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Transmutation Live

1997 live album by Praxis

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Transmutation Live is a live album by experimental rock band Praxis, recorded during a performance in Zurich, Switzerland, in the summer of 1996.

The album features the lineup of bassist Bill Laswell, guitarist Buckethead, drummer Brain and Invisibl Skratch Piklz, the Bay-Area collective of turntablists DXT, Q*bert, Mix Master Mike, Shortkut, and DJ Disk.

The album's four tracks are labeled simply as Movements 1 to 4 and are predominantly ambient soundscapes that frequently give way to heavy metal grooves.

01Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Movement 1"15:25
2."Movement 2"14:05
3."Movement 3"15:30
4."Movement 4"15:05

02Personnel

03Production staff

  • Bacon, design
  • Cimarron, design
  • O'Brien, design
  • Oz Fritz, engineer
  • James Koehnline, cover art
  • Bill Murphy, liner notes
  • Robert Musso, production, mastering
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