Nesnesitelná Lehkost Bytí

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Nesnesitelná Lehkost Bytí Playlist

by Milan Kundera

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 8, 2026

The instrumentals move between Prague’s intimate domestic spaces and the pressure of history, with Czech and Central European classical colors giving way to spare, modern film-score textures. The vocal half follows the lovers’ shifting balance of erotic freedom, tenderness, betrayal, and loss—while the mix of post-punk, art rock, and trip-hop echoes Kundera’s sardonic, philosophical contrasts between lightness and weight.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Bibo no Aozora

Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020

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2

We Move Lightly

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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3

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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4

VII. Waltz No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites

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5

On an Overgrown Path: The Madonna of Frydek

Leoš Janáček · Songs Without Words

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6

Love

Mica Levi · Under the Skin

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7

Rain

Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996 (Re-Mastered)

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8

Because the Night

Patti Smith · Easter

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9

Unravel

Björk · Family Tree

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10

Lovesong

The Cure · Greatest Hits

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11

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

Talking Heads · Speaking in Tongues

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12

I Know It's Over

The Smiths · Haunting Ballads

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13

Roads

Portishead · Dummy

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14

The Desperate Kingdom Of Love

PJ Harvey · Uh Huh Her

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15

Something Changed

Pulp · Different Class

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16

The Last Beat Of My Heart

Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)

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17

People Ain't No Good

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

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18

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14

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19

The Moldau

Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II

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20

Gnossienne No. 1

Erik Satie · Gnossienne No. 1

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