The City & the City
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The City & the City

by China Miéville

This playlist mirrors the complex duality and layered intrigue of "The City & the City," blending electronic, ambient, and post-rock instrumentals with vocal tracks that evoke themes of division, identity, and urban mystery. The instrumentals emphasize the sci-fi, speculative nature of the novel’s cities, while the vocal songs explore character-driven narratives and the emotional tensions between Besźel and Ul Qoma.

19 tracks
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Jun 6, 2026
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19 songs
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Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Remixes & B-Sides)

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83 · Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Remixes & B-Sides)

1
Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

I Can Almost See You

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

2
Eingya

Emancipation

Helios · Eingya

3
Until We Meet The Sky

Phase 09 - Sombrero

Solar Fields · Until We Meet The Sky

4
Inferno

Naraka

Boards of Canada · Inferno

5
Awake

Awake

Tycho · Awake

6
Wintermusik

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

7
Kiasmos

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

8
Spaces

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

9
Pastel Goth

Digital Witness

St. Vincent · Pastel Goth

10
Signs of Light

City of Angels

The Head And The Heart · Signs of Light

11
The A Cappella Collection

Hide and Seek

Imogen Heap · The A Cappella Collection

12
Tanning in the Sun

Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun · Tanning in the Sun

13
Yogi Translations of Radiohead

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Yoga Pop Ups · Yogi Translations of Radiohead

14
Soft Rock Alternative

This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

Talking Heads · Soft Rock Alternative

15
The 80s: Decade of Classics

Under the Milky Way

The Church · The 80s: Decade of Classics

16
She Talks In Maths: Interpretations Of Radiohead

How To Disappear Completely

Eliza Lumley · She Talks In Maths: Interpretations Of Radiohead

17
VSQ Performs Arcade Fire's Funeral

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Vitamin String Quartet · VSQ Performs Arcade Fire's Funeral

18
Spell She Cast

Welcome to the Circus

Luminary Flux · Spell She Cast

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