Press
Västerbottens-Kuriren, August 28, 2003
(Jan Westerlund)
“Malou who has been working with everything from pop via cabaret and ballads to gospel and hymns – now comes up with something resembling a mass, type Missa Criollis.”
Dalabygden August 8, 2003
(Anki Enevoldsen)
“Anyone who wants to listen to a pallete of musical colours with a mixture of primitive rhythms, African drums and ancient songs from the mountains of Lapland ought to listen to Malou Berg’s latest record HOYA.”
“HOYA is a messenger of life, joy and peace. All you have to do is allow yourself to be embraced by the sound, captivated by the rhythms and filled with the energy of the music.”
Uppsala nya tidning, 3/7-2003
(Josef Nylén)
”Music that crosses borders.”
”… sound that symbolizes the four elements earth, air, fire and water in order to enhance everything both physically and terrestrially.”
“… This is about mankind on earth. From the origin, the very beginning of time…”
Stimnytt, 2003
“This music is fabulous… it is wonderful when you want to slow down, to listen to in the car.”
Sundsvalls tidning, June 23, 2003
(Stefan Forsberg)
”Malou Berg might be one of our most underestimated singers.”
“And still there is a kind of therapeutic effect with space and calm.”
Uppsala nya tidning, June 13, 2003
(Ulf Gustavsson)
”Malou Berg has already attracted international attention with her Hoya record.”
“… an impressive suite of clear and simple melodies…”
“Many passages of Hoya are like a dancing ritual of joy, free and light. It has, however, also something ancient and suggestive, like an echo from a developing stage long before the nations split up the earth between them.
Smålandsposten, June 12, 2003
(PO Åstrand)
“Malou Berg has a solid background as a singer behind her within both pop, gospel and choir music. Here she is doing something completely different, something difficult to name and, unfortunately, also difficult to accept.”
Dala Demokraten, June 11, 2003
(Lennart Götesson)
”This is music that belongs everywhere or nowhere. It becomes beautiful and captivating.”
“Malou Berg surprises, breaks limits, builds bridges. This is a record for Sweden and for the whole world. It is music to take to your heart and feel.”
Folkbladet, May 31, 2003
(Sara Schüldt)
“I feel much too great resistance towards ethno-soup with “yoik”, African drums and pan pipes.”
Kristianstadsbladet, May 24, 2003
(Anders Mårtensson)
”Colour and peace is also what Hoya says about the life and music of Malou Berg.”