Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

{{track listing

| title1 = Blast/War Machine Dub

| length1 = 3:51

| title2 = Interface/Stimulation Loop

| length2 = 2:17

| title3 = Crash Victim/Black Science Navigator

| length3 = 3:42

| title4 = Animal Behavior

| length4 = 7:09

| title5 = Dead Man Walking

| length5 = 5:14

| title6 = Seven Laws of Woo

| length6 = 5:05

| title7 = The Interworld and the New Innocence

| length7 = 6:29

| title8 = Giant Robot/Machines in the Modern City/Godzilla

| length8 = 6:38

| title9 = After Shock (Chaos Never Died)

| length9 = 16:20

}}

Note: Track 8 contains an interpolation of the title theme from the Japanese TV series Giant Robot, a rendition of which also featured on Buckethead's Bucketheadland album. The track also features one of the many themes Akira Ifukube wrote for Toho production's Godzilla films.

Personnel as per Discogs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Praxis-Transmutation-Mutatis-Mutandis/release/196685|title=Praxis - Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}

• Praxis:
• Bootsy Collins – space bass, vocals
• Buckethead – guitar, toys
• Brain – drums
• Bernie Worrell – synthesizer, clavinet & vital organ
• AF Next Man Flip (Lord of the Paradox) – turntable, mixer
• Recorded at Greenpoint Studios, Brooklyn, New York
• Conceived and constructed by Bill Laswell
• Robert Musso, Imad Mansour, Paul Berry, Oz Fritz – engineers
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Thi Linh Le – art direction, photography
• Aldo Sampieri – design

{{Infobox album

| name = A Taste of Mutation

| type = EP

| artist = Praxis

| cover = A taste of mutation.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1992

| recorded = Greenpoint Studio, New York in 1992

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Avant-garde, experimental rock, experimental metal

| length = 21:07

| label = Axiom

| producer =

| prev_title = Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Sacrifist

| next_year = 1994

}}

Four song from the album were released as an EP under the title A Taste of Mutation.

{{track listing

| title1 = Animal Behavior

| length1 = 7:09

| title2 = Dead Man Walking

| length2 = 5:14

| title3 = Crash Victim/Black Science Navigator

| length3 = 3:42

| title4 = Seven Laws of Woo

| length4 = 5:05

}}

==Animal Behavior single==

{{Infobox song

| name = Animal Behavior

| cover = praxis - animal single.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Praxis

| album = Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)

| released = {{start date|1992}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Funk metal, experimental rock

| length = 11:44

| label = Axiom

| writer = Bill Laswell, Buckethead, Bootsy Collins

| producer = Bill Laswell

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

"Animal Behavior" was the only single released from the album and was the first and only single released by Praxis. It was chosen as it was the only song of the album to contain lyrics.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57777|pure_url=yes}} The vocals were performed by former P-Funk member Bootsy Collins, who also plays "space bass" while his P-Funk colleague Bernie Worrell can be heard on keyboards. Furthermore, the core members, San Francisco Bay Area musicians Brain (drums) and Buckethead (guitars) plus band leader Bill Laswell (samples) were assisted by turntablist Af Next Man Flip (aka Afrika Baby Bam of the Jungle Brothers).

The single includes three different versions of the title track written by Collins, Laswell and Buckethead,{{Cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=44343&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title = BMI | Repertoire Search |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713021927/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=44343&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} an edited album version from Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), a short radio edit and a third version that was used for the music video. The original seven-minute album version was also released on the EP A Taste of Mutation in the same year and later included to the Axiom compilation Funkcronomicon in 1995 while the video edit was re-released in 1993 on Manifestation: Axiom Collection II.{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t4916561|pure_url=yes}} The song also was included as the last part of the suite "Cosmic Trigger" on the album Axiom Ambient - Lost in the Translation in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacreddub.com/discography/axiom-ambient-lost-in-the-translation |title=Bill Laswell - Axiom Ambient: Lost in the Translation |publisher=Sacred Dub |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}[http://www.silent-watcher.net/billlaswell/discography/aaaz/lostinthetranslation.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708183345/http://www.silent-watcher.net/billlaswell/discography/aaaz/lostinthetranslation.html |date=July 8, 2008 }}

{{track listing

| title1 = Animal Behavior (Radio Version)

| length1 = 2:51

| title2 = Animal Behavior (Album Version)

| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = Animal Behavior (Transmutation Video Version)

| length3 = 4:45

}}

A video by {{ill|François Bergeron|fr}} was released to promote the album and single, featuring the band performing in night vision while fighting against hostile robots and monsters. The video clip was played on MTV's Amp{{cite web |url=http://www.bucketheadland.com/faq/index.html#anchor1777731 |title=Buckethead FAQ v 1.0 |publisher=Bucketheadland.com |accessdate=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230003000/http://bucketheadland.com/faq/index.html#anchor1777731 |archivedate=2011-12-30 }}{{cite web |url=http://my.execpc.com/~danperry/mus/amp.html#113 |title=the AMP lists |publisher=My.execpc.com |accessdate=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626041130/http://my.execpc.com/~danperry/mus/amp.html#113 |archivedate=2013-06-26 }} and was included in Buckethead's 2006 DVD Secret Recipe.

• Buckethead: guitar, toys
• Bootsy Collins: space bass, vocals
• Bernie Worrell: synthesizer, clavinet, vital organ
• Af Next Man Flip (Lord of The Paradox): turntable, mixer
• Brain: drums
• Bill Laswell: samples, sounds{{cite web|url=http://www.sacreddub.com/discography/praxis/animal-behavior-cd-single/ |title=Praxis - Animal Behavior (CD Single) |publisher=Sacred Dub |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
• James Koehnline: Cover artist

{{reflist}}

• {{Discogs master |master=13778 |name=Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) |type=album}}
• [http://billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/transmutation-mutatis-mutandis Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)] at Bandcamp

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