Zumbi

From Rhythm Magazine
This debut disk from Andrea Marquee is a kinetic mix of funk, club sounds, sampling, psychedelica and electronica, all with some very excellent singing and songwriting. Marquee wrote many of the tracks on Zumbi, which includes a number of classics from legends Caetano Veloso and Jorge Ben. There are guest appearances by Otto, one of the leading voices of the new generation of Brazilians who are melding traditional Brazilian rhythms and instruments with the experimentation of electronica. Rica Amabis produced many of the tracks and plays "beats" as well. Marcos Suzano, Brazil's premier pandeiro player also shows up. -Michael Cowan

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Average customer rating: Won't you take me to mangue town?

Nacao Zumbi Nacao Zumbi Manufacturer: Trama ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Futura Da Lama Ao Caos Futura ASIN: B00008O75J Release Date: 2003-12-22

Tracks:

1. Blunt Of Judah
2. Mormaco
3. Propaganda
4. Amnesia Express
5. Meu Maracatu Pesa Uma Tonelada
6. Faz Tempo
7. Prato De Flores
8. Know Now
9. Ogan Di Bele
10. Caldo De Cana
11. O Fogo Anda Comigo
12. Tempo Amarelo

Customer Reviews:

Won't you take me to mangue town?.......2006-03-29

Okay I won't pretend to know anything about mangue music, and by the fact that my local CD store had filed this under 'African' music means I'm probably not alone. Nacao Zumbi (from Brazil, by the way) have been around for quite some time, and this effort of theirs after the untimely passing away of Chico Science is an enjoyable and eclectic selection of music. My favourite is the heavy 'Meu Maracatu Pesa Uma Tonelada', which is just too short and must be played very loud to truly enjoy.. Blunt of Judah is also a grinding anthem for the album. Ogan Di Bele is a straight out reggae song, and all the other songs are somewhere in between. Not all the songs work, but there is enough on the CD and enough variation that there's probably something in there that will appeal to most listeners. A couple of the songs are just plain bizarre. Interestingly, a couple of the songs are in English, which doesn't seem to add anything to the music, in fact they would have been better off sticking to Portugese, my opinion only. Overall, a few excellent tracks, a few interesting ones and a couple I can live without, but an interesting introduction to the world of mangue music.

Average customer rating: stone cold classic Groundbreaking Sound Rhythm-driven coolness.

Da Lama Ao Caos Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Sony Bmg/Chaos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Afrociberdelia Futura Nacao Zumbi Lado B Lado a Feijão com Arroz ASIN: B00000G9N6 Release Date: 1994-03-21

Tracks:

1. Monologo Ao Pe Ado Ouvido
2. Banditismo Por Uma Questao de Classe
3. Rios, Pontes & Overdrives
4. Cidade/Boa Noite Do Velho Faceta (Amor de Crianca)
5. Praieira
6. Samba Makossa
7. Lama Ao Caos
8. Maracatu de Tiro Certeiro
9. Salustiano Song [Instrumental]
10. Antene-Se
11. Risoflora
12. Lixo Do Mangue [Instrumental]
13. Computadores Fazem Arte
14. Coco Dub (Afrociberdelia) [*]

Customer Reviews:

stone cold classic.......2006-03-20

this album is a watershed event of brazilian pop music. to put it bluntly, there's brazilian music before this album, and then there's brazilian music after it. the only other album I can think of that presents such a radical shift in the direction brazilian pop would take is the first Tropicalia record, the one with songs from Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Ze, Os Mutantes, etc. Like that music, Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi create a perfect synthesis of all the different musical influences present at the time - maracatu, funk, rock, hip-hop, heavy metal, and electronic music later on. These guys redefined what brazilian music could sound like, paving the way for everything from DJ Dolores to Bebel Gilberto, as well as inspiring Sepultura to expand their sound into what became the album "Roots". The songs are all great, percussion driven funk and metal with Chico Science's unique delivery - a mix of hip-hop and the more traditional embolada, while the lyrics capture the excitement and agony of being young and poor in a city like Recife and the discrepancies of being surrounded by cultural richness and crippling poverty, and it still sounds fresh even more than 10 years later. It's impossible to overstate how important this album is, and any fan of intelligent rock or hip-hop should do themselves the favor of owning it.

Groundbreaking Sound.......2001-06-15

This is CSNZ's first album, after years on the road defining a unique musical personality, which mixtures hip-hop, hardcore guitars and strong drumbeats. It also helped support a cultural movement, which gained ground in the 90's throughout Brazil, giving room for bands such as "Mundo Livre SA", "Cascabulho", and others. This album was independently launched in Brazil, until it became much of an alternative success to be ignored by the big record companies. CSNZ's second album - Afrociberdelia - leads to a more hardcore and electronic music. Both are great records, with amazing rhythms. The road was already paved when Chico Science died in a car accident, before they could get the international recognition they deserved. Too bad for the rest of us.

Rhythm-driven coolness........2000-04-30

This cd combines drums with more electronic sounding beats, but it never dissolves into the boring monotony of techno music (my biases are showing here). Instead this cd sounds like a fusion of more traditional Afro-Brazilian beats with a more raw, modern sound. I just wish I understood Portuguese to know what he is saying.

Average customer rating:

Futura Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Trama ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nacao Zumbi Da Lama Ao Caos Sound Directions: Funky Side of Life Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000BTCIQ4 Release Date: 2005-11-14

Tracks:

1. Hoje, Amanh Depois
2. Na Hora de Ir
3. Memorando
4. Ilha
5. Respirando
6. Voyager
7. Expresso Da Elica Avenida
8. Nebulosa
9. Sem Pre
10. Vai Buscar
11. Pode Acreditar
12. Futura

Album Details

The Sixth Album from the Brazilan Group with 12 Tracks. Guest Appearances Include Those from Mauricio Takara from Hurtmold and Fernando Catatau from Cidado Instigado.

Average customer rating: this is only a taste more minds blown due to cszn cd It's mind-blowing.

CSNZ Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000G9N5 Release Date: 1999-06-04

Tracks:

1. Malungo - Chico Science,
2. Nos Quintais Do Mundo - Chico Science,
3. Proto Sambadco de Mensagem Digital - Chico Science,
4. Dubismo - Chico Science,
5. Interlude Cien-Zia - Chico Science,
6. Quilombo Groove /Lixo do Mangue/Enquanto o Mundo ... [Ao Vivo] - Na Zumbi, Chico Science,
7. Um Satte Na Cabe[Ao Vivo] - Chico Science,
8. Pout-Pourri/Lixo Do Mangue/Enquanto O Mundo Explode [Ao Vivo] - Chico Science,
9. Sobremesa [Ao Vivo] - Na Zumbi, Chico Science,
10. Salustiano Song [Ao Vivo] - Chico Science,
11. Samba Makossa [*] - Chico Science,

Tracks:

1. Amor de Muito - Mario Caldato, Jr., Chico Science
2. Banditismo Por Uma Questde Classe - Chico Science
3. Cidade - DJ Soul Slinger, Chico Science
4. Rios, Pontes E Overdrives - David Byrne, Chico Science
5. Macmix - Fila Brazillia, Chico Science
6. Corpo de Lama - Chico Science
7. Coco Dub [Afrociberdelia] - Mad Professor, Chico Science
8. O CidadDo Mundo - Arto Lindsay, Chico Science
9. Risoflora - Bid, Chico Science
10. Chico - Death of a Rockstar/Maracatmico [Sample] - Chico Science

Album Description

Old reference: 789124 A double cd featuring many remixes of songs from the previous albums, live material, and four unpublished songs. One of them is "Malungo", which is already a big hit on FM stations around the country, and has special guests: Jorge Benjor, Marcelo D2, Falcao from O Rappa, and Fred 04 from Mundo Livre. Great cd !!! Nacao-Zumbi, which was the support band for Chico Science, the creator of the Mangue-Beat movement is still a great and innovative band !!! One of the best Brazilian Pop Bands on the scene. Antiga referencia: 789124 Este cd duplo apresenta diversos remixes de musicas dos albuns anteriores, assim como gravacoes ao vivo, ainda com a presenca de Chico Science, mais quatro musicas ineditas. Imperdivel para os apreciadores do trabalho de Chico Science, criador do Mangue-Beat um dos movimentos mais.originais do Pop Brasil nos anos 90. Destaque para a faixa: "Malungo", que ja esta estourada nas radios de todo o pais, e conta com as participacoes especias de Jorge Benjor, Marcelo D2, Falcao do Rappa, e Fred 04. Excelente trabalho !!! O que ha de melhor no Pop Brasileiro !!! *** A double cd featuring many remixes of songs from the previous albums, live material, and four unpublished songs. One of them is "Malungo", which is already a big hit on FM stations around the country, and has special guests: Jorge Benjor, Marcelo D2, Falcao from O Rappa, and Fred 04 from Mundo Livre. Great cd !!! Nacao-Zumbi, which was the support band for Chico Science, the creator of the Mangue-Beat movement is still a great and innovative band !!! One of the best Brazilian Pop Bands on the scene. Sony. 2006

Album Details

Double CD Set featuring Many Remixes of Songs from the Previous Releases, Live Material, and Four Previously Unpublished Songs. One of them is 'malungo', which Has Become a Hit on Radio Stations all Over the Country, and Has Special Guests Jorge Benjor, and Marcelo D2.

Customer Reviews:

this is only a taste.......2000-08-15

While this is a great cd on its own, make sure to get Nacao Zumbi's work w/ the (late) great Chico Science. Science was pretty much the creator of this whole movement, but sadly he died in 97, and this cd is a homage to him. This album is definetely burdened by the fact that everyone was still getting over his death when it was made. To get a real feel for their music, you should buy "Da Lama ao Caos," "Afrociberdelia" (which for some stupid reason isn't available right now), or "Radio S.amb.a." (their latest effort, which is also amazing).

I guess to put the album in perspective for you "world music" fans, this band is like Lenine or Carlinhos Brown with a pair of testicles. The impact of the drums from that area are complimented by heavy guitar riffs, a funky bass line, and a unique way of singing which at times is like embolada (or rap). The lyrics are also bleaker and trippier, some times both at once.

Basically, if you liked what Lenine, Otto, Gilberto Gil (in Quanta), and just about every Brazilian musician has done lately, check this band out, because they literally got the whole thing started.

more minds blown due to cszn cd.......2000-05-09

I have to clarify a bit on the sound. A lot of the remixes are reminiscent of the work that Mario Caldato and Nishita did with the Beastie Boys on "Ill Communication". Stuff like "flute loop" and "Ricky's theme". Mad Professor is as refreshingly whacked as usual on their remix. Apollo 9 - I don't know what to compare them to, but it's groovy and spacy. This CD has more of a groovable beat than what Chico Science did on the RED HOT & RIO compilation ( P.S. I love what PM Dawn did with Flora Purim and Airto on RED HOT & RIO - as well as Stereo Lab and Herbie Mann)

It's mind-blowing........2000-04-26

This is a 2CD set. The first CD is half studio work and half live recording. Jorge Ben appears on the first song, which rocks. "Nos Quintais do Mundo (Mucuna)" is particularly fresh. The live stuff was recorded in Recife and it rocks. The second CD contains some mind-blowing remixes of CSNZ by David Byrne (Rios Pontes e Overdrives), DJ Soul Slinger, Apollo 9, Mario Caldato, DZCutz, Fila Brazilia, Mad Professor, BiD, Death of a Rockstar and Arto Lindsay. Anyone who liked what these people did on the RED HOT & RIO compilation will find their mind equally blown.

Average customer rating: Doesn't get better than this Unique and unforgettable Sciência Perfeita Pioneers of the "Manguebeat" style Chico science is good

Afrociberdelia Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Sony International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | South & Central America | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | South & Central America | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | International General | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Latin General | Latin Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Da Lama Ao Caos Feijão com Arroz ASIN: B000002EAL Release Date: 1996-08-27

Tracks:

1. Mateus Enter
2. O Cidadao Do Mundo
3. Etnia
4. Quilombo Groove
5. Maco
6. Um Passeio No Mundo Livre
7. Samba Do Lado
8. Maracatu Atomic
9. O Encontro De Isaac Asimov Com Santos Dumont No Ceu
10. Corpo De Lama
11. Sobremesa
12. Manguetown
13. Um Satelite Na Cabeca
14. Baiao Ambiental
15. Sangue De Bairro
16. Enquanto O Mundo Explode
17. Interlude Zumbi
18. Crianca De Domingo
19. Amor De Muito
20. Samidarish
21. Maracatu Atomico (Atomic Verson)
22. Maracatu Atomico (Ragga Mix)
23. Maracatu Atomico (Trip Hop)

Customer Reviews:

Doesn't get better than this.......2006-12-23

Chico Science is inexplicable, a review can't do it justice... that good.

Unique and unforgettable.......2006-10-10

When Chico Science left the world, an entire generation trembled. He was an alchemist in the best sense of the word and an original innovator, able to amalgamate the best elements of quite distinct sources; he revealed new worlds and possibilities, exposing states through music that no-one else could yet feel. His image to me was since the beginning, and still is, the image of a powerful light hurricane. In sound and picture, we are reminded now of what a unique coloring he brought to sight, as Nacao Zumbi goes on with renewed vitalities and amazing new songs.

I still mourn his death back in 97 as many others do: as one mourns the death of a close friend, and as one mourns all geniuses not only at an early age but at any age. His buddy Fred 04 summed up a few years later the feeling of grief that made its way through many: `the equation does not close: one day, someone will have to admit publicly that in that distant February in the twentieth century, there was an unforgivable failure in the clockwork of chaos. Something happened not as foreseen and, for the disgrace of the cosmos, the wrong guy ended up taken' ([...]). Still, as one meditates the ways of life and death now that ten years have slipped, one feels not as sad about Chico's departure as glad and inspired about his figure. There is nothing in his apparently brief thirty-something years that makes them different from one hundred years. He actually lived several hundred `years', nay uncountable eons and kalpas of experiences.

So thank you, Chico, for all the great music; for showing us so many new things that we could not see by ourselves, for doing what you do and for being what you are - what you will always be. Attention, [...] reader: Afrociberdelia is perhaps the most original rock album of the entire decade - in the world. And attention, Brazilian fans: does any one remember the wonderful 1997 special "Ensaio" at TV Cultura with his interview and songs? Someone should have brought back that stuff and made it available already, it is a precious document that can't be missed.

Sciência Perfeita.......2006-06-08

To write about Afrociberdelia is a fool thing to do. In fact, you have to hear to understand Chico's visionary brazilian music mind. A must have!

Saudade deste arteiro...

Pioneers of the "Manguebeat" style.......2003-09-21

This guys have managed to grasp the feeling of some Brazilian traditional rhythms (like samba, for instance) and combine them with electronic - TripHop-esque beats and Catchy guitar/bass riffs. Everything makes perfect sense in the end. I highly recommend this since it?s one of the most authentic bands of the last decade. Just give it a try, it's absolutely fascinating.

Chico science is good.......2002-05-22

it is good but only 2 of the songs appealed to me. the rest were just endless drum beats and rambling in portugeuse. its a shame chico science died, as he most likely couldve produced more good music such as crianca de domingo and manguetown but one of his members went to soulfly the other brazilian band. i amnt sure if he's still there. we miss u chico.

Average customer rating: their best yet (since 97)

Futura Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Circular Moves ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Da Lama Ao Caos Nacao Zumbi Sigil Icky Thump ASIN: B000E6EJL6 Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

1. Hoje, Amanha E Depois
2. Na Hora De Ir
3. Memorando
4. A Ilha
5. Respirando
6. Voyager
7. Expresso Da Eletrica Avenida
8. Nebulosa
9. Sem Preco
10. Vai Buscar
11. Pode Acreditar
12. Futura

Amazon.com

Brazil has always embraced music mix-it-up movements. There was samba at the dawn of the 20th century, Tropicalismo in the 1960s, and mangue beat in the 1990s. Each movement owes its predecessors lots, and each reaches aggressively across borders to earn its definition. Take Nacao Zumbi. This Perhambuco sextet throws a mélange of elements into their mix: batucada rhythmic undergirding, laconic Portuguese vocals that cross stylistic continents (hip hop here, rock-meets-samba there), and an instrumental palette mingling electronics, fuzzed guitars, and big-beat drums. When their original leader, Chico Science, died in 1997, the band pressed ahead, finding a sonic identity that deserves massive recognition on a world stage. And now the laid-back, polyglot urban world music rocks and bumps with the best, begging that ultimate venue question: When will the music community be big enough to welcome Nacao Zumbi to the show? --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

their best yet (since 97).......2006-04-12

it's pretty much impossible to think of Nacao Zumbi without thinking of Chico Science's untimely death (almost 10 years ago...), and I've always had the feeling the band feels the same way. Their past 2 albums have had their strong points, but I always felt that they left a little room for improvement - meaning Chico's abscense was an ever-present element of their music.

This album is a different story. The band plays with a confidence not heard since the days of Chico Science, with every track presenting their usual sense of experimentation but without their sound ever losing focus. The lyrics and vocals (mostly by Jorge du Peixe) are strong throughout, Lucio Maia's guitar is as creative and unique as ever, and the production is at the highest it has ever been. Their past albums always had a song or two that didn't quite work, but here they manage to mix all their interests - funk, surf guitar, hip-hop, heavy metal, dub, electronic music, maracatu, and everything else under the sun - yet nothing ever sounds out of place. Drum programming in one track, dubbed out grooves in another, even a baseline that sounds like it came out of a Portishead song, and the characteristic stacatto rap of Jorge du Peixe over some ferocious percussion, all fit perfectly into an esthetic that manages to include everything these guys like without ever sounding like it's a different band. With this album Jorge Du Peixe and co. finally cement their own place in the music world, managing to push Chico Science's project ahead without living under his shadow.

Average customer rating:

Maxximum Chico Science & Nação Zumbi Manufacturer: Sony Bmg/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AS92BA Release Date: 2005-08-15

Tracks:

1. Lama Ao Caos
2. Rios, Pontes E Overdrives
3. Computadores Fazem Arte
4. Cidade/Boa Noite Do Velho Faceta (Amor de Crian
5. Praieira
6. Maracatu Ato (Trip Hop)
7. MacMinha Menina/Take Five
8. O CidadDo Mundo/Cuidado Com O Bulldog/Louva/Bat Macumba
9. Manguetown - Na Zumbi, Na Zumbi, Chico Science
10. Corpo de Lama - Na Zumbi, Na Zumbi, Chico Science
11. Quilombo Groove [Instrumental] - Na Zumbi, Na Zumbi, Chico Science
12. Amor de Muito - Na Zumbi, Na Zumbi, Chico Science
13. Nos Quintais Do Mundo
14. Proto Sambadco de Mensagem Digital
15. Coco Dub (Afrociberdelia) [VersRemix]
16. MacMinha Menina/Take Five [VersRemix]
17. Chico - Death of a Rockstar
18. Samba Makossa

Album Details

Limited to Only One Pressing. Mangue-beat.

Average customer rating: Different, dark, soulful beads

Zumbi Andrea Marquee Manufacturer: Stern's Brasil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004UB2S Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. Intro-Banho de Cachoeira-Dry
2. Zumbi
3. You Don't Know Me?
4. Juliana
5. Cantos de Trabalho
6. Balan
7. Voz Do Morto
8. Sambadelic
9. Agora NinguChora Mais
10. Banana Bacana
11. Se Tivesse D
12. O Que Aconteceu Com Nosso Amor?
13. Maldita Cama
14. Ningude Ningu
15. Outro-Banho de Cachoeira-Wet

Customer Reviews:

Different, dark, soulful.......2000-08-02

This album was very interesting. Honestly it didn't impress me at first but after a few go-rounds it had a way of growing on me. Now I love it! I picked it up after hearing her work with "The Heartbreakers" and her amazing new sound in the Brasil 2Mil compilation. This CD is a new sound altogether - different even from "Carmesim" on Brasil 2Mil (which is not on this album) As sweet, soulful and melodic as Andrea Marquee's voice is, she would have benefitted if the late Suba could have arranged this CD and produced some of the tracks. Still, it is a good album + get if if you're looking for that underground, electronic "Sao Paulo" sound. But by all means pick it up. If you like Suba, or the six-thousand degrees sounds, it's very similar. And get it via Amazon.com b'cause it's near impossible to find in the stores...

Notable tracks are 2,3,7, and 11-14.

beads.......2000-07-27

The most recent best in the line of Caetano-Arto Lindsay- Marissa Monte- Otto -Bebel Gilberto, Andrea Marquee has a grip on the best of Brazillian tradition and what is happening now. A heavy electronic funk backing holds up a lighter vocal, and all the detail is filled in with the brazillian/African percussion. A great record.

Average customer rating: THIS IS GREAT fan of Gilberto Gil Chico Science is smiling in heaven A SLICE OF PURE BRAZILIAN UNADULTERATED FUNK

Rádio S.Amb.A Nacao Zumbi Manufacturer: Stern's Brasil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Rock en Español | Latin Music | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004W1RA Release Date: 2000-09-04

Tracks:

1. Do Mote Do Doutor Charles Zambohead
2. Azougue
3. O Caranguejo Da Praia Das Virtudes (Madame Sata)
4. Lo-Fi Dreams (Los Sebosos Postizos)
5. Arrancando As Tripas
6. Pela Orla Dos Velhos Tempos
7. Remedios
8. Carimbo
9. Coco Assassins (Bailado Capenga)
10. Quando A Mare Encher
11. Antromangue
12. Brasilia
13. Na Balada Do Rio Salgado
14. Joao Galafuz
15. Jornal Da Morte
16. Zumbi X Zulu
17. Del Chifre's Beach

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS GREAT.......2002-04-27

I also loved the track from Brazil 2mil a remix of Amor De Muito from Afrociberdelia. I was personally surprised that Nação Zumbi released another without Chico Science. It was a great shame when I found out weeks ago that Chico had died in 1997.

Still...this album is brilliant. If you like tracks on Chico or Nação's previous albums then you will surely love this. This really is a piece of brazillian magic that I can only describe as perfect.

fan of Gilberto Gil.......2001-07-11

I wasn't that acquainted with Nacao Zumbi except for a song or two off the Brasil 2Mil Cd. But if you like nice vocals and harmonies, chord progressions, you might be disappointed with this, as I was. Almost every song has lyrics shouted more than sung, in a rap/hip-hop-like style, but with almost no melody or background chords...lots of percussion, but it didn't have that intoxicating brazilian sound, or even the creative transformation of that sound like on Brasil 2Mil. I'm sure there are tons of other fans of brazilian music who would say i'm a traditionalist, so i don't mean to offend anyone, but just want to warn prospective buyers that if you are thinking typical or even modern brazilian music, don't buy this cd!

Chico Science is smiling in heaven.......2001-01-20

Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi, Tool, NIN The Fragile, the Pretenders before heroin took it's toll, and Henry Rollins, Liar Man, when he's having a good day. Some people just rock. Afrociberdelia is truly one of the best albums ever. And you know what? Radio S.AMB.A is in the same class. These are just a few of my favorite things.

A SLICE OF PURE BRAZILIAN UNADULTERATED FUNK.......2000-09-27

Nacao Zumbi hails from the Northeastern state of Brazil, Recife. Led by musical rebel Chico Science, the band challenged the standard definition of Brazilian music with a radical mix of Nordestina forms such as Maracatu and Baiao and "foreign" styles like punk rock, heavy metal, dub, funk, drum-and-bass and hip-hop. Their fans called this eclectic brew Mangue Beat (Portuguese for mangrove).

Their two albums, Da Lama ao Caos and Afrociberdelia received critical acclaim from the press as well as fans David Byrne, Arto Lindsay and Oasis. These accolades brought Chico Science and Nacao Zumbi very close to international recognition. Then disaster struck: in 1997 Chico was killed in a car accident.

It has taken three years but Nacao Zumbi is back with a new album, Radio S.amb.a. On this recording, they take on the most Brazilian musical form, Samba. This recording kicks off with the percussion driven first track, Do Mote Do Doutor Charles Zambohead /Azouque, which prepares the listener for the delights to come. They keep the intensity up on Arrancando As Tripas (ripping the guts out) by doing just what the title implies: tearing the guts out of this progressive samba workout. All through the album you hear their Brazilian roots as well as the influences of their American musical heroes, which makes for a very unadulterated mix. This is a great comeback from a very original band whose leader is missed, but who do not miss a step in this Brazilian party of groovy sounds for the mind as well as the feet. Listen to it and enjoy one of the funkiest hard rock bands in the world today!

Average customer rating: Solid Debut

Zumbi Andrea Marquee Manufacturer: Ybraz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004WH2Q Release Date: 2000-07-18

Album Details

Up and Coming Singer.

Customer Reviews:

Solid Debut.......2004-09-01

I love Andrea Marquee's voice. She's just so talented a singer, her range and passion, its great. This album, "Zumbi", represented her first real solo effort after being affiliated with a few random groups in Brazil (Heartbreakers). And Andrea's talents don't end at the recording studio - she's quite the actress and live stage performer, featuring in numerous plays and musicals in Brazil. This CD was probably the first CD I ever ordered off of Amazon.com and I only ordered it because I couldn't find it anywhere. I was introduced to Andrea's voice on the compilation Brasil 2Mil, released one year earlier, and knew this had to be great.

Was it great? Well, it was pretty good. But not a full five star effort mainly because the tunes on here aren't timeless. The concept is really remaking a few of old classics in Brazilian MPB, from Caetano (everyone remakes his work...) to Chico Buarque. The sound has a pretty raw feel to it and not all the tracks got me (the raps & beat-boxing). However you can hear her range and the sweetness in her voice in tracks like Maldita Cama (cursed bed) and No more tears was sort of funny. Yet some of the songs had me thinking "that's cute", and then flipping to the next after 45 seconds. And as much as I like her, that's what bugs me about her. It seems like she never got the right sound around her extremely sensual voice and is left to continue experimenting with sounds and effects.

All in all, this isn't a bad debut for the multi-talented artist but I wouldn't recommend shelling out big bucks for this. She has some more modern stuff too. Check any of the three (at least that I know of) <BPM> cds on the market; there are two in the USA and one double disc set I know of in Brazil. "Autumn Leaves" is a pretty sexy cut - the girl's definitely into hip-hop. Yet in some ways even there she suffers from the same thing on even the BPM releases, just like on the tune she did with I think Apollo 9 on Caipirissima - the specific electronica in her songs makes it almost impossible for the tracks to be timeless. I really wish she had the chance to work with Suba (RIP) - seems like that would have been the perfect partnership, especially after hearing "Carmesim" on Brasil 2Mil. Then again, a lot of divas would have benefited from his genius (Bebel's new one, Cibelle, Katia B, Taciana, etc.)

Whatever you do, stay away from "Fama", her "Best Moments" cd. That's a release dedicated to her show-tunes... one of which includes a remake of "Living La Vida Loca". **shudders**

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1. 10 Anos Ao Vivo Em Gramado [Live] [Import]
2. 20 Grandes Exitos [Extra tracks]
3. 20 Jahre Zillertaler Schürzenjäger Live [Live]
4. 34th Annual Southern California Indian Center Pow-Wow [Live]
5. 50 Cool Celtic Songs [Box set]
6. A Portuguesa [Import]
7. Acustico MTV [Import]
8. Agatsuma
9. Ambiance Ballon
10. Anthologie du Musette [Import]

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Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside

4 English Suites 2 3 4 & 6

A 1940s Radio Hour, Volume 3

Gardenias for Lady Day [Hybrid SACD]

2001: A New Beginning

A Wonderful Dream

Baida [Import]

All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [Original recording remastered]

36D

24 Karat [Import]

89/93: An Anthology

16 Big Band Hits, Vol. 9

2000 [Explicit Lyrics]

Puritani-Complete Opera-1967: W. Moffo, Duval, Giaiotti; Guadagno - Phil./1967

The Soft Machine