Praxis - Live Tennessee 2004 (2007)

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VÖ: 2007

Genre: Instrumental Rock

Label: ROIR

Herkunftsland: USA

Für Fans von: Instrumentalirrsinn


Tracklist:

01. Vertebrae
02. Spun
03. Night Of The Slunk
04. Guitar Virus
05. Machine Gun
06. Haunted
07. Broken, Fractal
08. Bent Light
09. Chopper
10. Optic
11. Magus

Spielzeit: 58:11

In the past, five lions joined together to create Voltron and six construction vehicles formed Devastator. Keeping this idea of combining complimentary units together to create a colossus, Praxis was formed in 1992. Comprising no less than 25 legendary musicians over its 15 year run, Praxis exceeds genre specifics and stretches customary musical boundaries. Tennessee 2004 is a documentation of Praxis”s set at the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

If your brain runs in a complex manner, you could figure that by combining the city and date in the album title, it would equal Bonnaroo, but myself having a hamster brain, I didn”t put two and two together. It wasn”t until after the first track “Vertebrae”, when upon hearing the crowd cheer, I knew this was live. Praxis”s music is almost too complex to be performed in person. The lineup that entertained the sun-baked in the fields of middle America was Buckethead, Brain, Bernie Worrell and Laswell. Okay, close your mouth and take a breath or you”ll be hyperventilating before everyone gets through their solo.

Knowing even brief bits about these musicians” histories gives you a glimpse of what you”ll get here. The behemoth is formed from scorching guitars, running bass, time-piece drumming and funk keyboards. In the hot Tennessee sun of 2004, a three hundred foot robot indeed did “the robot”, when the sound pulsing through its units wasn”t shredding the air and verifiably frying its circuits. Praxis is a collective of music”s finest, but free reign and an ability to draw from each others” diverse backgrounds make them a true monster. Tennessee 2004 is what happens when you let the beast outside and give him a stage to play on. Scintillating.
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Meine Wertung: 9.0/10

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