Postmodern Platos
1999 studio album by Tom Zé
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Postmodern Platos is an EP by the Brazilian musician Tom Zé, released in 1999.[2][3] It contains remixes of tracks found on his album Com Defeito de Fabricação.[4] The album and the EP helped to increase Zé's popularity in the United States and Brazil.[5]
| Postmodern Platos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Label | Luaka Bop[1] | |||
| Tom Zé chronology | ||||
| ||||
Zé supported the EP by touring North America (for the first time) with Tortoise; Zé sold the EP at his concerts and online.[6][7][8] The remix EP conforms to Zé's philosophy of arrastão, where art can be "stolen" and repurposed.[9]
Production
The tracks were remixed by the High Llamas, John McEntire, Sean Lennon, Amon Tobin, and Sasha-Frere Jones (as Gene to Gene).[10][11] Zé was surprised that his music was so appreciated by artists working in various genres; he also was pleased that some songs sped up his rhythms.[12][13] "Canudos" was a new song by Zé.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [12] |
| Orange County Register | [14] |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10[15] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
Pitchfork wrote: "When, four minutes into the almost seven- minute-long nebulaic journey, Tobin breaks out his trademark frenzied rhythmic assault, he casually casts off the best one-and-a-half minutes Postmodern Platos has to offer."[15] Spin determined that "rarely has weird alien funkaplinking been so relaxing."[16] The Star Tribune noted that the remixers "breathe their own musicality into Ze's songs."[17] The Orange County Register labeled the EP "little more than an appetizer for his full-length CD—but it's tasty nonetheless."[14]
The Los Angeles Times deemed the EP "a kind of '90s pop music echo of the eclectic, cut-and-paste avant-garde music of the '60s, an early influence on Ze during his student days."[18] The Village Voice concluded that "McEntire's 'Defect 2: Curiosidade' remix ... doesn't demonstrate particular insight."[19] Rolling Stone wrote that "the High Llamas dismantle [Zé's] song into free-floating radio transmissions that murmur above a plaintive, warbling synthesizer."[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Defect 2: Curiosidade (High Llamas Remix)" | |
| 2. | "Defect 2: Curiosidade (John McEntire Remix)" | |
| 3. | "Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago (Sean Lennon Remix)" | |
| 4. | "Defect 2: Curiosidade (Amon Tobin Remix)" | |
| 5. | "Defect 1: Gene (Gene to Gene Remix)" | |
| 6. | "Canudos" |