The City & the City
Book Playlist

The City & the City

by China Miéville

Tyador Borlú’s search through two tightly governed cities is shadowed by unease, bureaucratic friction, and the unsettling possibility of parallel truths. This playlist balances cold, electronic sci‑fi atmospheres with noir-leaning voices and tense lyrical dread—mirroring Besźel and Ul Qoma’s mirrored-but-unbreachable reality, then easing into a more reflective close.

20 tracks
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Sep 17, 2026
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20 songs
1
Passion

Mission Impossible Theme

Lalo Schifrin · Passion

2
Holst: The Planets

The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

3
Endtroducing.....

Midnight In A Perfect World

DJ Shadow · Endtroducing.....

4
David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]

Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]

5
The Bends

Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Radiohead · The Bends

6
Death to the Pixies

Where Is My Mind?

Pixies · Death to the Pixies

7
Big Science

O Superman

Laurie Anderson · Big Science

8
Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead Remixed)

Paranoid Android

Sybarite5 · Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead Remixed)

9
Boys Don't Cry

Killing An Arab

The Cure · Boys Don't Cry

10
Kala

Paper Planes

M.I.A. · Kala

11
Happy Songs for Happy People

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

12
A Rush of Blood to the Head

Clocks

Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head

13
The Fat of the Land

Breathe

The Prodigy · The Fat of the Land

14
Hurry up, We're Dreaming

Midnight City

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

15
Neon Bible

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire · Neon Bible

16
Depression Cherry

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

17
Blonde

Seigfried

Frank Ocean · Blonde

18
Let It Bleed

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones · Let It Bleed

19
Currents

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Currents

20
Hopes And Fears

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Hopes And Fears

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