Titanomaquia
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Titanomaquia is the seventh album released by Brazilian rock
band Titãs
. It is considered by many their heaviest and most aggressive album. All songs are credited to the band as a whole (sometimes crediting the just-departed Arnaldo Antunes as well), as it happened in the previous album, Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora. Also, Jack Endino
was the first (and currently only) foreign producer to work with them.
The album featured unique songs, like "Disneylândia", in which all paragraphs make reference to globalization, one way or another (e.g. Filho de imigrantes russos, casado na Argentina com uma pintora judia, casou-se pela segunda vez com uma princesa africana no México, which translates as "Son of Russian immigrants, married in Argentina with a Jewish painter, has married for the second time with an African princess in Mexico").
As the name suggests (Dissertation of the Pope about crime followed by an Orgy), "Dissertação do Papa Sobre o Crime Seguida de Orgia" is also not sung, but spoken as a sequence of sentences covering the topic of violence, and providing examples of cruelty from all around the world (e.g. "Em Capo Di Monte, se uma mulher dá a luz a
duas crianças gêmeas o marido logo esmaga
uma delas.", which translates as "In Capo di Monte, if a woman give birth to two twin children, her husband soon smashes one of them").
Brazilian rock
Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.-Overview:Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora...
band Titãs
Titãs
Titãs are a rock band from São Paulo, Brazil. Their best-known line up is the one in the album Cabeça Dinossauro : Nando Reis , Branco Mello , Marcelo Fromer , Arnaldo Antunes , Tony Bellotto , Paulo Miklos , Charles Gavin and Sérgio Britto...
. It is considered by many their heaviest and most aggressive album. All songs are credited to the band as a whole (sometimes crediting the just-departed Arnaldo Antunes as well), as it happened in the previous album, Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo Agora. Also, Jack Endino
Jack Endino
Jack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
was the first (and currently only) foreign producer to work with them.
Background
The album had a higher usage of cursing words (as can be seen in "Será que é disso que eu necessito?" and "Fazer o quê?") and aggressive lyrics.The album featured unique songs, like "Disneylândia", in which all paragraphs make reference to globalization, one way or another (e.g. Filho de imigrantes russos, casado na Argentina com uma pintora judia, casou-se pela segunda vez com uma princesa africana no México, which translates as "Son of Russian immigrants, married in Argentina with a Jewish painter, has married for the second time with an African princess in Mexico").
As the name suggests (Dissertation of the Pope about crime followed by an Orgy), "Dissertação do Papa Sobre o Crime Seguida de Orgia" is also not sung, but spoken as a sequence of sentences covering the topic of violence, and providing examples of cruelty from all around the world (e.g. "Em Capo Di Monte, se uma mulher dá a luz a
duas crianças gêmeas o marido logo esmaga
uma delas.", which translates as "In Capo di Monte, if a woman give birth to two twin children, her husband soon smashes one of them").
Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Será Que É Disso Que Eu Necessito? ("Is really that what I need?") | 2:49 | Titãs |
| 2 | Nem Sempre Se Pode Ser Deus ("It's not always possible to be God") | 2:15 | Titãs |
| 3 | Disneylândia ("Disneyland") | 2:46 | Titãs and Arnaldo Antunes |
| 4 | Hereditário ("Hereditary") | 2:05 | Titãs and Arnaldo Antunes |
| 5 | Estados Alterados da Mente ("Alterated Mind States") | 3:42 | Titãs |
| 6 | Agonizando ("Agonizing") | 3:35 | Titãs |
| 7 | De Olhos Fechados ("With Eyes Closed") | 2:11 | Titãs and Arnaldo Antunes |
| 8 | Fazer O Quê? ("Do What?") | 3:27 | Titãs |
| 9 | A Verdadeira Mary Poppins ("The True Mary Poppins") | 2:22 | Titãs |
| 10 | Felizes São Os Peixes ("Happy are the fish") | 2:13 | Titãs |
| 11 | Tempo Pra Gastar ("Time to spend") | 3:45 | Titãs |
| 12 | Dissertação do Papa Sobre O Crime Seguida de Orgia ("Dissertation of the Pope about crime followed by Orgy") | 3:07 | Titãs |
| 13 | Taxidermia ("Taxidermy") | 3:36 | Titãs |
Personnel
- Paulo MiklosPaulo MiklosPaulo Roberto de Souza Miklos is a multi-instrumentalist, musician and actor from Brazil. He is best known for his works for the band Titãs, which he is a member since its beginning, in 1981. Singing and playing the harmonica and the sax are some of his most notable contributions for the band. As...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, SynthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
and SamplerSampler (musical instrument)A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...
(vocals on "Taxidermia", "A Verdadeira Mary Poppins", "Disneylândia" and "De olhos fechados") - Sérgio BrittoSérgio BrittoSérgio Britto is a Brazilian musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for the band Titãs, and also for his solo albums, in which he played the acoustic guitar...
- Vocals, Mini-moog and OrganOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
(vocals on "Agonizando", "Fazer o quê?", "Tempo pra gastar" and "Será que é isso que eu necessito?") - Branco MelloBranco MelloBranco Mello is a Brazilian musician and actor, best known as the vocalist and bassist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also played small but significant roles for the movies.- Childhood :...
- Vocals (vocals on "Dissertação do Papa Sobre O Crime Seguida de Orgia", "Felizes são os peixes", "Nem sempre se pode ser Deus" and "Estados Alterados da Mente") - Nando ReisNando ReisNando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and lead singer of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais...
- BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and vocals (vocals in "Hereditário") - Charles GavinCharles GavinCharles de Souza Gavin is a drummer and musical producer, whose fame comes mainly from his drums works at Brazilian rock band Titãs.- Biography :...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Tony BellottoTony BellottoAntonio Carlos Liberalli Bellotto is a Brazilian musician and writer, best known as the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. He has also written and released several books. Tony keeps a column called "Cenas Urbanas" at Brazilian magazine Veja.- Childhood :Bellotto decided to be a rock...
- GuitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Marcelo FromerMarcelo FromerMarcelo Fromer was the guitarist of Brazilian rock band Titãs. One of the founding members and also the band's manager, he died in 2001, after being hit by a motorcycle while jogging.- Childhood :...
- Guitar - Jack EndinoJack EndinoJack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
- Guitar (final chords in "Agonizando"), Rhythm guitar and Feed-back in "Disneylândia"
Trivia
- The introduction of "Fazer o que?" (What to Do?) was adapted from a fragment of EuripidesEuripidesEuripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
(3rd century BC., Papiro de Viena G 2315). - The words to "Dissertação do papa sobre o crime seguida de orgia" (Dissertation of the Pope about the crime before an orgy) were extracted from a book about Marquis de SadeMarquis de SadeDonatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
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