Funkcronomicon


Funkcronomicon is a 1995 various artists collection of tracks produced by Bill Laswell under the name Axiom Funk, after Laswell's associated record label. It is a 2-CD set that was released by Island Records. Funkcronomicon features heavy participation from various members of Parliament-Funkadelic, to the degree that Funkcronomicon is widely considered to be a full-fledged P-Funk album. The album features what may be Pedro Bell's last authentic artistic renderings, as well as P-Funk guitarist Eddie Hazel's last recordings before his death in 1992. The album comprises newly recorded tracks, as well as tracks that have been featured on other Bill Laswell productions. Produced and compiled at Greenpoint Studio in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Funkcronomicon contains songs that were recorded as early as Maceo Parker's For All the Kings Men period. The album title is a play on Necronomicon, a fictional book.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. Order Within The Universe 3:17
  2. Under The Influence 5:45
  3. If 6 Was 9 6:00
  4. Orbitron Attack 12:29
  5. Cosmic Slop 5:15
  6. Free-Bass 5:43
  7. Tell The World 3:53
  8. Pray My Soul 5:08
Disc two
  1. Hideous Mutant Freekz 7:25
  2. Sax Machine 7:47
  3. Animal Behavior 7:09
  4. Trumpets And Violins, Violins 3:38
  5. Telling Time 4:57
  6. Jungle Free-Bass 5:38
  7. Blackout 3:44
  8. Sacred To The Pain 4:54

    Personnel

Producer: Bill Laswell
"Order Within The Universe"
  • Organ: Bernie Worrell
  • Turntable: DXT
  • Bass, Beats, Sound EFX: Bill Laswell
"Under The Influence"
"If 6 Was 9"
"Orbitron Attack"
"Cosmic Slop"
"Free-Bass"
  • Free-Bass: Zillatron
  • Stun Guitar: Menace
"Tell The World"
"Pray My Soul"
"Hideous Mutant Freekz"
  • Vocals: George Clinton, Garry Shider, Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Bootsy Collins
  • Guitar, Space Bass: Bootsy Collins
  • Guitar Solo: Buckethead
  • Synth: Bernie Worrell
  • Drum Loops: Anton Fier
"Sax Machine"
  • Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Bootsy Collins
  • Alto Saxophone: Maceo Parker
  • Trombone: Fred Wesley
  • Guitar, Bass: Bootsy Collins
  • Low Bass: Bill Laswell
  • Synth: Bernie Worrell
  • Percussion: Timothy "T-Bone" David
"Animal Behavior"
  • Lead Vocals, Space Bass: Bootsy Collins
  • Organ: Bernie Worrell
  • Guitar: Buckethead
  • Turntables: Af Next Man Flip
  • Drums: Brain
  • Samples: Bill Laswell
"Trumpets and Violins, Violins"
"Telling Time"
"Jungle Free-Bass"
  • Jungle Bass: Bootsy Collins
  • Dub Bass: Bill Laswell
  • Vocal Sounds: Torture
"Blackout"
  • Guitar, Bass, Drums: Blackbyrd McKnight
"Sacred To The Pain"