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Tom Ze: Fabrication Defect

Chuck Eddy, Rolling Stone, 26 November 1998

LONG BEFORE the advent of samplers, Brazilian avant-Tropicalist Tom Zé was uniting seemingly opposed styles and constructing instruments from found objects – blenders, typewriters, floor polishers, doorbells.

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