Mundo Civilizado

Arto Lindsay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 20, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bar/None Records
• ASIN: B0000048EY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,858 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #23 in Music > Indie Music > Latin Music > Latin Pop

Track Listings

1. Complicity

2. Q Samba

3. Simply Beautiful

4. Mundo Civilizado

5. Titled

6. Horizontal

7. Mar da Gavea

8. Ibassai

9. Pleasure

10. Erotic City

11. Clown

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Mundo Civilizado is Lindsay's second successful jazz pop foray, continuing on the path followed on 1996's Subtle Body while delving further into electronic music by setting many of his acoustic compositions to the beats of DJ Spooky and Mutamassik. Though not as tied to bossa nova (he covers Al Green and Prince, though still occasionally sings Portuguese) as Body, Mundo makes ample use of Brazilian percussion that blends seamlessly with the electronics. Given the rapid-fire intricacies of both, in fact, it's sometimes difficult to tell which is which.

If this still gentler, more lyrical direction was unexpected from a man who'd made his name as king of the untuned guitar and horrific shriek (and continues in that capacity for John Zorn), it's worth remembering that Lindsay grew up in Brazil and has incorporated elements of its music as far back as the mid '80s, with the Ambitious Lovers, and arguably even earlier with his no-wave band DNA. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Start here, December 19, 2005

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Ruby Sinreich "activist geek mom" (Chapel Hill, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mundo Civilizado (Audio CD)

I'm a huge Arto Lindsay fan, I have all of his albums, and this one (Mundo Civilizado) is still my favorite. It's a great place to start.

If you like this, also check out Hyper Civilzado which is re-mixes of songs from this album. His newer albums are also awesome, I recommend Invoke and Salt. But I love them all.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars phenomenal, November 5, 1999

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Allison Holmquist ([e-mail]) (Moscow, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mundo Civilizado (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, it is rare treat to find such a phenomenal and thorough release these days. This cd becomes addictive. Pleasant English and Portuguese vocals, percussion and tastes of excellent Bossa Nova influenced electronica. I do believe most humans should own this tasty morsel.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Subtly Perfect, January 6, 1999

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[e-mail] (Lyme, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mundo Civilizado (Audio CD)

Perfect albums don't come along too often, so grab this one while it's still being made. The words are metaphysical without being mystical, strange phrases sneak up on you, begging to be played again and deciphered; the music is a sublime samba for another, I hate to say it, millemium; and the beats, ohh the beats: jarring without being out of place, quiet and danceable (almost) at the same time. Listen to this album over and over again, for there is much to be discovered with repitition.