Re: tom ze' (Re: RECENT AQUISITIONS)


Jeremy Hollister (jeremy@mte.com)
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:36:48 -0500



Just checked and there is actually no berimbau on the record.

Here are some liner notes:

tom Ze: Vocals,Guitar, BOCHEXAXADO (cheek xaxado) and Rubber Balloon on
        tooth.

Gilberto Assis: Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, vocals, Rabeca (Hillbilly violin),
Baixlao

cristina carniero - vocals, keyboards and bottles.

several other musicians are listed as playing, among other instruments,
bottles.

Here is the actual manifesto behind the album:

Fabrication Defect

the third world has a huge and rapidly increasing population. These people
have been converted into a kind of "andriod", almost always
anaalphabetics. It has happened here in Brazil - in the slums of Rio, Sao
Paulo and the northwest of Brazil, and in the third world in general. But
these "androids" reveal some inborn defects: they think dance and dream -
things that are very dangerous to the first world bosses. let me
explain:in the eyes of the first world, we in the third world who think
these things, and who explore our reality on the planet, are like
"androids" who are essentially defective. To have ideas, to compose, for
instance, is to dare. In the dawn of history, the idea of gathering
vegetable fibers and inventing the art of weaving to great courage. To
think will always be considered an effrontery>

Tom Ze

Interesting perspective to consider. Especially from an artist from a
country that has contributed some of the most unique and beautiful music
to the world.

J

On 25 Mar 1999, Tony Reid wrote:

> je> Tom Ze: Fabrication Defect (Luaka Bop)
> je> Funky Brazilian sounds with an interesting message about
> je> consumerism and the third world. As with many other Brazilians there
> je> is great use of non-traditional objects for percussion, also on a track
> je> there is the strangest rubbery sound.
>
> possibly a berimbau (musical hunting bow)?
>



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