Author name: malou

Behold the MA YEMA Choir! To sing together, that is where I come from! My origin. When I compose songs, there are always quite a few voices besides mine. And I like choirs that intersect, interfere and intertwine. Arranging the vocals is such a treat for me, very inspiring. As are singing together with these […]

I decided to do a reprint of the MA YEMA album as the colours were not matching the original design. The first print was blurry and dark and the warm notes just weren’t there. Instead of a cascade of colours, different shades of fire, it looked more like ashes.And I did this reprint in honour

I was invited to sing i South Kora 2009. Going to South Korea was a wonderful experience for me. A trip into quite a different kind of world. The people taking care of me and looking out for me during my stay, were very kind and considerate. My record company in South Korea insisted on sending

WATER, one of the songs in the album Ma Yema which was created the moment we recorded it. Together with Xavier Desandre Navarre and Thomas Hellsten, this little song was born. WATER. Looking back I can hardly believe it, that it happened this way. That before the song was recorded, noone knew about it, not at all. But then

Xavier Desandre Navarre, creative percussion player from France, fast as lightning, immediately understands what is happening, the progress in the music. He feels into it, embrace it, flows with it, expanding it. Xavier creates instruments of everything, plastic bags, building material, what ever he gets his hands on, creating his own instruments as well and