Brazil Classics 5:The Return Of Tom Zé - The Hips Of Tradition (1992)

“Inspired by hard-lit and science fiction, Zé’s tick-tocking sambas and comforting cançãos range from the painfully touching to the inscrutably conceptual." - www.luakabop.com

"This 1992 album by Tom Zé was already produced by Luaka Bop, David Byrne's label, after his discovery by Byrne when he was almost dropping everything to return to his hometown to work in a gas station. "I don't make art, I make spoken and sung journalism." This self-coined definition by Tom Zé helps listeners understand his music. Pop music with self-made instruments, references to modern erudite music, and strong reminiscences of ancient northeastern cantigas de cego and other grooves. On this album subtitled "The Return of Tom Zé," he sticks to the concept developed in the '60s by tropicália, the movement he helped to conceptualize, which perceived music as a cultural industry production for which it is valid to take any world influences, mixing them with Brazilian rhythms, concrete poetry, existentialism, drum machine loops (added later), pop culture, contemporary urban grooves, and everything else that eventually could be thought of. Tom Zé has lots of thoughts to express in his lyrics, which had an English version in the inlay, and this release may be very appealing for those who are into world music. It even explores some indigenous styles, delivered in an almost pure form. But, as he himself put out, his albums shouldn't be listened to for beautiful melodies." ~ Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide (http://www.answers.com/topic/brazil-classics-vol-5-the-hips-of-tradition)

“Songs are inside of me, like pearls resting in oysters,” Tom says, his mouth moving back and forth as if masticating a marble. “It takes that grain of sand many years of rubbing before it becomes a pearl. That’s why it takes so long for my songs to develop.” A founding member of the Tropicália movement, Zé stepped up his country’s musical metabolism. With cohorts Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Os Mutantes, Zé siezed upon rock, psychedelia and art music, fusing it with folkloric rhythms and popular forms like samba." -
http://www.luakabop.com/tom_ze/cmp/info.html


Tracklist:
1. Ogodo, Ano 2000
2. Sem A Letra "A"
3. Feira De Santana
4. Sofro De Juventude
5. Cortina 1
6. Tai
7. Iracema
8. Fliperama
9. O Amor E Velho-Menina
10. Cortina 2
11. Tatuaramba
12. Jingle Do Disco
13. Lua-Gira-Sol
14. Cortina 3
15. Multiplicar-se Unica
16. Cortina 4
17. O Pao Nosso De Cada Mes
18. Amar

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