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
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
↑Margasak, Peter (May 20, 1999). "Tom Ze". Chicago Reader.
