Sessas drittes Album ist eine rhythmisch-reiche, gefühlvolle Meditation über Liebe, Veränderung und das Vatersein – zwischen brasilianischer Sinnlichkeit, Soul-Vibes und introspektiver Poesie.

Sessa (aka Sérgio Sayeg) has done his homework, the result being a first-class album of Brazilian pop that's laid-back and relaxed but never boring. Throughout Pequena Vertigem de Amor, Sayeg follows the same playbook that many Tropicalia artists did by mutating bossa nova and MPB sounds and conventions into something a little more left-field and expansive. String sections cruise through many of the songs to sweep the melodies along, saxes hum peacefully in the mid-range, backing vocalists provide fluffy harmonies, and in the center Sayeg's vocals croon delightfully. Occasionally a song will peek through the chill vibes to provide a little jolt of drama; the rollicking "Planta Santa" has nice percolating grooves and a Baroque lilt, "Nome de Deus" has some insistent piano chords and driving percussion. On the flipside, a few songs dial the temperature down below chill to a little closer to chilly. "Gestos Naturais" is slow and dreamy with plinking drum machines, great clouds of echo, wah-wah guitar, and Sayeg's barely there vocals all combining to create some imaginative and psychedelic easy listening music. The gentle push and pull between soft sounds and rich arrangements give the record just enough tension to keep it from drifting off into the clouds, and Sayeg knows just when to inject something interesting when eyelids begin to droop a bit, and at the album's best, like on the beautiful and very well-arranged "Dodói," crafts music that sounds on par with the best music to come out of Brazil in the late '60s and early '70s.

(by Tim Sendra, All Music Guide)