Category Archives: Praxis History

Should the Next Praxis Releases by on Vinyl?

Vinyl has been the essential format for our releases in the past. But how does that fit in the current musical landscape? While we also publish digital-only releases, we still see the value of publishing as physical hard copy. Take a look at the list of releases we have in the pipeline below and let us know what […]

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Check out our YouTube channel @NoisePolitics for – The Molehill Report, our monthly short video newsletter/magazine – exclusive full length interviews – videos of live performances – video versions of datacide articles and book reviews – music videos and trailers – audio uploads of praxis and sub/version releases – DJ sets, mixes and live sets […]

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Torah + Christoph DJ Set on Energy FM London 1994 on YouTube

Torah and CF back to back DJ set on the London pirate radio Energy FM on 09-09-1994 of which only this half hour is on a cassette we found in our archives. Gabba and proto-speedcore (often playing records on 45) blasting through the airwaves. Torah definitely taking the lead in her typical high energy Gabba-style. […]

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The Molehill Report #10 feat. Praxis Records History 1992-2022

The 10th edition of THE MOLEHILL REPORT is online now at our Noise & Politics YouTube channel. A monthly video newsletter covering activities and perspectives from Praxis Records, Datacide Magazine, Molehill Publishing and other associated projects, presented by Christoph Fringeli. December 2022: 30 years ago this month the two first releases on Praxis appeared on […]

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YouTube: Praxis channel merges with Datacide and is now called Noise & Politics

Welcome to our now/old YouTube channel. The Praxis channel is now called Noise & Politics and also will also incorporate Datacide besides Praxis and gives us the possibility to expand into other areas. Check out the latest uploads:

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2022: 30 Years of Praxis!

Yes it’s true, Praxis will turn 30 this year! This will be an opportunity for reflection as well as for looking forward, of looking back at what’s been done, the successes and failures, as well as working out strategies for counter-cultural processes in the future. Praxis was founded in 1992 in London. The first two […]

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Christoph Fringeli & DJ Pure: Dark Star/Anti-Christ

Sub/Version 012Christoph Fringeli & DJ PureDark Star/Anti-Christ Originally released as Sub/Version 001 as a one-sided 12″, Dark Star became a seminal track of the touching point of dark and heavy drum’n’bass/techstep with the emerging breakcore sound, produced “in a cold cellar in Vienna” as the label proclaimed, in 1997. Anti-Christ was the follow-up released the […]

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Limited re-press of Praxis 33 – Nomex: Trocante Gramofony E.P. out now!

Originally released in 1999, Trocante Gramofony E.P. by Nomex is re-pressed in a limited edition of 100 copies on black vinyl from the original plates. Trocante Gramofony opens with the monumental ‘Fire Is The Centre’, followed by two other Nomex masterpieces, ‘Life Destroy’ and ‘No-Step 2000’, as well as three speaker-destroying fragments and locked grooves. […]

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Article about 16-17 by Manuel Liebeskind

Great article by Manuel Liebeskind about 16-17: Basel, Switzerland, early 1980ies. The local punk scene was not a scene really. Too small. But for the remainders of those who kept their interest in the attitude, 16-17 were the fathers of the true spirit. The do-it yourself idea, the no-musical-boundaries-for-nobody attitude, the forward thinking, experimenting musicians, leaving everything […]

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Videos of Live Sets from Praxis Label Night 2005 @ Hirscheneck, Basel are online now

Two videos of live sets from the Praxis Label Night which took place at the Hirscheneck in Basel on November 19, 2005 are now up on our YouTube channel for your delectation! It’s the sets by Vile Enginez and by Nihil Fist. Both artists had brand new releases out for which the party doubled up […]

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