AMDJ (Armando Manuel de Jesús, Razzz’s full
first and middle name) was a project that only lived for four years
(2005-2008). During that time, Raz became a fully DIY artist, both in
recordings and the few live performances he did mainly in 2006. AMDJ started out
after the breakup of Raz’s hardcore band called “Gusto!” While the band broke
up (The first time) by personal problems and music interest, Raz’s decided to
move on into a different direction. With the help of a friend, Raz created
AMDJ, using rejected songs from Gusto! But also by writing new songs, but this
project also was the first time Raz started using home recordings. 
The result was a 11 track record/demo with
horrible recordings but a lot of heart and time added into each song. The mix
between punk, acoustic and experimental themes left Raz hunger for better
recordings as he started to know what he was doing. That hunger was also the
end of AMDJ, while Raz couldn’t create the sounds he wanted, the self pressure
inflicted to create a better record was too much. In 2007 Raz called it quits
and by 2008 he decided to put together the goodbye for that project, “Past,
Hope & Hypocrisy” a mix between the good recordings, unfinished recordings,
live and demos he had so far.
This project has no intentions of being brought
back to life.
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