"The internet can be beautiful sometimes." Those words are on the opening screen for a new video by Ólafur Arnalds and Ella McRobb. A few weeks ago, they were a thousand miles apart and had never met.

Amid a global pandemic that has put the world to a halt, Islandic composer Olafur Arnalds arrives with some kind of peace, his most ravishing work to date. Arnalds has always been a thoughtful artist ...

Ólafur Arnalds' album some kind of peace is the most impactful record I've heard this year. The album, centered around Ólafur's melodic piano sounds, is packed with passion but generates an aura of ...

Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds has been described as a contemporary composer and synthesist, but that doesn't adequately reflect the alchemy of modern and traditional that he is able to blend on ...

Jon Hopkins is having quite a year. He contributed to Charli XCX’s Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat, and now here’s a song featuring string arrangements by Ólafur Arnalds that ...

At only 26, Icelandic composer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds has already proved his ambitions extend far beyond his native country’s larger-than-life landscapes. Thus far Arnalds has scored ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...