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HI-FI DECONSTRUCTED

It’s late and I’m trying to getting my head around Hildur Gudnadottir, an Icelandic cellist and composer, on Spotify. The first I heard of her was the music in the second Sicario movie, where she has replaced Johann Johannsson, a fellow Icelander who did the music for the first Sicario movie (and a heap of others) and then died at just 48. Like his stuff, Hildur’s music is dark, brooding and very good for introspective listening late at night.

Then something strange happens. Rock

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