Metamorphosis

Book Playlist

Metamorphosis Playlist

16 tracks

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Jun 28, 2026

3 mixes for this book

This playlist mirrors Kafka's Metamorphosis through a blend of unsettling yet intimate instrumental tracks and vocal songs that explore alienation, transformation, and human fragility. The instrumentals, spanning dark ambient, experimental electronic, and modern classical, reflect Gregor Samsa’s surreal experience, while the vocal selections convey the emotional complexity and tension within family dynamics and self-identity.

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Track List

16 songs

1

The Garden

Aneto · The Garden

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2

Ebb and Flow

Last Bee on Earth · Prism Break

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3

Ghosts

Japan · Electronic 80's (Ministry Of Sound)

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4

Polaris

Nu Meditation Music · Afterlife

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5

An Unwelcome Guest

Blackbriar · A Dark Euphony

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6

cold air

Sace · cold air

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7

Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday · The Billie Holiday Songbook

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8

House Of Jealous Lovers - Maurice Fulton Remix

The Rapture · House Of Jealous Lovers (Maxi Version)

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9

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Swear Free Jams

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10

A Lack of Color

Death Cab for Cutie · Transatlanticism (10th Anniversary Edition)

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11

Creep

Diamond String Orchestra · Orchestral String Versions of Radiohead

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12

Hyperballad - Over The Edge Mix [Live at Wembley]

Björk · Possibly Maybe

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13

Shadowboxer

Vitamin String Quartet · Strung Out on Fiona Apple: The String Quartet Tribute

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14

Breathe Me

Sia · In Your Feels

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15

Every Breath You Take

The Police · timeless love tunes

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16

I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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