INSPIRED BY THE harsh Icelandic landscape, theremin virtuoso Hekla entrances listeners with her haunting second album, Xiuxiuejar, her music takes on an eerie quality, drawing listeners into a dark and unsettling world.
“The album’s title comes from the Catalan word to whisper,” Hekla Magnúsdóttir begins, “but the music was January-inspired. There is no sunlight in