La Mémoire De Babel

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La Mémoire De Babel Playlist

by Christelle Dabos

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 19, 2026

A journey through Babel’s polished, watchful city, its labyrinthine archives, and Ophelia’s search for truth and connection. The instrumental opening moves between intricate, suspended textures and more urgent rhythms; the vocal half turns toward displacement, hidden identities, and the stubborn hope of finding one’s way back to another person.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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2

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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3

Abandon Window - Remaster 2023

Jon Hopkins · Immunity

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4

Emerald Rush

Jon Hopkins · Singularity

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5

I Can Almost See You

Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

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6

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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7

The World Is Our ___

This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain

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8

Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim

Harold Budd · The Pavilion Of Dreams

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9

Being Here

Laraaji · Flow Goes The Universe

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10

An Intention

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · The Kid

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11

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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12

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

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13

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

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14

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence

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15

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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16

Le vent nous portera

Noir Désir · Des visages des figures

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17

Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais

Serge Gainsbourg · Vu de l'extérieur

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18

Les passantes

Georges Brassens · Georges Brassens N°13

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19

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love

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20

Maps

Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered)

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