The Illustrated Man
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The Illustrated Man Playlist

by Ray Bradbury

20 tracks
balanced
Jun 29, 2026

This playlist captures the eerie fusion of technology and humanity found in Ray Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man." The instrumental tracks evoke the cold, mechanical, and otherworldly atmospheres of the futuristic and psychological themes, while the vocal tracks explore the characters’ inner conflicts, dystopian visions, and existential reflections, blending synth-driven sci-fi sounds with haunting indie and electronic influences.

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Track List

20 songs
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Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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Dissolving Clouds

Biosphere · Dropsonde

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Hyper-ballad

Björk · Post

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Don't Bother They're Here

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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Tycho · Awake

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Surface To Air

The Chemical Brothers · Push The Button

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Angle of List

Loscil · Sea Island

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Alpha Phase - Retranslated by Global Communication

Chapterhouse · Blood Music: Pentamerous Metamorphosis

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Jarred

Kiasmos · Blurred

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The Robots

Disco Fever · Tribute to Kraftwerk , Vol. 1

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Space Is Only Noise If You Can See

Nicolas Jaar · Rough Trade Electronic '11

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Machines

Stand High Patrol · Skanking & Jacking

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Digital Witness

St. Vincent · St. Vincent

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The Day the World Went Away

Blessed Child Opera · A Fragile Tribute: Various Artists Reworked the Nine Inch Nails' album "The Fragile"

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Paper Planes

Horseshoe G.A.N.G. · Art of the Freestyle

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Black Mirror

Arcade Fire · Neon Bible

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Radioactivity

Data-Bank-A · Krafty Move - An Electronic Tribute to Kraftwerk

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Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast

Steve Reich · Orbis

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We Are All Made Of Stars - Reprise Version / Commentary

Moby · Reprise (Commentary Version)

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I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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