''Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)'' is the last album by

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, released in Japan on January 1, 2008. The album features guest appearances by

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and

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among others; notably it features some of the last known recordings of hip-hop emcee & gothic-futurist visual artist

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. The album had a US release via M.O.D. Technologies in 2011. For more than a year the album was only available for purchase by ordering it from Japan. Japanese website "Neowing" released samples of each song. On February 3, 2009 it was available as a download. A US version was released on January 25, 2011, through

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, w ...

's new label, M.O.D. Technologies. The re-release features two new live tracks "Wedge" and "Subgrid". Not long after this re-release, Laswell commented on the likely end of the band and that he considered the band as a "closed chapter". M.O.D. Technologies also slated (through their distributor

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) a vinyl version for April 2013.

Track listing

US release (bonus tracks)

Personnel

By song

General credits

*Produced and arranged by

*Created at Orange Music Orange, NJ *Engineer:

Robert Musso The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, hono ...

*Assistant: James Dellatacoma *Drums and Amps/Set up: Artie Smith *Mastered at Turtle Tone Studio *Engineer: Michael Fossenkemper *Front + Back panels: James Koehnline *Design: John Brown @ cloud chamber

References

External links

Profanation CD sale
{{Authority control 2008 albums Praxis (band) albums Albums produced by Bill Laswell