("Sfinx" is Romanian for sphinx) The initial line up included bassist Corneliu Ionescu, nicknamed "Bibi", who would be the only member to stay with the band until they disbanded.

When Bădulescu joined, the band started collaborating with the Romanian Agency for Artistic Promotion, so the first coordinates were established, regarding future concert tours throughout the country and abroad.

Only a few months after Lume albă, another project was mostly finalized: the ambitious concept album Zalmoxe, featuring lyrics by Romanian poet Alexandru Basarab.

Bădulescu had left the band and Aldea invited instead a highschool friend,[1] talented keyboard player Nicolae (Nicu) Enache.

Meanwhile, Jon Anderson's backing band released Olias of Sunhillow in 1976 and when Aldea listened to it, he thought of trying to make a "timid" response out of their own album.

Partly resembling the Lume albă style, although more mature, it was thought of as a much better record than the single previously released the same year.

Idu Barbu played the keyboards only on Fetele albine, a piece in 7/8 timing, combining ethnic influences with synthesizer effects.

[1] The band got again a contract to play in a nightclub in Belgium in 1981 and Dan Andrei Aldea decided to defect, and consequently requested political asylum.

The style was very different from the previous records and ventured into some new wave, including an (uncredited) cover of Stranglers' Golden Brown as Într-un Cer Violet.

As keyboardist Doru Apreotesei admitted in an interview, the producer forced the band to release the album right after the compositions were done, so they didn't have much time for rehearsals.