''Da Lama ao Caos'' () is the debut album by the Brazilian band

Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places *Chico, California, a city *Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community *Chic ...

. Released in 1994, the album presents a fusion of

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and

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and contributed for spreading the music of

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around the world. ''Da Lama ao Caos'' is considered the manifesto of the

Manguebeat The mangue bit or manguebeat movement is a cultural movement created circa 1991 in the city of Recife in Northeast Brazil in reaction to the cultural and economic stagnation of the city. The movement largely focuses on music, but it has its own fas ...

movement. It was listed by ''

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'' 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

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, 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

* Tracks "Computadores Fazem Arte" and "Côco Dub (Afrociberdelia)" are not included in the vinyl version.

Personnel

Source: ;Chico Science & Nação Zumbi *

Chico Science Francisco de Assis França (March 13, 1966 – February 2, 1997), better known as Chico Science, was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the manguebeat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernam ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

;

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s on "Lixo do Mangue" * Lúcio Maia –

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* Alexandre Dengue -

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* Toca Ogan -

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and effects * Canhoto -

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* Gira -

alfaia

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* Gilmar Bolla 8 - alfaia * Jorge du Peixe - alfaia ;Special guests * André Jungmann -

berimbau The berimbau () is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, originally from Africa, that is now commonly used in Brazil. The berimbau would eventually be incorporated into the practice of the Afro-Brazilian martial art ''capoeira'' ...

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,

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* Mastered at Future Disc,

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* Dolores & Morales - graphical project * Fred Jordão - photography * Luciana K - finisher * Helder - illustrations, finisher * Hilton Lacerda -

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text, finisher * Cláudio Almeida - images/texts editing, finisher * Estado da Arte - collaboration * João Belian - collaboration

References

{{Authority control 1994 debut albums Nação Zumbi albums Mangue Bit albums