This isn’t necessarily the best fit under progressive rock. Clearly, not everything here is prog. The mix of sounds, though, along with some music that is progressive rock, earns this one that category at Music Street Journal. Some of the vocals on this disc are in English, but the bulk are not. This has a lot of world music built into it. However you slice the soundscape, though, this is a strong disc.

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This is a killer tune that has lots of progressive rock and world music in the mix. It’s quite magical in a lot of ways.

The first track to feature vocals in English, there is sort of a melodic prog meets space rock vibe to this.

This is a short acoustic guitar solo that’s quite jazz-like.

Bouncy world music is the order of business here and the lyrics are back in the other language (Portuguese).

World music and an almost urban vibe is the order of business here. But some psychedelic music is also part of the game here. It turns more towards jazz further down the musical road. There’s a real musical theater vibe to this in a lot of ways.

There’s a shuffling percussion element and a real groove to this cut. It’s another with English vocals.

This is just a brief acoustic guitar solo that’s quite intricate and tasty. Although, it’s essentially an acoustic guitar solo there are some airy bits of non-lyrical vocals and a few other things here. It seems to lead straight into the next cut.

Acoustic guitar and jazz stylings are the order of business here. It’s a pretty and rather lush cut and another with vocals in English.

Jazzy and quite electronic at the same time, this is fairly stripped back and very dramatic. It’s quite a cool tune. It has a groove to it and is one of the highlights of the set. It’s almost space rock, without a lot of the rock. It gets quite dramatic later.

Back in the English direction, this rocker is quite cool. It’s got plenty of prog (at times feeling a bit like Pink Floyd) along with world music and some serious space rock. It’s another highlight of the set and might be my favorite tune here. This is dramatic and varied and I like it a lot.

Dramatic and spacey rock is the order of business here, too. There is a lot of organic sound in the mix and this is another powerful one. It rocks out quite hard later and is just plain tasty. This gets quite lush in its arrangement later, too. It’s a real powerhouse.

In stark contrast acoustic guitar opens this. It has a real jazz ballad texture to it. Then some world music rises up after the first set of vocals. It eventually shifts out towards more of a space rock vibe. Some backwards masked (or it sounds like it) stuff as heard later and then the piece drops back to the earlier section to end.