''Fabrication Defect'' (''Com Defeito de Fabricação'') is an album by the Brazilian musician

Tom Zé Antônio José Santana Martins (born 11 October 1936), known professionally as Tom Zé (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of t ...

, released in 1998. 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. Zé supported the album by touring with

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as his backing band. A remix EP, '' Postmodern Platos'', was released in 1999.

Critical reception

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'' thought that the album "exhibits a symphonic precision rare in music of such percussive complexity." ''

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'' called the album "a stunning return," writing that Zé is "perhaps the last Brazilian Tropicalista to remain totally true to his iconoclastic roots." The ''

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'' stated that ''Fabrication Defect'' "showcases é'soff-kilter cultural cut 'n' paste style in which everything from a 'rubber balloon on tooth' to bottles can become a musical instrument." ''

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'' concluded that "Zé doesn't simply cut and paste digital bits together into a martial disco beat, preferring unlikely material displacements of musique concrète."

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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."

Track listing

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

References

Concept albums Tom Zé albums Luaka Bop albums 1998 albums {{Brazil-album-stub