| Da Lama ao Caos | ||||
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| Studio album by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Chico Science & Nação Zumbi chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Da Lama ao Caos | ||||
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Da Lama ao Caos (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.
It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history (13th position). The magazine also voted its title track as the 22nd greatest Brazilian song.
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. 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.
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.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Chico Science, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
- 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
References
- Allmusic review
- Nogueira, Lígia (18 September 2009). "'Da lama ao caos', álbum essencial do mangue beat, faz 15 anos". G1 (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. 2007. Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- Espírito Santo, José Julio do (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Da Lama ao Caos"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Arte na Capa / Da Lama ao Caos - Nação Zumbi". Canal Brasil. Grupo Globo. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- "Da lama ao caos". Discos do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2010.