Zurich is a live album by 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 2005 by the label Innerhythmic. The album is a recording of their performance at the Jazznojazz Festival in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 on June 21, 1996. Other selected parts were recorded live at the Knitting Factory, NYC on June 30, 2000.

The song "Transmutation" was originally only one song but was split into 5 parts for the final tracklisting. The song "Giant Robot" is a version of the song from the album Bucketheadland

Bucketheadland

Bucketheadland is the debut album by musician Buckethead, released on John Zorn's Japanese record label Avant in 1992. It features several samples of the 1960s Japanese television series Giant Robot amongst guitar riffs by Buckethead...

by guitarist 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...

 in 1992.

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...
    
    : guitar
  • 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...
    
    : drums
  • Bill Laswell
    Bill Laswell
    Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
    
    : bass

• Robert Musso: Engineer
• James Dellatacoma: Assistant
• Oz Fritz: Live engineering
• James Koehnline: Cover Art
• John Brown and Cloud Chamber: Redesign
• Steven Saporta: Innerhythmic
• Steve Dalmer: NYC
• Ian Blackaby: UK
• Robert Soares: Germany
• L & M Urso: Boston
• Peter Casperson: Invasion
• Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studios, NYC
• Alex Theoret: Second