Fabrication Defect (Com Defeito de Fabricação) is an album by the Brazilian musician Tom Zé, released in 1998.[4][5] It is a concept album about the likelihood of humans becoming androids due to the forces of economic manipulation; "genetic defects", like the desire to dance, are the only things preventing the transformation.[6][7]
| Com Defeito de Fabricação | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | MPB | |||
| Length | 36:35 | |||
| Label | Luaka Bop[1] | |||
| Tom Zé chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
Zé supported the album by touring with Tortoise as his backing band.[8] A remix EP, Postmodern Platos, was released in 1999.[9]
Critical reception
editRolling Stone thought that the album "exhibits a symphonic precision rare in music of such percussive complexity."[10] CMJ New Music Report called the album "a stunning return," writing that Zé is "perhaps the last Brazilian Tropicalista to remain totally true to his iconoclastic roots."[11]
The Orange County Register stated that Fabrication Defect "showcases [Zé's] off-kilter cultural cut 'n' paste style in which everything from a 'rubber balloon on tooth' to bottles can become a musical instrument."[12] The Village Voice concluded that "Zé doesn't simply cut and paste digital bits together into a martial disco beat, preferring unlikely material displacements of musique concrète."[13]
AllMusic wrote that "the album is a fragmented blend of skittish acoustic guitars, booming electronic rhythms, shouted slogans, bizarre found-sound tape loops, and near-psychedelic production tricks."[2]
Track listing
edit- Defect 1: Gene
- Defect 2: Curiosidade
- Defect 3: Politicar
- Defect 4: Emerê
- Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago
- Defect 6: Esteticar
- Defect 7: Dançar
- Defect 8: ONU, Arma Mortal
- Defect 9: Juventude Javali
- Defect 10: Cedotardar
- Defect 11: Tangolomango
- Defect 12: Valsar
- Defect 13: Burrice
- Defect 14: Xiquexique
References
edit- ^ Margasak, Peter (May 20, 1999). "Tom Ze". Chicago Reader.
- ^ a b "Com Defeito de Fabricacao (Fabrication Defect) - Tom Zé | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Ze". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Tom Zé Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Woodard, Josef. "Tom Ze: Com Defeito de Fabricacao". JazzTimes.
- ^ Moon, Tom (August 28, 2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. Workman Publishing. ISBN 9780761139638 – via Google Books.
- ^ Spencer, Peter (October 18, 1998). "Seduction sews 'Fabrication Defect'". The Star-Ledger. Spotlight. p. 12.
- ^ Gilmer, Vickie (May 21, 1999). "Dada poet of Brazil music is a barrier-buster". Star Tribune. p. 1E.
- ^ Athitakis, Mark (May 27, 1999). "Z's Take on Tropiclia". Miami New Times. Music.
- ^ "Fabrication Defect... : Tom Ze : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01.
- ^ "New World '98". CMJ New Music Report. 57 (601): 22. Jan 11, 1999.
- ^ Darling, Cary (September 18, 1998). "Tropicalia revisited". Orange County Register. p. F53.
- ^ Gehr, Richard (September 29, 1998). "Consumer Retorts". The Village Voice. Music.
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