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Fabrication Defect Original recording reissued

Tom Ze Format: Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars 15 customer reviews
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Defect 1: Gene
  2. Defect 2: Curiosidade
  3. Defect 3: Politicar
  4. Defect 4: Emere
  5. Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago
  6. Defect 6: Esteticar
  7. Defect 7: Dancar
  8. Defect 8: Onu, Arma Mortal
  9. Defect 9: Juventude Javali
  10. Defect 10: Cedotardar
  11. Defect 11: Tangolomango
  12. Defect 12: Valsar
  13. Defect 13: Burrice
  14. Defect 14: Xiquexique

Product Details

  • Audio CD (March 28, 2000)
  • Original Release Date: 2000
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Luaka Bop
  • ASIN: B00004RD2F
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,512,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 starsCannibalization!
By dasmith@iei.net on April 16, 1999
Format: Audio CD
Tom Ze's mission statement in the liner notes, that the day of the composer is past and the music of the future will be built on cannibalization of existing styles and samples of other works, seems stale in the context of North American music, where the hip hop revolution of the late 1970s has infiltrated nearly every genre of recorded music. But the consequences of this statement in terms of the Third World, Brazil in particular, are more powerful, and Ze spells them out in the notes and in his inspired songs: for those people on the bottom of the social hierarchy (an unfortunate majority in the Third World and a growing number in the U.S.) this type of "dragnet" in music composition is a way of life and a means of survival. It echoes the theories of ethnomusicologists studying African music and music of the African diaspora - inspired creators, no matter how poor, can always create something from essentially nothing, or in this case, from refuse. The refuse Ze uses on this album reveals its own richness in juxtaposition. Hip-hop drum programs, forro accordions, techno beats, smooth bossa nova, Renaissance music, musique concrete, funk, and other disparate styles are brought together by Ze's lyrics in a way very few other "world music" artists are capable of. Where most other artists in this genre use different styles as mere flavoring (and, more cynically, for hit potential) Tom Ze has pointed reasons for their use in each composition, each "defect", as he calls them.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsbrilliant
By Sean M. Kelly on April 26, 2001
Format: Audio CD
While other members of the Tropicalia movement have somewhat mellowed with age, the same certainly can not be said for the amazing, anarchic Tom Ze. The music he has produced over the years is as fresh and innovative today as it has ever been. As David Byrne simply wrote in liner notes for a Ze compilation cd, "Prepared to be unsettled."
"Fabrication Defect," from 1998, is Tom's latest offering to the world. On it, Ze continues his his wonderfully radical approach to music by incorporating everything at his disposal- hip hop beats, drum machines, techno, musique concrete, Tchaikovsky. It's all there. Ze proves, as always, that he is both a musical bandit, taking what he wants, yet also a brilliant composer.
"Fabrication Defect" proves his brilliance as a composer beyond a shadow of a doubt. The music is an alluring and inviting mix of the above mentioned styles, as well as traditional bossa novas and sambas. The words he uses are at once caustic, irony filled, yet immaculately graceful, as well. Ze has an obvious insight into human nature that can't be ignored.
The lp is wonderful, and also picks up the pace as it goes along. This is simply because the songs get shorter and shorter as the cd progresses. The highlights include "Emere," which has an otherworldly quality to it, "Juventude Javali," which clearly borrows from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in d Minor, and the brilliant, Dylan-esque "Xiquexique."
Overall, the album sparkles with brilliance. Ze's use of all of these influences, and the wonderful production he offers it, makes this cd an instant classic, as well as a true representative of the Tropicalia movement (even if it was released 20 years after the fact). Ze's genius has never been greater. An awesome cd of the highest calibre.
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4.0 out of 5 starsLONG LIVE TOM ZE'!
By David Keymer TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on June 17, 2015
Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase
ZE’, Tom. The Hips of Tradition. Luaka Bop. 1992.
ZE’, Tom. Com Defeito de Fabricacao. Luakabob. 1995. TZ, voc, instrumts; others.

Dada poet-songwriter-performer Tom Ze’ was a dominant figure in Brazil’s 1960s Tropicalia movement, which fused artistic and political expression and led eventually to some of its artists’ (e.g., Caetano Veloso) imprisonment by the military regime of the day in Brazil. After the 60s, Ze disappeared from sight for over two decades only to reappear in the 90s after ex-Talking Heads lead David Byrnes heard an album of his and signed him (Byrne’s first signing) to his new label, Nuala Bop. Wikipedia describes Ze’s music in these terms: “avant-garde, experimental, folk, world music, tropicalia (early).” That pretty much captures it.

For listeners whose exposure to Brazilian pop music is confined to 60s bossa nova –Jobim, Gilberto—Ze’ must be a shock. Leaving aside the lyrics, which are a mixing of Dada poetry, popular references and slick pop, the musical arrangements of Ze’s albums are one things –unexpected. They’re good, often even lyrical, but predictable? No! Not at all! Ze’ loves to mix up sounds and styles. He’ll use unfamiliar instruments (even a typewriter on one piece, which however is not on one of these two albums). As you profess through the album, you don’t know what you’ll get next –and you do! Of the two albums, Hips is the more accessible, Com Defeito more programmatic—Defeito is a program piece, about the esthetics of capitalism. While the political point of view doesn’t get in the way of the music, it does mean that the lyrics are heavier on rhetoric than poesy. Hips is just fun.
But both albums are interesting, enjoyable, and deeply musical.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsNao sei que dizer

Tom Ze is something else man. I can't put to words what this guy has done since I started listening to him. Read more

Published on October 20, 2011 by Colin
5.0 out of 5 starsTom Ze - phenomenal talent from Brazil

After watching a movie at the San Francisco Film Festivel several years back about Tom Ze, I was tempted to buy this and other CD's - phenomenal.

Published on May 26, 2010 by peter H. calcott
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing!

If you want to witness a revolution in music listen to it. Tom Ze is a genius that cannot be ignored. He sounds astonishing!

Published on May 20, 2006 by Danielle A. M. Garcia
3.0 out of 5 starsSome tracks excellent, others lacking

Preferring the Brazilian beats with more energy, I fell in love with only a few of the tracks on this CD. Read more

Published on August 7, 2001 by Mamma Ro
5.0 out of 5 starsExiste inteligência do lado de baixo do Equador

Espaço exíguo... Como escrever com profundidade em tão pouco espaço sobre um artista tão seminal como TZ? Read more

Published on November 22, 1999 by Eduardo
5.0 out of 5 starsExiste inteligência do lado de baixo do Equador

Espaço exíguo... Como escrever com profundidade em tão pouco espaço sobre um artista tão seminal como TZ? Read more

Published on November 22, 1999 by Eduardo
4.0 out of 5 starsCannibalization!

Tom Ze's mission statement in the liner notes, that the day of the composer is past and the music of the future will be built on cannibalization of existing styles and samples of... Read more

Published on April 16, 1999 by dasmith@iei.net
5.0 out of 5 starsHeadache

amazing headach

Published on March 17, 1999
4.0 out of 5 starsIntelligent satire mixing various Brazilan music syles

The first time I listened to this I thought the sounds unique and creative. Upon further listening I kept thinking I heard parts of some of the songs already. Read more

Published on January 16, 1999
4.0 out of 5 starsTom Ze breaks social and musical boundaries, yet is listenab

There really isn't enough space above to write any sort of one line overview on this cd. Or any other cd I suppose. Read more

Published on November 21, 1998

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