Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic.

Format: Digital, CD, Cassette.

Background/Info: Muhd is a project driven by Samuel Vaney (still involved with Fargue, Cortez, Consor) and who previously released an album together with Treha Sektori, who also did the artwork of “Dilogia”. This is the first album of Muhd, which was originally released on cassette format on BLWBCK in 2014 and now re-released by Cyclic Law on CD.

Content: “Dilogia” takes the listener away in an imaginary universe of darkness. The composition has something minimal and definitely Cinematographic. The sound formula mainly consists of long, monotone sound waves creating a dark mood. The last track is more elaborated, featuring melodic string and bleeping sequences.

+ + + : The best part of the work comes right at the end; “Kychtym” sounds different and especially more sophisticated than the rest of the tracklist. This album is clearly a Cinematographic approach, being the right music to accompany a visual performance like theatre, dance, film, photography…

– – – : Without this visual performance, the album is slowly stagnating in long during, monotone pieces.

Conclusion: “Dilogia” is not exactly the album I was waiting for to see re-edited on CD, but it might appeal for lovers of Dark-Cinematographic experiences.

Best songs: “Kychtym”, “Severing”.

Rate: 6.

Artist: www.facebook.com/muhdmusic

Label: www.cycliclaw.com / www.facebook.com/cycliclaw

About Muhd

Muhd is the solo project of Swiss multi-instrumentalist Samuel Vaney, who works in drone, dark ambient and cinematographic territory. “Dilogia” first appeared on cassette through BLWBCK in 2014. The mini-album “The Sensation Of Being One Of Them” followed as a limited CD on Cyclic Law in 2015.

Vaney has worked across several other projects. He formed the Swiss and Finnish drone-rock duo Fargue with Eeli Helin at the end of 2019, and he is also active with Cortez and Consor. In 2022 he started OLOMUHD with Loïc Grobety, a duo whose album “The Absurd Silence Of A Mute World” came out on Cyclic Law in March 2024, with Vaney handling mixing and mastering.

The Cyclic Law CD reissue of “Dilogia” reviewed here brought the 2014 cassette debut back into circulation, with cover artwork by Treha Sektori.

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Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient.

Background/Info: ‘Dehn Sora’ (real name Vincent Petitjean) is now active under the Treha Sektori moniker for more than ten years. He mainly released his work on Cyclic Law, and also on the Belgian label Consouling Sounds. He likes working together with other artists (Barst, Innerwoud, Muhd…), but of course still releases solo-material. This album is a fine selection from previously unreleased songs that have been composed for  film and video, and tracks that were originally released on vinyl, compilations etc.

Content: The title track opening the album was originally released on the mini-CD + book “The Sensation Of Being One Of them” featuring Muhd. It’s pretty representative for the obscure sound universe of this French artist who next to music is also involved with visual arts. Quite progressively we’re walking through a bombastic sound universe, sometimes joined by whispering, ghost-like voices and a constant mysterious and anguished atmospheres.

+ + + : Treha Sektori is something like a spider; he patiently composed his tracks like spinning a web. Quite progressively you’ll hear new sounds and noises joining in. The percussion parts are an essential aspect, reinforcing the industrial influence. I also enjoy the whispering voices, which are reinforcing the feeling of disaster hanging over the work. It also is a perfect disc to discover with headphones. It will give you a better view about the multiple little details and noises the tracks have been composed with.

– – – : I like the global progression running through the song, which moves crescendo, but which is sometimes missing a truly climax. Let’s not forget this album is a selection of mainly previously released material, but I’m sure Treha Sektori has more potential to discover.

Conclusion: This album looks more like a collector’s item for the fans of Treha Sektori, but it also is an opportunity to discover a fascinating sound universe.

Best songs: “The Sense Of Dust And Sheer”, “Onverth Emh”, “Sahe Fernah”.

Rate: (8).

Artist: www.facebook.com/trehasektori

Label: www.cycliclaw.com / www.facebook.com/cycliclaw

About Treha Sektori

Treha Sektori is the alias of French artist “Dehn Sora” (real name Vincent Petitjean), active under the moniker for more than ten years and releasing mainly through Cyclic Law and the Belgian label Consouling Sounds, alongside collaborations with artists including Barst, Innerwoud and Muhd. Side-Line reviewed his “Severh Sehenh” vinyl album, released by Consouling Sounds, in 2017. “The Sense Of Dust And Sheer”, reviewed here, compiles previously unreleased tracks composed for film and video alongside material that first appeared on vinyl and in compilations. Dehn Sora later joined Russian artist Sadon for the collaborative album “Symphony Of Dying”, and Sadon went on to release the solo album “Mret – Nautro Noch” on Cyclic Law in 2022.

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