Quanta

Performer: Gilberto Gil
Producer: Liminha
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel includes: Gilberto Gil (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, whistle, bass); Milton Nascimento (vocals); Liminha (acoustic & E-Bow guitars, sitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, drum programming, samples); Celso Fonseca (6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, electric guitar); Breno Gradel (acoustic guitar, tambourine, agogo, xequere); Rick Werneck (steel guitar); Alceu Maia (ukelele); Christiaan Oyens (mandolim); Glauco Fernandes (violin); Lucas Santana (flute); Chiquinho do Acordeon (accordion); Raul Mascarenhas (alto & tenor saxophones); Leo Gandelman (alto saxophone); Marcio Montarroyos (trumpet); Paulinho Trompete (flugelhorn); Serginho Trombone (trombone); Jorge Barreto (piano, organ); Sergio Sa, William Magalhaes (Fender Rhodes, keyboards); Arthur Maia (bass); Jorginho Gomes (drums). Engineers: Vitor Farias, Liminha, Eduardo Costa. Personnel: Gilberto Gil (vocals, whistling, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Milton Nascimento (vocals); Celso Fonseca (guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar); Liminha (acoustic guitar, E-bow, sitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, agogo, percussion, programming, drum programming, sampler); Breno Gradel (acoustic guitar, agogo, tambourine); Christiaan Oyens (mandolin); Alceu Maia (ukulele); Glauco Fernandes (violin); Lucas Santtana (flute); Milton Guedes (harmonica); Chiquinho do Acordeon (accordion); Raul Mascarenhas (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Leo Gandelman (alto saxophone); Paulinho Trompete (trumpet, flugelhorn); Marcio Montarroyos (trumpet); Serginho Trombone (trombone); S�rgio S� (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); William Magalhaes (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, kalimba); Arthur Maia (acoustic bass); Jorginho Gomes (drums, agogo, reco-reco, shaker, tambourine, percussion); Ramiro Mussoto (agogo, shaker, tambourine, triangle); Gustavo de Dalva (djembe, reco-reco, percussion, bells); Armando Marcal (shaker, surdo, tambourine); Marcos Suzano (shaker, tabla, triangle, percussion); Ovidio Brito (shaker, tambourine); Z� Gonzales (scratches); Genaro Soalheiro, Jurema Louren�o, Raymundo Lopes (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Eduardo Costa; Liminha; Luis Paulo Serafim; Marcio Gama; Vitor Farias. Photographer: Marcelo Tabach. Translator: Paulo Junqueiro. Unknown Contributor Role: Ramiro Mussoto. Arrangers: Chiquinho do Acordeon; William Magalhaes; Gilberto Gil; S�rgio S�; Ramiro Mussoto; Liminha. Longtime fans of the Brazilian bard could probably do without the slick synthesizers and sterile drum loops that candy up his 36th album, but no Gil effort is without appeal. Throughout Quanta, he gets by on his gift for melody and his far-ranging imagination (a trademark of the Tropicalia movement). Shouts-out to quantum mechanics, crab vendors, and the goddess Shiva dot his slinky, intricate compositions. "Pela Internet," a buoyant, starry-eyed ode to the information superhighway, makes a strong impression, but the real high point comes toward the end with a trio of songs that rely on little more than acoustic guitar and Gil's mellow, lilting voice. The instrumental "Um Abra�o No Joao" (a tribute to Joao Gilberto) and the soothing "O Mar E O Lago" find him setting aside cleverness in favor of a gentle, unassuming profundity. Like his comrades in the Tropicalia movement, Caetano Veloso and Tom Ze, Gil possesses an omnivorous intelligence and the talent to pursue every passing fancy. At 20 tracks, Quanta is overstuffed. Busy arrangements and gleaming production sometimes swamp the innate beauty of its songs. Nevertheless, adventurous, attentive listeners will find plenty to delight in. ~ Daniel Browne Produced with great slickness by the ex-Mutante known as Liminha, QUANTA features Gil in top vocal form. As usual with a Gilberto Gil recording, a wide variety of musical styles is represented here. The English translations of the lyrics also point to a wide range of subjects, from the Internet to garlic pills to the nature of creativity. Some of the songs such as "Pela Internet" and "Guerra Santa" are impressive juxtapositions that intertwine contemporary Brazilian pop with elements of blues, rap and just about anything else you can think of; yet the music on QUANTA is never so eccentric as to be overly challenging to the listener. As such it's an excellent example of Gil's recent, more palatable work.

With a career that dates back to the early 1960s, Gilberto Gil is one of the major innovators of Brazilian pop. A founder of the Tropicalia movement, he has embraced a huge variety of influences, from traditional regional styles of the Brazilian Northeast to jazz, reggae, disco, rock, and African music. Romantic, political, and downright funky, Gil always has an eye on both the past and the future.

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