But the Communist officials were not very comfortable with the Western-style music that they were singing, and kept creating problems for them. So "Phoenix" abandoned "beat" and turned to Romanian folklore, pagan rituals, mystic animals and old traditions. In this same year, Phoenix started a collaboration with the Institute of Ethnography and Folklore and the Folklore section of Timișoara University on an ambitious project, a rock poem that combined traditional wooden instruments with modern sounds. During this project the band also started collaborating with Valeriu Sepi (born 1947), who eventually joined the band. The first outcome would be the 1972 LP "Cei ce ne-au dat nume" ("Those Who Gave Us a Name") - the second LP to be recorded in Romania by a Romanian band. Two years later, "Mugur de fluier" ("Flute Bud") followed. Both albums underwent severe censorship.