Foundation and Empire
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Foundation and Empire

by Isaac Asimov

This playlist captures the vast, epic scope and intricate political drama of Asimov's "Foundation and Empire" through a blend of electronic, synth, and ambient instrumentals paired with vocal tracks that reflect the cunning, tension, and hope within the narrative. The instrumentals evoke the futuristic, technological atmosphere and cosmic scale, while the vocal songs explore the human emotions and character complexities of the story, including the brilliance and resilience of key figures like Hari Seldon and the looming threat of the dying Galactic Empire.

41 tracks
balanced
Apr 27, 2026
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Track List

41 songs
0
Echoes of Light

Echoes of Light

Alessandra Roncone · Echoes of Light

1
Derelicts

Accede

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Derelicts

2
And Their Refinement of the Decline

A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

3
So Flows The Current

Beyond This Moment

Patrick O'Hearn · So Flows The Current

4
Sea Island

Angle of List

Loscil · Sea Island

5
Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary Remaster)

Quiet Friend - 30th Anniversary Remaster

Steve Roach · Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary Remaster)

6
Brokendate

Brokendate - Fast Version

Com Truise · Brokendate

7
Pulse

Pulse

Eoforwine · Pulse

8
lost in space

infinite horizon

Chill Queen · lost in space

9
Zero Gravity

Zero Gravity

Somniare · Zero Gravity

10
Echoes In Sync

Synthetic Dreams

DJ Mike van Fun · Echoes In Sync

11
Fight

Fight

Murcof · Fight

12
A Strangely Isolated Place

Monday - Paracetamol - 2019 remaster

Ulrich Schnauss · A Strangely Isolated Place

13
What We Used To Say

What We Used To Say

Christian Löffler · What We Used To Say

14
I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America (1950-1990)

As the Earth Kissed the Moon (Excerpt)

Michael Stearns · I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music In America (1950-1990)

15
Stargazing

Deep Space

Calmly · Stargazing

16
Melancholia

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

17
The Bad Fire

If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others

Mogwai · The Bad Fire

18
The End

The End

John Carpenter · The End

19
Dark Space

Dark Space

Klaudia Gawlas · Dark Space

20
A New Dawn

A New Dawn

Kid Cecille · A New Dawn

21
Happy Songs for Happy People

Killing All the Flies

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

22
Black Swan of Piano

Lux Aeterna (From "Requiem for a Dream") [Arr. for Solo Piano]

Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano

23
Age of Aquarius

The Art of War

Perturbator · Age of Aquarius

24
Music Has The Right To Children

Roygbiv

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

25
Pretty Hate Machine

Head Like A Hole

Nine Inch Nails · Pretty Hate Machine

26
Hurry up, We're Dreaming

Reunion

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

27
The Devil's Walk

Goodbye

Apparat · The Devil's Walk

28
Runaround Sue

The Wanderer

Dion · Runaround Sue

29
Trying Times

Make Something Up

James Blake · Trying Times

30
Never, Never, Land

In A State

UNKLE · Never, Never, Land

31
Conatus

Lick the Palm of the Burning Handshake

Zola Jesus · Conatus

32
Woman

3 Days

Rhye · Woman

33
Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Us Against Whatever Ever

Ghostpoet · Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

34
Last Light

Last Light

Azra Peak · Last Light

35
Fading Signals

Fading Signals

Nothing But Hate · Fading Signals

36
Hiss Spun

16 Psyche

Chelsea Wolfe · Hiss Spun

37
Fever Ray

If I Had a Heart

Fever Ray · Fever Ray

38
Night Hounds

Final Hour

X-Ray Dog · Night Hounds

39
THE ORACLE

THE ORACLE

ALCHEMYSOUND · THE ORACLE

40
Spell She Cast

Don't be Shy

Luminary Flux · Spell She Cast

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