"After Deolinda, Powertrio and Almost a Song, Luís José Martins discovers what his guitar sounds like when he's left alone with it. Tentos, Invenções e Encantamentos is a work of revelation, where the creator overcame the interpreter."
"this revelation as a solo artist adds [Luís José Martins] to the magnificent lot of Portuguese composers and interpreters of the classical guitar" (...) "A few months from now this record will turn into something of a comfortable warm blanket. Tentos has the kind of charm that doesn't take much from the listeners' imagination. All we have to do is let ourselves go along."
"...it brings together the languages of classical, pop and contemporary music. Tentos, invenções e encamtamentos is his first solo album. It resembles a long suite, during which Martins proves to be a true master of his instrument...."
"Tentos does not only evoke the future: in fact, it is on the shoulders of the past, through a deep understanding of his instrument and the way it was used in other eras, that Luís finds his footing, creating a subtle evocation of the history of guitar music. A complete, passionate and enthralling record; to our ears, it sounds like one of the richest moments of our national musical production. And to think it’s only a debut!"
"there's a constant search for the delicateness in sounds, in a context that evokes the Renaissance, in the quiet atmosphere of the convents of S. Bento, in Avis, and S. Francisco, in Coimbra, where theses pieces where recorded."
"Guitars (prepared and classical), electronics and percussion form the body of a perfect solo, a perfection ordained by a pointed sense of detail and refinement."