Book Playlist

Colony Playlist

17 tracks

balanced

Apr 5, 2026

This playlist captures the essence of Max Kidruk's "Colony" through a blend of atmospheric instrumentals and evocative vocal tracks, reflecting themes of exploration, survival, and the tension between human nature and technology. The instrumental selections provide expansive, cinematic soundscapes that echo the book's uncategorized genre and emotional complexity, while the vocal tracks offer nuanced storytelling and introspection matching the characters' arcs and the novel's mysterious ambiance.

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Track List

17 songs

1

Dreamer's Wake

Rival Consoles · Persona

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2

Angle of List

Loscil · Sea Island

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3

The First I love You

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein · Stranger Things 3 (Original Score from the Netflix Original Series)

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4

Accede

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Derelicts

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5

Echoes of Time

Kennedy One · Echoes of Time

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6

First Light

Aukai · Apricity B-Sides & Versions

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7

Phantom Thread I

Jonny Greenwood · Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8

Fragment II

Library Tapes · Fragment

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9

Isostacy

Helios · Remembrance

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10

Song For No One

Lowercase Noises · Migratory Patterns

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11

Black Sands

Bonobo · Black Sands

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12

Paper Wings

Rise Against · Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture

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13

The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

The Postal Service · Give Up

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14

Retrograde

James Blake · Overgrown

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15

Clearest Blue

Piano Dreamers · Piano Dreamers Play Chvrches

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16

Into My Arms

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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17

Scorpio Babies

Luminary Flux · Scorpio Babies

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