From Philip Sherburne Sent Fri, Apr 2nd 1999, 20:40
From Philip Sherburne Sent Fri, Apr 2nd 1999, 20:40
This has nothing to do with IDM, but fuck it. All y'all owe it to yourself to check out Tom Ze's latest album, "Com Defeito de Fabricacao" (Luaka Bop). For those that don't know, Ze was involved with the Tropicalia movement in the 60s, writing social-protest pop music that stood out for its nonsense lyrics and innovative approach to sound (he made many of his own instruments out of industrial scraps, doorbells, etc.). His new album, which I'm 1/3 of the way through my first listen, continues where he left off, picking up to include sampling, looped breaks, even oval-like glitch ambiance, all set in service of totally hypnotic brazillian pop. Luaka Bop is also releasing a remix project of Ze featuring Amon Tobin, John McEntire, Sasha Frere-Jones, Sean Lennon & the High Llamas; and Ze will be touring with Tortoise. I've also been told by someone at Luaka Bop that the first 2 Tom Ze CDs are woefully out of print, so if you see them, buy on sight. Especially that first one (sorry, don't remember the title -- think it was a Brazil Classics vol. 4 though), it's amazing. philip sherburne