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Beautiful music manages to create moods that one willingly surrenders to.
What constitutes a beautiful voice or beautiful music is always in the ear of the listener.
Perhaps that is why music is so diverse.
MARIA & BORIS BLANK have created an album with “Convergence“ that is beautiful in many ways.
BORIS BLANK, one half of the Swiss electropop duo Yello, composed the music, recorded, and produced the album. From the very first seconds, it becomes clear that an extremely good job has been done here. The sound is wide-screen yet delicate. The arrangements are so perfectly intertwined with MALIA's vocals that it is hard to imagine how the music could exist without MALIA's singing or MALIA's singing without the music.
With this album, MALIA processes personal tragedies and addresses themes that are important to her. It’s about love, illness, spirituality, and much more. She sings about these themes with her powerful voice, sometimes loud, sometimes soft, sometimes sad, sometimes longing, and sometimes full of courage. MALIA's voice perfectly corresponds with the music at all times; she handles her voice with extraordinary skill.
The style of the songs cannot be easily named, as there are far too many influences to simply categorize them. In the broadest sense, synthie-soul, atmospheric R&B, or electro-jazz would fit.
In the atmospheric, sensitive soundscapes created by BORIS BLANK, MALIA's soulful voice thrives. Together, they form a perfect symbiosis.
Two people have created something truly wonderful here. A sensitive, sensual work that touches the soul and lingers long after.
