N.K.R.T. & Treha Sektori – Post Tenebras Spero Lucem (Album – Dryland Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ritual.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two French artists; ‘Frater Stéphane’ (N.K.R.T.) and ‘Dehn Sora’ (Treha Sektori). This work features one single cut for nearly 41 minutes.
Content: Even if there’s only one single cut, there are numerous passages included. From pure Ambient towards Ritual, the composition is mainly characterized by tenebrous vocal effects. It creates a mysterious and even anguished sphere, which is joined by repetitive loops and percussion.
+ + + : This is a work I recommend listening to by using headphones. It will give you the opportunity to discover multiple little details and especially the impact of the voices. From mysterious chants towards Latin passages you rapidly get the feeling assisting to a secret rite. The track feels like a dark sonic puzzle, which has been meticulously built up reaching its apotheosis in the end. The artwork is perfectly fitting to the music.
– – – : This is a record you really need to discover in the right listening circumstances. You have to focus on the music and only on the music to catch the different noises, and also the vocal parts. That’s why I recommend using headphones.
Conclusion: N.K.R.T. and Treha Sektori sound fully complementary, having accomplished an intriguing and fascinating opus.
Best songs: “Post Tenebras Spero Lucem”
Rate: (7).
Artists: www.facebook.com/nkrtnkrt / www.facebook.com/trehasektori
Label: www.dryland-records.net / www.facebook.com/drylandREC
About N.K.R.T. & Treha Sektori
N.K.R.T. is the project of French artist ‘Frater Stéphane’. Treha Sektori is the dark-ambient and ritual project of French artist ‘Dehn Sora’. The two joined forces for “Post Tenebras Spero Lucem”, a single 41-minute composition released on digital and CD formats through Dryland Records, built from tenebrous vocal effects, repetitive loops and percussion.
Support Side-Line
More people read Side-Line than ever, and there is still no paywall and no advertising. Readers pay for it instead - from $5 a month.
Why we ask
Advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news organisations we have not put up a paywall, and we refuse to add annoying advertising, so we need to ask for your help. Side-Line’s independent journalism takes time, money and hard work to produce, and we do it to push the artists we like, who are equally fighting to survive.
Handled by PayPal.
I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.
