TENHA VUVA

The first track is repetitive but unusually melodic for this artist, probably because the album is about Bulgaria instead of Egypt, or better, Tenha Vuva is a botanic garden dedicated to a Romanian queen The place name means "Quiet Nest".

Track 2 is not so quiet. The rhythm is not high, but it's noisy and dark even without the usual ethnic string instruments. The central part, what we may call a chorus, is a bit melodic, too, but it's followed by a noisy and chaotic section that's really interesting. Overall a good track.

"Pontos Euxenos" is mainly ethnic and suffers of the sudden changes of pitch that I personally don't like too much in Senmuth's music. However it's not bad and quite relaxing.

The title of track4 has two different translations (from Google) depending if it's Russian (Broken Kamni) or Serbian (Kill Kamni). In any case Google doesn't say what a Kamni is, and this track is almost forgettable.

"Perperikon" as often happens, is the name of an ancient ruined megalithic city. Looking at the site's shots while listening adds something more to the track. The same for the following percussion-based track that's about the murals of a Bulgarian monastery reachable through a long stairway dug in the rocks and the caves of a carsic mountain.

I haven't found any info about the track7, but it's one of the most rocking tracks of the album. Still melodic but with a heavy background that stops only during a short electronic interlude. It reminds a bit to Vangelis, if only Vangelis would have used sounds of this heaviness.

The 8th track signs a temporary return to the industrial metal of the origin with techno drumming but without the distortion kit of the first albums. It's a nice track but it would have been better without some useless jumps of pitch.

Finally there's a slow track still very dark. There's no melodic line as the sequence of chords appears to be randomic, but it's possible that I'm unable to catch it's structure.

It's not my favorite Senmuth's abum and it comes just after the one that impressed me more than all the others that's Zekhenu Uaut Sekhet.

It doesn't reach the 3 stars for me. It has some good moments, specially in the melodic parts but apart of Perperikon and some seashore noises I haven't had a big listening pleasure.

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