Collection is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the super-group Praxis

Praxis (band)

Praxis was the name of an ever-changing musical project, led by prolific producer Bill Laswell. Praxis combine elements of different musical genres such as funk, jazz, hip-hop and heavy metal into highly improvised music...

, released in 1998 by the label Douglas.

This album does not contain any songs from their first album Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

Note: Track 8 starts out with the Giant Robot theme, that is also featured on Buckethead's Bucketheadland album. The track also contains a version of one of the many themes Akira Ifukube wrote for Toho production's Godzilla films.-Personnel:...

(1992) and focuses more on the next albums Sacrifist

Sacrifist

- Personnel :*Praxis:**Bootsy Collins - bass and vocals**Buckethead - guitar**Brain - drums**Bernie Worrell - keyboards**Mick Harris - vocals**Yamatsuka Eye - vocals**John Zorn - saxophone**Bill Laswell - bass...

(1994) and Metatron

Metatron (Praxis album)

Metatron is the third album of Bill Laswell and Buckethead's project Praxis. This album concentrates on the core band of Buckethead, Brain and Laswell, rather than featuring a large number of guests like the earlier albums....

(1994).

The songs "Maggot Dream" and "Dark Hood" belong to Death Cube K (an anagram of Buckethead

Buckethead

Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...

), and were released in the album Dreamatorium

Dreamatorium

-Credits:*Buckethead - guitar*Bill Laswell - bass*Robert Musso - Engineering *John Matarazzo - Realization*Robert Soares - A&R Coordination*Norman Saul - System Design...

in 1994.

Track listing

Personnel

• Praxis:
  • Buckethead
    Buckethead
    Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
    
    : guitars, sounds
  • Bill Laswell
    Bill Laswell
    Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
    
    : bass, sounds
  • Brain
    Bryan Mantia
    Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis and Godflesh, and with other popular performers such as Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead...
    
     (1,2,4,7,9): drums, sounds
  • John Zorn
    John Zorn
    John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
    
    : sax (3), voice (3,5,8)
  • Yamantaka Eye
    Yamantaka Eye
    , real name , born February 13, 1964 in Kobe, is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ...
    
     (3,5,8): voice
  • Mick Harris
    Mick Harris
    Mick Harris commonly known and credited both as Mick Harris or occasionally M.J. Harris, is an English musician....
    
    (3,5,8): voice

• John Brown - Material Design
• James Koehnline - Artwork