Broken Homes

Book Playlist

Broken Homes Playlist

by Ben Aaronovitch

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 13, 2026

A shifting soundtrack for Peter Grant’s London: its restless electronic pulse, hidden magical undercurrents, and uneasy encounters with violence and the built environment. The instrumental opening moves between investigative momentum and uncanny space; the vocal songs bring in the city’s human voices, Peter’s dry-witted world, and the strange pull of magic and danger.

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Track List

20 songs

1

God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

Moby · Everything Is Wrong

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2

The Son of Flynn

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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3

End of Line

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

Children

Robert Miles · 2gether 90 (Années 90)

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5

Strobe

deadmau5 · Strobe

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6

Surface To Air

The Chemical Brothers · Push The Button

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7

Exchange

Massive Attack · Mezzanine

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8

Window

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

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9

All Is Violent, All Is Bright

God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)

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10

Quiet

This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain

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11

Kobresia

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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12

Eutow

Autechre · Tri Repetae

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13

Winter Linn

Clark · Clark

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14

Recovery

Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne

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15

Emerald Rush

Jon Hopkins · Singularity

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16

London Calling

The Clash · London Calling (Expanded Edition)

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17

West End Girls

Pet Shop Boys · Discography - Complete Singles Collection

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18

Baker Street

Gerry Rafferty · Essential

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19

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Vera Lynn · Vera Lynn

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20

The Ghost In You

The Psychedelic Furs · Mirror Moves

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