The Invention of Sound

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The Invention of Sound Playlist

by Chuck Palahniuk

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 18, 2026

A soundscape for Palahniuk’s pursuit of a missing daughter and the unsettling craft of manufacturing cinematic reality: the instrumental half moves from intimate unease into disorienting, tactile sound, then the vocal half gives voice to obsession, grief, and distrust. The sequence balances tense textures with quieter moments, echoing the book’s shifts between searching for the truth and fearing what it may reveal.

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Track List

20 songs

1

De natura sonoris No. 1

Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Fonogrammi - Horn Concerto

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2

Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale

György Ligeti · Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 3

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3

Donkey Rhubarb

Aphex Twin · Donkey Rhubarb

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4

Virginal II

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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5

Caecilia

Fennesz · Endless Summer

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6

Rae

Autechre · LP5

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7

The Last General

Disasterpeace · Hyper Light Drifter (Original Game Soundtrack)

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8

Midnight Black Earth

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth

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9

The Daughters of Quiet Minds

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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10

Climbing Up the Walls

Radiohead · OK Computer

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11

The Becoming

Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)

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12

Machine Gun

Portishead · Third

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13

What's He Building?

Tom Waits · Mule Variations (Remastered)

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14

The Killing Jar

Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)

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15

The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)

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16

Frankie Teardrop

Suicide · Attempted: Live at Max's Kansas City, 1980

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17

The Body Is a Blade

Japanese Breakfast · Soft Sounds from Another Planet

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18

The Drowning Man

The Cure · Faith

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19

Dead Souls

Joy Division · The Best Of

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20

How to Disappear Completely

Radiohead · Kid A

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