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Tennessee 2004
Praxis →4,670 listeners46,019 plays
experimental rockprogressive rockjordanavant-funkguitar love
about this album
“spliff-enlighted dublines coupled with the crack cocaine adrenaline rush of funk-rock.” –The Music Forum “Add Praxis to the short list of super groups.” –Fears Magazine “This is the glory of Bonnaroo.” –Jambase Praxis is the name of an ever-changing Bill Laswell musical project. One of the best live and most influential groups of the last 20 years, Praxis defined a new genre in music by combining elements of Funkadelic, Last Exit, jazz, hip-hop and heavy metal into a highly improvised, extremely challenging music. First appearing in 1993 with the critically acclaimed Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell and Brain have defined the direction of the band over the last 14 years. Among the 90,000 self-avowed hipsters and tripsters who braved the heavy rains at Bonnaroo 2004 in Manchester, Tennessee, the chances are good that only a few of them were truly prepared for the sonic onslaught of Praxis. The band hit their mark at around midnight on the first day of what has become the jam circuit's top-selling music festival, and from the outset, the core trio of Buckethead (guitars), Brain (drums) and Bill Laswell (bass)-with a special guest appearance by P-Funk synth wizard Bernie Worrell-packed a wallop. "Hardcore supergroup Praxis bring the noise, but guitarist Buckethead is freaking me out," was the reaction from VH1's Scott Lapatine, and he wasn't alone; other music critics and fans alike were equally blown away by the "mind-twistingly m
