may be hard to find.