Foundation and Empire
Book Playlist

Foundation and Empire Playlist

by Isaac Asimov

41 tracks
balanced
Apr 27, 2026

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.

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Track List

41 songs
1

Echoes of Light

Alessandra Roncone · Echoes of Light

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2

Accede

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Derelicts

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3

A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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Beyond This Moment

Patrick O'Hearn · So Flows The Current

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Angle of List

Loscil · Sea Island

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Quiet Friend - 30th Anniversary Remaster

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

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Brokendate - Fast Version

Com Truise · Brokendate

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Pulse

Eoforwine · Pulse

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infinite horizon

Chill Queen · lost in space

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Zero Gravity

Somniare · Zero Gravity

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Synthetic Dreams

DJ Mike van Fun · Echoes In Sync

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Fight

Murcof · Fight

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Monday - Paracetamol - 2019 remaster

Ulrich Schnauss · A Strangely Isolated Place

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What We Used To Say

Christian Löffler · What We Used To Say

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As the Earth Kissed the Moon (Excerpt)

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

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16

Deep Space

Calmly · Stargazing

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17

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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

Mogwai · The Bad Fire

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The End

John Carpenter · The End

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Dark Space

Klaudia Gawlas · Dark Space

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21

A New Dawn

Kid Cecille · A New Dawn

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22

Killing All the Flies

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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23

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

Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano

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24

The Art of War

Perturbator · Age of Aquarius

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25

Roygbiv

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

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26

Head Like A Hole

Nine Inch Nails · Pretty Hate Machine

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27

Reunion

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

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Goodbye

Apparat · The Devil's Walk

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29

The Wanderer

Dion · Runaround Sue

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30

Make Something Up

James Blake · Trying Times

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31

In A State

UNKLE · Never, Never, Land

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Lick the Palm of the Burning Handshake

Zola Jesus · Conatus

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3 Days

Rhye · Woman

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34

Us Against Whatever Ever

Ghostpoet · Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

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35

Last Light

Azra Peak · Last Light

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36

Fading Signals

Nothing But Hate · Fading Signals

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37

16 Psyche

Chelsea Wolfe · Hiss Spun

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38

If I Had a Heart

Fever Ray · Fever Ray

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39

Final Hour

X-Ray Dog · Night Hounds

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40

THE ORACLE

ALCHEMYSOUND · THE ORACLE

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Don't be Shy

Luminary Flux · Spell She Cast

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