Gilberto Gil Quanta CD

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.

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); Sérgio Sá (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); Zé Gonzales (scratches); Genaro Soalheiro, Jurema Lourenço, 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; Sérgio Sá; Ramiro Mussoto; Liminha.

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.