“one of the most sublime beautiful albums I’ve heard. Magical, dreamlike, a pleasant sense of drifting through space. Highly recommended.”
★★★★★ Dave Sumner, allaboutjazz.com
“one of the most beautiful albums released in Scandinavia in modern times. An album that captures [Iceland’s] soul.”
★★★★★ Jan Gradvall, Dagens Industri, Sweden
“no less than the best introduction to the music and culture of Iceland, which you could want or even imagine.”
★★★★★ IJ.Biermann, nordische-musik.de
“If there’s one musician who acts as a heartbeat of the [Reykjavik Jazz] festival, then it’s Icelandic drummer-composer Einar Scheving. He crops up frequently in several different settings, showing impressive versatility...But it is when he leads his own group that Scheving comes into his own as both a writer and player."
Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise
“music penetrated by poetry and warmth, which goes to your heart and gives your imagination a lot to dream about...Already in the first song, it became clear that this concert was one of the highlights of the festival.”
Axel Engels, EV-Online, Germany
“Some albums are like stories. The music of Cycles is ethereal and vivid, like a story that unfolds within a dream...This album is just flat-out beautiful, and emotive as hell.”
Dave Sumner, birdistheworm.com
“Einar Scheving is a powerhouse drummer capable of pretty much anything at any time.”
Dave Wayne, allaboutjazz.com
“This is pure art, in which one has the feeling of disappearing into a dream world where only beauty exists.”
★★★★★ Vernhardur Linnet/Morgunbladid
“Absolutely brilliant.”
★★★★★ Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, mbl.is (Iceland’s most read web-site)
“such a beautiful album that in my mind it is perfect, and I’ll give it a 10.”
Andrea Jónsdóttir, Rás 2 (Public radio, Iceland)
“melodic, peaceful and often heartbreakingly beautiful.”
Rasmus Klockljung, Lira, Sweden