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This playlist mirrors the intricate and haunting atmosphere of Roberto Bolaño's "2666," blending ambient post-rock instrumentals and evocative indie vocals. The instrumental tracks evoke the border's vastness, mystery, and tension, while the vocal songs reflect the characters' fragmented lives, cultural intersections, and the haunting disappearances central to the narrative.
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37 songs
1
Higgs Boson Blues
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away
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They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light
This Will Destroy You · S/T
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Postcard from 1952
Explosions In The Sky · Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
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An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2005
Brian Eno · Chill Soft Rock For Kids
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Signal To Noise
Peter Gabriel · Up
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Untitled #8 - Popplagið
Sigur Rós · ( )
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Your Hand in Mine
Explosions In The Sky · Rough Trade Shops: 15 Years of Bella Union Records
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Divenire
Ludovico Einaudi · Expo 1
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Untitled #3 - Samskeyti
Sigur Rós · ( )
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La ritournelle
Sébastien Tellier · 10th Record Makers
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Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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The Great Gig In the Sky
The Pink Floyd Story · Love Is Such a Wonderful Thing
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Elegy for the Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024, ABRSM Grade 5
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The Only Moment We Were Alone
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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15
Familiar
Agnes Obel · Citizen of Glass
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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Your Hand in Mine
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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Experience
Ludovico Einaudi · In A Time Lapse
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19
Mexico
Incubus · Throwback Summer Hits
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20
Borderline
Tame Impala · Raclette entre amis
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La Llorona
Chavela Vargas · Chavela Vargas, 1961
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Eyes Wide Open
Gotye · Making Mirrors
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23
St Jude
Florence + The Machine · Just Cry
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The Curse
Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away
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Disappear
Vitamin String Quartet · Strung out on Inxs
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Young And Beautiful
Lana Del Rey · Обратно в клас - pop
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Run Boy Run
Woodkid · Handball Wam Up
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Weightless - 253 Edit
Marconi Union · Summer Chill 001 : The Ambient Zone
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First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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Hooked on a Lost Cause
Edward Beckery · Hooked on a Lost Cause
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Black Sheep
Metric · indie sleaze party
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Sonic Woodland Dawn Chorus (Excerpt)
Hidden Orchestra · For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Vol. III
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Nara
J.J. Pfeifer · E S Posthumus Sketches
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No Light Source
The Album Leaf · Something in the Dirt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Blood // Water
grandson · New Noise
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