Among the 90,000 self-avowed hipsters and tripsters who braved the heavy rains at Bonnaroo 2004 in Manchester, Tennessee, the chances are good that only a few of them were truly prepared for the sonic onslaught of Praxis. Although Bonnaroo was billed as their "American premiere," the truth is Praxis have played numerous shows in the States going back to the mid-1990s. Their larger festival dates in Europe and Japan have become quasi-legendary, spawning a brisk bootleg market and raising a clamor among underground disciples in search of "official" live CDs. The latest Innerhythmic release Live in Zurich joins the small crop of live Praxis recordings that have been sanctioned, overseen and produced by Bill Laswell himself. Recorded on June 21, 1996 at the JazzNoJazz Festival in Zurich, this is also one of the group"s earliest gigs, and finds them in topflight form for an enthusiastic audience.