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This playlist mirrors Kafka's "Metamorphosis" through a blend of introspective, surreal, and tense atmospheres that reflect Gregor Samsa's transformation and isolation. The instrumental selections evoke the eerie and alienating environment, while vocal tracks explore themes of identity, estrangement, and existential despair with diverse genres including ambient, electronic, and indie.
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21 songs
1
A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster
Harold Budd · The Pearl
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Collapse
Dosi · Origins
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Melancholia II
William Basinski · Melancholia
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Glassworks: Opening
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Up Close
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Kingdom
Devin Townsend Project · Epicloud
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Night Drive
Chromatics · Music To Drive
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Plainsong - Remastered
The Cure · Disintegration (Deluxe Edition)
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Ljósið
Ólafur Arnalds · Found Songs
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Signal To Noise
Peter Gabriel · Up
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Weightless Part 1
Marconi Union · Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)
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In the Air Tonight - 2015 Remaster
Phil Collins · Las 75 mejores baladas romanticas en ingles
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Paranoid Android
Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Radiohead
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Exit Music (For A Film)
Sweet Little Band · Babies Go Radiohead
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Slowdive
VARGO · Andalucía Chill - Delfines y Sirenas / Dolphins and Mermaids - Vol. 1
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Heroin
The Velvet Underground · Indie Para Tomar Café
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The Sound of Silence
Pianista sull'Oceano · The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel Piano Version)
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Mad World
Tears For Fears · Electronic 80's (Ministry Of Sound)
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Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Yoga Pop Ups · Yogi Translations of Radiohead
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Creep
Ambient Light Orchestra · Ambient Translations of Radiohead
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How to Disappear Completely
Wooden Elephant · LANDSCAPES, KNIVES & GLUE – Radiohead's Kid A Recycled
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Late Night Lemonade
Luminary Flux · Late Night Lemonade
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