Maquinarama Explained

Maquinarama is the fifth studio album released by Skank, in 2000.

With Maquinarama, Skank began to move away from the reggae-tinged "party music" that had been a staple of the band for the first four albums.^[1] The album sold 350,000 copies.^[2]

The song "Balada do Amor Inabalável" was also put to soundtrack album of famous Brazilian soap opera Laços de Família (The family ties).

Track listing

1. "Água e Fogo" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral/Edgard Scandurra)
2. "Três Lados" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)
3. "Ela Desapareceu" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)
4. "Balada do Amor Inabalável" (Samuel Rosa/Fausto Fawcett)
5. "Canção Noturna" (Lelo Zaneti/Chico Amaral)
6. "Muçulmano" (Samuel Rosa/Rodrigo F. Leão)
7. "Maquinarama" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)
8. "Rebelião" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)
9. "A Última Guerra" (Samuel Rosa/Lô Borges/Rodrigo F. Leão)
10. "Fica" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)
11. "Ali" (Samuel Rosa/Nando Reis)
12. "Preto Damião" (Samuel Rosa/Chico Amaral)

Personnel

Skank

• Samuel Rosa - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Henrique Portugal - keyboards
• Haroldo Ferretti - drums
• Lelo Zaneti - bass

Additional musicians

• Chico Amaral - flute on "Maquinarama"
• Tom Capone - bass on "Rebelião"
• Andreas Kisser - guitar on "Rebelião"
• Marcelo Lobato - vibraphone on "Água e Fogo", "Balada do Amor Inabalável" and cuíca on "Preto Damião"
• Ramiro Musotto - percussion on "Balada do Amor Inabalável", "Canção Noturna", "Maquinarama" and "Rebelião"
• Décio Ramos, Paulo Santos - percussion on "Muçulmano", "A Última Guerra" and "Fica"

Production

• Chico Neves - production (all, except 2, 5, 8, 11), recording
• Tom Capone - production (tracks 2, 5, 8 and 11)
• Mauro Manzolli - co-producer, mixing on tracks 2, 5, 8 and 11
• Florência Saravia - recording assistant
• Jacquie Turner - mixing (all, except 2, 5, 8, 11)
• Brandon Mason - mixing assistant
• Álvaro Alencar, Tom Capone - mixing: Estúdios Mega
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Frederico Toledo, Roberto Calixto - studio assistants: Estúdio Ferretti
• Guthenberg Pereira - studio assistant: Estúdio Mega
• Tomás Baptista - studio assistant: Toca do Bandido
• Bruno Ferretti - technician assistant

Design

• Kenny Scharf - artwork: Cadillac 1961
• Angelo Paulino, Fernando Furtado, Luiz Ferreira, Weber Pádua - artwork: booklet
• Marcus Barão - artwork: graphic project
• Carla Framback - graphic project

References

1. News: Alex . Antunes . Paladares Alterados . Revista Bizz . August 2006 . 2007-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061202154339/http://bizz.abril.com.br/nestaedicao/materiaedicao_155246.shtml . 2006-12-02 . dead .
2. Web site: Essinger. Silvio. Skank - meninos superpoderosos. Revista Oi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070813075141/http://www.revistaoi.com.br/nova/skank_2.asp. 2007-08-13.