Da Lama ao Caos explained

Da Lama ao Caos
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi
Cover:	Album_Da_lama_ao_caos_cover.JPG
Released:	April 1994 (Brazil) June 13th 1995 (USA)
Recorded:	1993–1994 at Estúdio Nas Nuvens, Rio de Janeiro
Genre:	Manguebeat
Label:	Chaos
Producer:	Liminha
Next Title:	Afrociberdelia
Next Year:	1996

Da Lama ao Caos is the debut album by the Brazilian band Chico Science & Nação Zumbi. Released in 1994, the album presents a fusion of funk rock and maracatu and contributed for spreading the music of Pernambuco around the world. Da Lama ao Caos is considered the manifesto of the Manguebeat movement.^[1]

It was listed by Rolling Stone Brazil as one of the 100 best Brazilian albums in history (13th position).^[2] The magazine also voted its title track as the 22nd greatest Brazilian song.^[3]

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.^[4] The back cover is picture of a crab's claw, purportedly zoomed-in so it becomes pixilated and it becomes clear that the image had been developed with a computer.^[4]

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.^[4]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Source:^[5]

Chico Science & Nação Zumbi

• Chico Science – vocals; samplers on "Lixo do Mangue"
• Lúcio Maia – guitars
• Alexandre Dengue - bass
• Toca Ogan - percussion and effects
• Canhoto - snare drum
• Gira - alfaia
• Gilmar Bolla 8 - alfaia
• Jorge du Peixe - alfaia

Special guests

• André Jungmann - berimbau 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, Rio de Janeiro
• Mastered at Future Disc, Oregon
• Dolores & Morales - graphical project
• Fred Jordão - photography
• Luciana K - finisher
• Helder - illustrations, finisher
• Hilton Lacerda - comics text, finisher
• Cláudio Almeida - images/texts editing, finisher
• Estado da Arte - collaboration
• João Belian - collaboration

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Da lama ao caos', álbum essencial do mangue beat, faz 15 anos. Nogueira. Lígia. 18 September 2009. G1. Globo.com. Portuguese. 28 March 2010.
2. Web site: Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira. Rolling Stone Brasil. Spring. Portuguese. 2014-08-20. 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20170203140652/http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/listas/os-100-maiores-discos-da-musica-brasileira/. 2017-02-03. dead.
3. Web site: José Julio do. Espírito Santo. As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Da Lama ao Caos". Rolling Stone Brasil. Spring. 6 January 2014. Portuguese. 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107013730/http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/listas/100-maiores-musicas-brasileiras/da-lama-ao-caos/. 7 January 2014. dead.
4. Web site: Arte na Capa / Da Lama ao Caos - Nação Zumbi . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/OVQ8EniN0hg . 2021-12-15 . live. . . 10 February 2021 . 18 September 2017.
5. Web site: Da lama ao caos. Discos do Brasil. Portuguese. 28 March 2010.