La Bossue

Book Playlist

La Bossue Playlist

by Sao Ichikawa

21 tracks

balanced

May 7, 2026

This playlist weaves delicate instrumental and vocal pieces that mirror Shaka's complex inner world and social isolation, blending intimate acoustic textures with subtle electronic and ambient layers. The selected tracks evoke themes of confinement, resilience, digital escapism, and the provocative dual lives that the protagonist leads, capturing the nuanced emotional arc of the novel in a cohesive indie/ambient sound palette.

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Track List

21 songs

1

Untitled

Balmorhea · Live at Sint-Elisabethkerk

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2

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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3

First Breath After Coma

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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4

We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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5

Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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6

Emancipation

Helios · Eingya

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7

Nara

J.J. Pfeifer · E S Posthumus Sketches

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8

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

Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano

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9

Masollan

Balmorhea · Stranger

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10

Opus 55

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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11

Night Shift

Lucy Dacus · Historian

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12

Slow Show

The National · Boxer

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13

Brave

Sara Bareilles · The Blessed Unrest

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14

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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15

Glory Box

Portishead · Dummy

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16

Motion Sickness

Roma Symphony Orchestra · RSO Performs Phoebe Bridgers

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17

Black Sheep

Metric · Black Sheep

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18

Breathe

Télépopmusik · Genetic World

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19

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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20

Weightless

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

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21

Luminary

Dravelyn · Magical Moments

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