2008-01-12 - LABEL SHOWCASE: PRAXIS

• 15 years of South London progression..

• PRAXIS: 15 YEARS FROM SCAREMONGER TO LA PESTE - THE ASSAULT CONTINUES! The first 2 releases on Praxis came out towards the end of 1992 in London. Taking an approach of uncompromising hardcore techno, the sound of the label soon radicalized as the new underground scene tried to create an escape velocity against the commercialisation of techno. Many alliances were forged with like-minded musicians and cultural provocateurs world-wide, seeking a cross-pollination of ideas and concepts, always pushing things further, always experimenting. With an average of 3 releases per year PRAXIS never flooded the market, but were always concerned with quality and close relations between producers and label. At the same time other projects such as the organisation of the legendary Dead By Dawn parties at 121 Railton Road in Brixton between 1994-96, and from 1997 Sub/Version, the sister label to Praxis dedicated to hard drum'n'bass and epic breakcore, as well as Datacide, the magazine for Noise & Politics radicalized the subversive potentials further. Praxis has released records by such diverse cutting edge artists as Bourbonese Qualk, Metatron, Disciples of Belial, Lorenz Attractor, Deadly Buda, Test Tube Kid, Pure, Somatic Responses, The Wirebug, Base Force One, Hecate, Kovert, Nihil Fist, and La Peste along with other projects and collaborations. Sub/Version in turn came out with massive tracks by Pure & Christoph Fringeli, Crisis Theory, Kovert, Hecate, Vile Enginez, DJ Scud, DJ Hidden, and Amboss. With Datacide a carrier of countercultural ideas was created in print, "heterogenous theory for the invisible insurrection of a million minds", combining critical articles with news and reviews. 15 years are impossible to sum up in such short a space, all the discussions, ideas, parties, excesses... all the excitement, all the frustrations and all the noise... But why go on about the past when there are countless new projects on the way?: A new Datacide is being produced and will see the light of day in the next couple of months and there will be a conference to accompany the release in Feb/March 2008. A Datacide blog is being prepared. The Sub/Version 013 by Vile Enginez is on test pressing and a re-release of the A-sides of 001 and 002 as 012 is in the pipeline, as are new releases by Kovert and others. On Praxis we recently mastered and cut number 15 - which had never been used - as a triple album with unreleased material from  (mainly) 1993-2003 which has some amazing stuff on it. The next provocative step is Praxis 44 - an anonymous compilation with 4 powerful tracks - the first in a series of 3 anonymous comps to emphasize that "What Is Heard In Sound Is The Non-Face". The first 15 years have passed and we're gearing up for another Decade of Disorder.... Tune into SLEIZURE  to hear a part of hardcore history. More info on PRAXIS at http://praxis.c8.com

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  nomex	gorf beat one	DS 07
  bambule	joy id the aim	PRAXIS 29
  supernal	liberty and justice for us	STILLRAVEN 01
  scaremichael	ascent	PRAXIS 19
  nomex	no-step 2000	PRAXIS 33
  society of unknowns	into the ditch	PRAXIS 24
  hecate	i	PRAXIS 40
  bourbonese qualk	50 years of acid	PRAXIS 05
  bourbonese qualk	technophobia	PRAXIS 02
  bourbonese qualk	traffic	PRAXIS 05
  heist	homage	PRAXIS 11
  hecate	darker than you think	PRAXIS 35
  nomex	nett of sound	PRAXIS 33
  noface	love or kill	PRAXIS 06
  test tube kid	marchine	PRAXIS 22
  lorenz attractor	compelxity crisis	PRAXIS 13
  scaremichael	signal furies	PRAXIS 19
  metatron	state of emergency	PRAXIS 04
  scaremichael	spin fracture	PRAXIS 19
  noface	rise from the ashes	PRAXIS 06
  dj jackal	drumtrax part 3	PRAXIS 09
  kovert shock effect	cult of distraction	PRAXIS 34
  nihil fist	unknown track 06	PRAXIS 38
  h. & the jackal	mechanic deviance	DS 07
  metatron	the future	PRAXIS 04
  metatron	men who hate the law	PRAXIS 04
  society of unknowns	vector	PRAXIS 24
  slaughter politics	you must help yourself	PRAXIS 21
  somatic responses	warp spasm	PRAXIS 18
  base force one	welcome to violence	PRAXIS 027
  dj scud & christoph fringeli	something violent	DS 07
  base force one	phuturist	PRAXIS 027
  base force one	the point of no return	PRAXIS 027
  slaughter politics	pirate utopia	PRAXIS 21
  hecate	necrosadistic	PRAXIS 35
  heist	blista	PRAXIS 11
  heist	corridors (remix)	PRAXIS 11
  bambule	tripped wire	PRAXIS 29
  bambule	thirdforce	PRAXIS 29
  slaughter politics	forest fire	PRAXIS 21
  hecate	my mirrors are black	PRAXIS 35
  hecate	necrosadistic	PRAXIS 35
  nomex	fire is the centre	PRAXIS 33
  potere occulto	mynydd ddu	PRAXIS 25
  16-17	b	PRAXIS 31
  eiterherd	schmerz	PRAXIS 30
  kovert shock effect	response activator	PRAXIS 34
  hecate	famished	PRAXIS 35
  hecate	wanna try me	PRAXIS 32
  hecate	first is last	PRAXIS 32
  metatron	part 4	PRAXIS 08
  christoph fringeli & pure	antichrist	SUB 02
  hecate	caught up	PRAXIS 32
  somatic responses	spacegrinder	PRAXIS 18
  bourbonese qualk	qual	PRAXIS 05
  kovert shock effect	cult of distraction	PRAXIS 34
  hecate	v	PRAXIS 40
  somatic responses	reactor	PRAXIS 18
  black mass plastics	generation mentasm	STILLRAVEN 02
  noface	torment	PRAXIS 06
  scaremichael	disco dum dum	PRAXIS 19
  the wirebug	instruments need more than jus	PRAXIS 28
  metatron	the art of disappearance	PRAXIS 04
  bourbonese qualk	knee-jerk-reaction	PRAXIS 05
  bourbonese qualk	otaku	PRAXIS 05
  bourbonese qualk	unknown track	PRAXIS 05
  society of unknowns	dead by dawn	PRAXIS 24
  pure	king kong	PRAXIS 26
  eiterherd	flucht	PRAXIS 30
  disciples of belial	one god	PRAXIS 07
  disciples of belial	goat of mendes	PRAXIS 17
  disciples of belial	lucifer we praise thee	PRAXIS 07
  test tube kid	promars	PRAXIS 22
  base force one	a little harder	STILLRAVEN 03
  dj scud	come with it	DS 07
  scaremichael	lockstep partii	PRAXIS 19
  noface	master of the lost souls	PRAXIS 06
  nihil fist	unknown track 01	PRAXIS 38
  lorenz attractor	raw toy	PRAXIS 13
  bourbonese qualk	hello america	PRAXIS 05
  bambule	vertical invasion	PRAXIS 29
  bourbonese qualk	interstate	PRAXIS 05
  fennesz	darkstar remix	SUB 03
  test tube kid	mit den wolfen heulen	PRAXIS 22
  disciples of belial	mutilation	PRAXIS 17
  disciples of belial	torment of the bastard nazaene	PRAXIS 17
  disciples of belial	torment of the bastard nazaene	PRAXIS 17
  disciples of belial	sell your soul to the devil	PRAXIS 07
  bourbonese qualk	take control	PRAXIS 02
  lorenz attractor	raw toy	PRAXIS 13

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