Listening to Chris Spheeris' gently rhythmic but ultimately sleepy flamenco guitar based Eros, you might think you've stumbled upon outtakes from Jesse Cook or today's current master of easygoing pop flamenco, Ottmar Liebert.
But those two usually have the keen sense to vary the tempo just enough to avoid each tune from bleeding into the next they'd never create a whole album of lullabies.
A noted new age multi-instrumentalist who plays everything here himself, Spheeris' intention seems to be not to excite much passion, just to go with the flow and create some charming, acoustic guitar based bedroom music.
An insert photo of him playing a secondary instrument, accordian, as a couple chats at an outdoor café bears this out.
Taken individually, tunes like "The Arrow" and "Mediterraneo" are graceful and gorgeously textured, with subtle piano harmonies and light percussion accents behind crisply played melodies.
And he uses the real accordian quite effectively on the trance-inducing "Juliette." It's just that overall, it comes across much like the atmosphere at a French café - lovely enough to put you in the mood, but ultimately too easy to forget when morning comes.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The ArrowChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | CarinoChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 3 | PsycheChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | QuiverChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | Slow DanceChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 6 | JulietteChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Laurie Burke, Luis Peralta | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | AlwaysChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Luis Peralta | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | ErosChris Spheeris | Chris Spheeris, Laurie Burke, Luis Peralta | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 37 mins | 85 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 233 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Bellman | Mastering |
| 2 | Laurie Burke | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 3 | Robert Cory | Producer |
| 4 | Luis Peralta | Percussion, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Chris Spheeris | Arranger, Bass, Bouzouki, Composer, Design, Graphic Design, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |