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Metamorphosis

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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Aug 15, 2026

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by Franz Kafka

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A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · The Pearl

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Dosi · Origins

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

Glassworks: Opening

Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Up Close

Kingdom

Devin Townsend Project · Epicloud

Night Drive

Chromatics · Music To Drive

Plainsong - Remastered

The Cure · Disintegration (Deluxe Edition)

Ljósið

Ólafur Arnalds · Found Songs

Signal To Noise

Peter Gabriel · Up

Weightless Part 1

Marconi Union · Weightless (Ambient Transmission Vol. 2)

In the Air Tonight - 2015 Remaster

Phil Collins · Las 75 mejores baladas romanticas en ingles

Paranoid Android

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Radiohead

Exit Music (For A Film)

Sweet Little Band · Babies Go Radiohead

Slowdive

VARGO · Andalucía Chill - Delfines y Sirenas / Dolphins and Mermaids - Vol. 1

Heroin

The Velvet Underground · Indie Para Tomar Café

The Sound of Silence

Pianista sull'Oceano · The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel Piano Version)

Mad World

Tears For Fears · Electronic 80's (Ministry Of Sound)

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Yoga Pop Ups · Yogi Translations of Radiohead

Creep

Ambient Light Orchestra · Ambient Translations of Radiohead

How to Disappear Completely

Wooden Elephant · LANDSCAPES, KNIVES & GLUE – Radiohead's Kid A Recycled

Late Night Lemonade

Luminary Flux · Late Night Lemonade

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