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Feeling anxious or worn out lately? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are six albums from the world of neoclassical and electronic music whose meditative textures and calming ambience will immediately bring down your stress level.

Easy listening for the TikTok age or sophisticated post-classical contemporary music? Regardless of where you stand on the matter of "neoclassical" music, there’s no doubt that these 7 albums by composers such as Einaudi, Richter, Jóhannsson and others have already stood the test of time.

Minimalism is a heavily misunderstood term – still, it regularly gets thrown around in discussions on arts, music and elsewhere. It is often referred to as a design aesthetic, a genre of music, or even a lifestyle. A journey into the origin of the tag and how it has shaped and defined culture.

A small island in the Northern Atlantic ocean massively shaped neoclassical music: Icelandic composers like Jóhann Jóhannsson or Ólafur Arnalds created a movement by infusing their compositions with influences from cinematic post-rock, crescendo-core and widescreen electronic music. We picked 5 of the most influential records from Iceland.