Off the Reservation

Book Playlist

Off the Reservation Playlist

by Stephen Graham Jones

20 tracks

mysterious

Oct 26, 2026

This playlist pairs uneasy ambient textures and spare, cinematic instrumentals with music that suggests a journey shadowed by historical harm. The final songs turn directly toward Indigenous dispossession, survival, and the emotional weight of returning a child’s remains to the community.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Mara

The Haxan Cloak · Excavation

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2

In the Fog I

Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972

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3

A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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4

Caecilia

Fennesz · Endless Summer

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5

Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim

Harold Budd · The Pavilion Of Dreams

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6

Ghosst(s)

Lorn · Ask The Dust

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7

At The End Of The Day

Amon Tobin · Foley Room

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8

As the Sun Kissed the Horizon

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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9

The Mark - Interlude

Moderat · II

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10

Black Refraction

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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11

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14, V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath

Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14

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12

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Early Works

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13

Horizon Variations

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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14

Now That The Buffalo's Gone

Buffy Sainte-Marie · It's My Way

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15

My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying

Buffy Sainte-Marie · Little Wheel Spin And Spin

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16

The Light

The Album Leaf · Into the Blue Again

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17

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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18

Become Ocean

John Luther Adams · John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy

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19

Snow

Ben Frost · Sólaris

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20

Constant Fear

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth

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Mood mysterious

Genre soundtrack

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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