Tennessee 2004 is a live album by the experimental rock band Praxis, released in 2007 but recorded at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival near Manchester, Tennessee during the early morning hours of June 12, 2004.[4]

Tennessee 2004
Live album by
ReleasedJune 5, 2007
Recorded2004
GenreAcid rock, dub, experimental metal, psychedelic rock, ambient, funk metal
Length58:05
LabelROIR
Praxis chronology
Zurich
(2005)
Tennessee 2004
(2007)
Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusicpositive[1]
PopMatters[2]
Sea of Tranquility[3]

This album features core Praxis members Bill Laswell, Buckethead and Brain, in addition to keyboardist Bernie Worrell.

An extended recording of that show, including tracks that are missing from the 2007 CD release, is available as a paid download from the Bonnaroo website.[5]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Vertebrae"4:31
2."Spun"5:50
3."Night Of The Slunk"4:39
4."Guitar Virus"3:37
5."Machine Gun"7:11
6."Haunted"1:44
7."Broken/Fractal"4:45
8."Bent Light"5:36
9."Chopper"3:55
10."Optic"4:57
11."Magus"11:20

Notes edit

  • "Vertebrae" is an early version of Buckethead's song "Jordan", which was released as a single two years later.
  • "Night Of The Slunk" originally featured on Buckethead's 1999 album Monsters and Robots.
  • "Guitar Virus" incorporates Buckethead's song "Big Sur Moon" from the 1998 album Colma.
  • "Bent Light" is an alternate version of "The Interworld And The New Innocence" from the band's 1992 album Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis).
  • "Magus" includes themes from the Miles Davis composition "Dark Magus".

Personnel edit

Production Staff edit

  • John Brown - cover design
  • James Dellatacoma - assistant
  • Michael Fossenkemper - mastering
  • Oz Fritz - engineer

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ PopMatters review
  3. ^ Sea of Tranquility review
  4. ^ "Praxis: Tennessee 2004 album review @ All About Jazz".
  5. ^ "LIVEBONNAROO | Download Praxis 6/11/04, This Tent, Bonnaroo, TN MP3 and FLAC". www.livebonnaroo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24.