Syrius - 1976 - Szettort Almok

Syrius 

1976

Szettort Almok

01. Hajnali Ének (3:48)
02. Hol Az Az Ember (3:49)
03. Mint Április (3:05)
04. A Láz (3:35)
05. Széttört Álmok (4:26)
06. Kinyújtom Kezem (5:36)
07. Hová Mehetnék (3:12)
08. Igen, Szép Volt (6:19)
09. Széparcú Idegen (5:57)

András Veszelinov / vocals, drums
Tibor Tátrai / guitar
Endre Sipos / bass guitar
Károly Friedrich / vocals, bass guitar
Tamás Turai / vocals, percussion
Ottó Schöck / vocals, Fender Rhodes Piano, organ
Miklós Siliga / baritone saxophone
Ákos Molnár / vocals, soprano and alto saxophone
László Dés / tenor saxophone
Zsolt Baronits / tenor saxophone
Károly Friedrich / trombone
László Gööz / trombone
Endre Sipos / trumpet

Rudolf Tomsits / trumpet

Syrius was a hungarian progressive jazz-rock band that was founded in 1962 by tenor saxophonist Baronits Zsolt. Their debut album Devil’s masquerade was released first in Australia in 1971 and a year later in Hungary under a name Az Ördög álarcosbálja. From 1970 to 1973 they were considered to be the most unique prog rock band in Hungary and one of the best from the whole Europe. Their second album Széttört álmok (Broken dreams) was released in 1976 and it was kind of reflecting the bands faith within its name. Only two members were left from the strong first album line-up and instead of the five players in Devil’s masquerade, there was total 15 musicians playing in this second album. It was not considered to be as good as the first one by Baronits Zsolt and he disbanded the band shortly after in 1977.

Despite being considered as a minor disappointment by Zsolt, I think this second album is more funky and grooving than the first album. There’s plenty of breaks and beats in addition to the jazz-rock fusion groove they got. Tracks vary from downtempo funky fusion jams like “Hol az az ember” (Where Is The Man) to ballads and uptempo funk-rock tracks. “A láz” (The Fever) is an uptempo funky fusion song with breaks and slightly disturbing rock guitars made famous by the late break dj Leacy. “Kinyújtom kezem” (I’m streching out my arms) starts with a break ja continues as a nice funky uptempo number with another long break in the middle. Title track “Széttört álmok” (Broken dreams) is a midtempo funk track with a break, guitars and some percussion work. Széttört álmok is one of the best albums that ever came out from the Hungarian national record company Pepita.