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"After her Nina Simone tribute, for which she won the Echo Jazz, the singer with the wonderfully experienced voice on Convergence now shows a more personal, more vulnerable side. (Crescendo 07/2013)

»... the British-Malawian singer Malia, who sings this mundane electro-soul with expressive, self-confident, In the tradition of Billie Holiday or Nina Simone. "(Audio, February 2014) 

" ... a stirring mixture that gently but surely draws the listener into the music "(stereoplay, February 2014) 

Malia has recorded her new album with the Swiss producer Boris Blank. The title "Convergence" is translated as "confluence" or "approach". And this is precisely what is happening on this album in several respects: In order to bring together the different ideas of these two artists, the interaction of Blank's electronic sounds and Malia's organic voice, the approach of the soulful jazz singer to the electro scene, where Boris Blank Duo Yello has been a leader for many years and has made a name for himself as a bold pioneer of sampling. 

The eleven songs of this intense album are about life and survival. They are hymns full of tragic moments and dramatic insights, they tell of ghosts, prostitution, slavery, illness, Spirituality and, of course, love. The cool groovy Rhythm'n'Blues number "I Feel It Like You" sounds as if it had been written for a James Bond film. Connoisseur is obviously reminded of Yello's collaboration with the great Shirley Bassey. 

"Convergence" is the first album by Boris Blank outside the Yello Cosmos.