Com Defeito de Fabricação
Studio album by
Tom Zé
Released1998
Recorded1998
GenreMPB
Length36:35
LabelLuaka Bop[1]
Tom Zé chronology
Com Defeito de Fabricação
(1998)		 Postmodern Platos
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]

Fabrication Defect (Com Defeito de Fabricação) is an album by the Brazilian musician Tom Zé, released in 1998.[4][5] It is a concept album about the likelihood of humans becoming androids due to the forces of economic manipulation; "genetic defects", like the desire to dance, are the only things preventing the transformation.[6][7]

Zé supported the album by touring with Tortoise as his backing band.[8] A remix EP, Postmodern Platos, was released in 1999.[9]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone thought that the album "exhibits a symphonic precision rare in music of such percussive complexity."[10] CMJ New Music Report called the album "a stunning return," writing that Zé is "perhaps the last Brazilian Tropicalista to remain totally true to his iconoclastic roots."[11]

The Orange County Register stated that Fabrication Defect "showcases [Zé's] off-kilter cultural cut 'n' paste style in which everything from a 'rubber balloon on tooth' to bottles can become a musical instrument."[12] The Village Voice concluded that "Zé doesn't simply cut and paste digital bits together into a martial disco beat, preferring unlikely material displacements of musique concrète."[13]

AllMusic wrote that "the album is a fragmented blend of skittish acoustic guitars, booming electronic rhythms, shouted slogans, bizarre found-sound tape loops, and near-psychedelic production tricks."[2]

Track listing

  1. Defect 1: Gene
  2. Defect 2: Curiosidade
  3. Defect 3: Politicar
  4. Defect 4: Emerê
  5. Defect 5: O Olho Do Lago
  6. Defect 6: Esteticar
  7. Defect 7: Dançar
  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

References

  1. ↑ Margasak, Peter (May 20, 1999). "Tom Ze". Chicago Reader.
  2. 1 2 "Com Defeito de Fabricacao (Fabrication Defect) - Tom Zé | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Tom Ze". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ↑ "Tom Zé Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Woodard, Josef. "Tom Ze: Com Defeito de Fabricacao". JazzTimes.
  6. ↑ Moon, Tom (August 28, 2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. Workman Publishing. ISBN 9780761139638 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Spencer, Peter (October 18, 1998). "Seduction sews 'Fabrication Defect'". The Star-Ledger. Spotlight. p. 12.
  8. ↑ Gilmer, Vickie (May 21, 1999). "Dada poet of Brazil music is a barrier-buster". Star Tribune. p. 1E.
  9. ↑ Athitakis, Mark (May 27, 1999). "Z's Take on Tropiclia". Miami New Times. Music.
  10. ↑ "Fabrication Defect... : Tom Ze : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01.
  11. ↑ "New World '98". CMJ New Music Report. 57 (601): 22. Jan 11, 1999.
  12. ↑ Darling, Cary (September 18, 1998). "Tropicalia revisited". Orange County Register. p. F53.
  13. ↑ Gehr, Richard (September 29, 1998). "Consumer Retorts". The Village Voice. Music.



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