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Da Lama Ao Caos

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This is CSNZ's first album, after years on the road defining a unique musical personality, which mixtures hip-hop, hardcore guitars and strong drumbeats. It also helped support a cultural movement, which gained ground in the 90's throughout Brazil, giving room for bands such as "Mundo Livre SA", "Cascabulho", and others. This album was independently launched in Brazil, until it became much of an alternative success to be ignored by the big record companies. CSNZ's second album - Afrociberdelia - leads to a more hardcore and electronic music. Both are great records, with amazing rhythms. The road was already paved when Chico Science died in a car accident, before they could get the international recognition they deserved. Too bad for the rest of us.

this album is a watershed event of brazilian pop music. to put it bluntly, there's brazilian music before this album, and then there's brazilian music after it. the only other album I can think of that presents such a radical shift in the direction brazilian pop would take is the first Tropicalia record, the one with songs from Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Ze, Os Mutantes, etc. Like that music, Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi create a perfect synthesis of all the different musical influences present at the time - maracatu, funk, rock, hip-hop, heavy metal, and electronic music later on. These guys redefined what brazilian music could sound like, paving the way for everything from DJ Dolores to Bebel Gilberto, as well as inspiring Sepultura to expand their sound into what became the album "Roots". The songs are all great, percussion driven funk and metal with Chico Science's unique delivery - a mix of hip-hop and the more traditional embolada, while the lyrics capture the excitement and agony of being young and poor in a city like Recife and the discrepancies of being surrounded by cultural richness and crippling poverty, and it still sounds fresh even more than 10 years later. It's impossible to overstate how important this album is, and any fan of intelligent rock or hip-hop should do themselves the favor of owning it.

This cd combines drums with more electronic sounding beats, but it never dissolves into the boring monotony of techno music (my biases are showing here). Instead this cd sounds like a fusion of more traditional Afro-Brazilian beats with a more raw, modern sound. I just wish I understood Portuguese to know what he is saying.

I've just returned from three months in the Sertao region of Bahia Brasil. Que legal! I stumbled upon Afrocyberdelia through a friend and immediately went to the loja de discos to see what else this master of fusion had to offer.

What did I find? Da lama ao caos! This masterpiece of ear candy that blends just about every type of rhythm-full music you can imagine.

If you can score the double disc set (I imagine it will be available here soon), grab it also. It has some great B-sides, live stuff and great mixes by some of the best Drum and Bass/Jungle DJs as well as the master himself, David Byrne. Get it? Got it? Good!

This is a Brazilian classic. I remenber when these guys from Recife emerge from the mangue with a worderful mix of maracatu with heavy metal. It's one of the most original kind of sound you can imagine. I really really really recommend this piece of art to all the human beings in the world

I am a huge afficionado of brasilian music. I have over 70 brasilian cd's and I must admit that with the exception of Afrociberdelia (chico science and nacao zumbi's second outing) this is without a doubt the best cd of the bunch. It is filled to the brim with more sounds than anyone should be able to fit into a single cd. Very highly recomended. If you speak portuguese then pay special attention to the lyrics because they are awesome.

Chico Science & Nação Zumbi knows how to play drums. The Brazil's heart beats are beating in your ears when you listen to it! I can talk about it. I'm brazillian.

Germana Fernandes anger@baydenet.com.br

Chico Science's drums and chants and guitars, the blend of hip hop and funk makes a great concoction of sound. Kind of like a Brazilian Beastie Boy, but even cooler, because of his experimental sound and mixing of so many different musical elements. It is one of the best CD's I own. It is so worth it to buy this Cd.