Da Lama ao Caos
1994 studio album by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
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Da Lama ao Caos (Brazilian Portuguese: [da ˈlɐ̃m‿aw ˈkaws]; transl. From Mud to Chaos) is the debut album by the Brazilian band Chico Science & Nação Zumbi. Released in 1994, the album presents a fusion of funk rock and maracatu and contributed for spreading the music of Pernambuco around the world. Da Lama ao Caos is considered the manifesto of the Manguebeat movement.[2]
June 13th 1995 (USA)
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| Released | April 1994 (Brazil) June 13th 1995 (USA) | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1994 at Estúdio Nas Nuvens, Rio de Janeiro | |||
| Genre | Manguebeat | |||
| Length | 50:15 | |||
| Label | Chaos | |||
| Producer | Liminha | |||
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It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history (13th position).[3] The magazine also voted its title track as the 22nd greatest Brazilian song.[4] In 2022, it was elected as the best Brazilian music album of the last 40 years by a O Globo poll which involved 25 specialists, including Charles Gavin, Nelson Motta, and others.[5]
Cover
The album cover, conceived by director Hilton Lacerda, is a collage of images that appear to be "pixilated", with each pixel being a different collage.[6] The back cover is picture of a crab's claw, purportedly zoomed-in so it becomes pixilated and it becomes clear that the image had been developed with a computer.[6]
The first version of the artwork was in black-and-white with some blue shades, but the label refused it, demanding more colors, and that's how the final version was born.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Chico Science, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Monólogo ao Pé do Ouvido" | 1:07 | |
| 2. | "Banditismo por Uma Questão de Classe" | 3:59 | |
| 3. | "Rios, Pontes & Overdrives" | Chico Science, Fred Zero Quatro | 4:03 |
| 4. | "A Cidade" | 4:46 | |
| 5. | "A Praieira" | 3:36 | |
| 6. | "Samba Makossa" | 3:03 | |
| 7. | "Da Lama ao Caos" | 4:31 | |
| 8. | "Maracatu de Tiro Certeiro" | Chico Science, Jorge dü Peixe | 4:11 |
| 9. | "Salustiano Song" | Chico Science, Lúcio Maia | 1:28 |
| 10. | "Antene-se" | 3:35 | |
| 11. | "Risoflora" | 4:08 | |
| 12. | "Lixo do Mangue" | Lúcio Maia | 1:45 |
| 13. | "Computadores Fazem Arte" | Fred Zero Quatro | 3:13 |
| 14. | "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)" | 6:45 |
- Tracks "Computadores Fazem Arte" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)" are not included in the vinyl version.
Personnel
Source:[7]
- Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
- Chico Science – vocals; samplers on "Lixo do Mangue"
- Lúcio Maia – guitars
- Alexandre Dengue - bass
- Toca Ogan - percussion and effects
- Canhoto - snare drum
- Gira - alfaia
- Gilmar Bolla 8 - alfaia
- Jorge du Peixe - alfaia
- Special guests
- André Jungmann - berimbau on "Maracatu de Tiro Certeiro"
- Chico Neves - samplers on "Rios, Pontes & Overdrives", "A Cidade", "Samba Makossa", "Antene-se" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)"
- Liminha - shouting on "Lixo do Mangue"
- Production
- Liminha - producer, mixer, recording engineer
- Jorge Davidson - artistic director
- Ronaldo Viana - mixing coordinator
- Guilherme Calicchio - recording engineer
- Vitor Farias - recording engineer
- Renato Muñoz - studio assistant
- Ricardo Garcia - technical assessor
- Alberto Fernandes - technical assessor
- Steve Hall - mastering
- Eddy Schreyer - mastering
- Recorded and mixed at Estúdio Nas Nuvens, Rio de Janeiro
- Mastered at Future Disc, Oregon
- Dolores & Morales - graphical project
- Fred Jordão - photography
- Luciana K - finisher
- Helder - illustrations, finisher
- Hilton Lacerda - comics text, finisher
- Cláudio Almeida - images/texts editing, finisher
- Estado da Arte - collaboration
- João Belian - collaboration