Hekla - Hinn Sýnilegi Heimur (feat. PBDY) [official audio]

Описание: Taken from "Gjá" (EP, 10th December 2025, Phantom Limb)

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Following the critical acclaim of her album Turnar earlier this year, theremin virtuoso Hekla returns with Gjá, a new EP that deepens her signature blend of heavy, spectral soundscapes and otherworldly songwriting. With these new works, she slips further into a sublime, paranormal realm… one where beauty and haunting dread coexist in equal measure.

Now augmenting her virtuosic solo theremin work with cello, voice, and the sacred church organ of Icelandic master Kristján Hrannar, the evolution of Hekla’s unique magic summoned new worlds with her third album Turnar. The album and Gjá - a new collection of accompanying tracks - were both partly recorded in (and named after) a medieval castle tower in rural France, its ruinous black broken in spare beams of angelic stained-glass light. But, writes Hekla, “the sound of theremin kind of opens up a portal into a new realm that both looks into a dark old world and to the future.” As with the album, Gjá is an alternately beautiful and crushing space voyage into a glacial underworld cascading with phosphorescence and cave drip, conjuring ancient choral ritual just as readily as redolent sci-fi gloam.

Co-produced with Brainfeeder artist and NTS Radio resident Paul “PBDY” Preston, the EP’s final track “Hinn Sýnilegi Heimur” is held in a shimmering, glistening fortress, hypnotic for its opening and eventually apocalyptic when bass tones force open the gates. Together, the three tracks form a vivid and immersive world, showcasing Hekla’s ability to channel beauty and dread in equal measure.

Hekla Magnúsdóttir is a rare specialist of the theremin, a notoriously inscrutable electronic instrument, joining a minuscule group of musicians in mastery of its esoteric mysteries. Classically informed, her playing covers an enormous range, from the skittering birdsong of chirrups and chirps to tectonic sub-bass. Hekla’s fans in the wider music community - PJ Harvey, for example - describe her style alongside musicians such as Julia Holter, Colleen and the late composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.