THE SEVEN SPHERES

Conceptually the work is not evangelical or with religious foundations. But it was inspired by Occult and Esoteric books such as Urantya and books such as the Testament of John and The Rebellion of Lucifer by J.J.Benitez. The dense and hidden history of our Planet and Civilization, hidden and strange, perhaps a mixture of extraterrestrial beings, angels and demons. In the musical part, a large number of Yamaha Synthesizers were used, which Amyr had access to at the time, as he was a representative of Yamaha Corporations Keyborads in Brazil. DSR 1000, DSR 2000, CS-30 L Mono Synthesizer, CS-60, V-50, SY-77, Drum Machine RX-5 in first line were used. Recorded in 1/2 track on Roll recorders with speed 15 RPM ,Ampex/Fostex/Teac. Yamaha 24-channel analog table with analog mixing. The cover art was made by journalist Joaquim Daldin Miguel (Jornal Correio Popular/Campinas S.P.) Sound Engineer Gérson and Moisés Leite. Recorded at the Pan American Juratel Estudios. Only 1,100 LPS were made.

I'm almost totally convinced that this work won't find admirers among most of the genres of progressive rock. His works aren't shared not even between the brazilian prog listeners that I know. Maybe some fans of progressive electronic may enjoy this work, but it would be very surprising for me.

Quality sound of the CD is poor, the compositions are very repetitive and monotonous. Drum programming is present on the majority of the tracks, but it's so simple that very soon becomes irritating and stressful. The few moments that he assumes the drums, the lack of mastery is predominant. He is self-named multi-instrumentist (I don't know if he plays the bass, which seems to be present on this recording), and has knowledge for recording, mixing and producing. Nice features to make an album, but to make a good or an excellent prog work, just gotta have much more than that. This album is a proof that a musician can have many abbilities, as he does, but if he doesn't have domain on composing, on execution and/or mixing/producing, and/or if his resources are too limited, the results are disposable.

1,3 stars on a five-star scale.