It's amazing what enchantment one can weave with just a cello and a loop pedal. Whilst the former Mum musician underplays the influences of the Icelandic landscape on her work, her half hour set nonetheless exudes a bewitching starkness that could only come from that land of ash and glaciers. One song, based on a medieval Icelandic hymn is particularly striking, but nothing quite matches the opener, built around looped vocals so ethereal that they seem to come from a place far purer than a hipster bar off Dalston High Street.
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