(Abstract, Electro, Drum n Bass, Ambient) Praxis (Bill Laswell, Pat Thrall, Peter Wetherbee) - Mold - 1998, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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Praxis / Mold
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Although most of Bill Laswell's fans have been nearly overwhelmed by the this year's abundance of new releases and enticing Bob Marley/Miles Davis remix projects, there's a dissenting contingent (including a vote here) that finds his ambient/dubology work just as fascinating. His collaborations as Praxis have always been the most difficult to defend, since there is a colossal mass of DJs and remixers working in the same vein, yet Laswell and crew are able to discover new ways to disassemble and reconstruct these sound treatments while maintaining an abundance of grooves. Along with multi-instrumentalists/mixers Alex Haas and Peter Wetherbee, Laswell embarks on an illbient-bent journey into an abyss of netherworldish noise textures- with a low, growling bass, warlock-like chanting, and scratchology mind-fuggery- that sound as if they were drained repeatedly into the black hole and burped back 'atcha. Granted, some of Laswell's sidework with Axiom/SubRosa/BlackArc were just mildly interesting fusion sessions, but I've been living and working with this one for some time. Except for his explosive Last Exit work, this may be one of his more challenging collaborations.

Bass, Scratches, Composed By - Bill Laswell
Drums, Guitar, Voice, Loops, Drum Programming, Edited By - Peter Wetherbee
Flute - Ann Pollack
Guitar - Pat Thrall
Keyboards - Alex Haas
Mastered By - Joe Lambert
Mixed By - Alex Haas , Peter Wetherbee
Producer - Alex Haas , Bill Laswell , Peter Wetherbee
Programmed By - David Castellan , Julian Joyce
Voice - Charlotta Jansen