During the next year the Mutantes (now without the article ‘Os’ – The) launched the truly Mutants-tropicalist aesthetic. This is the most experimentalist album of their career. There are no limits. Everything is possible. Everything is functional in its strangeness. On the cover the trio is dressed as Don Quixote (Arnaldo), Sancho Pancha (Sergio) and the bride Dulcinéia (Rita). They included a jingle recorded for Shell ‘Algo Mais’ (Something Else). They recorded their two big hits ‘Fuga No 2’ and ‘Caminhante Noturno’ (Fugue No 2 and Night Walker). They ranged from a version of ‘Banho de Lua’ (Moon Shower) originally recorded by popular singer Celly Campello to concrete poetry (‘Dom Quixote’) with a little help of father Cesar Dias Baptista. There is also a magisterial dialogue with the Tom Ze’s insided out version of Tropicalia in ‘2001’ and ‘Qualquer Bobagem’ (Any Foolery). You can still find the iê-iê-iê ‘Não vá se perder por aí’ (Hei do not get lost!) and the psychedelic ‘Dia 36’ (Day 36) this last in partnership with hippie Johnny Dandurand. Last but not least, perhaps the first metaphoric Brazilian song talking about Rita Lee. This album brings even subliminally the collaboration of those who would become the 4th and 5th Mutantes – the drummer Dinho (Ronaldo Leme) and bassist Liminha (who is this record played viola). ( Marcelo Dolabela Oct/Nov 1999.

1-Dom Quixote
2-Não Vá Se Perder Por Aí
3-Dia 36
4-2.001
5-Algo Mais
6-Fuga Nº II Dos Mutantes
7-Banho de Lua
8-Ritta Lee
9-Mágica
10-Qualquer Bobagem
11-Caminhante Noturno