The Catacombs

Book Playlist

The Catacombs Playlist

by Jeremy Bates

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 27, 2026

This playlist moves from the layered, hushed atmosphere of subterranean passages toward mounting unease, then gives way to songs about darkness, death, disorientation, and Paris itself. French-language selections evoke the city above and below ground, while the instrumental opening traces the group's descent without inventing details about the friends.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Rain Tree Sketch II

Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Complete Works for Piano

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2

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Alina

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3

China Gates

John Adams · John Adams: China Gates

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4

The Pearl

Harold Budd · Wind In Lonely Fences 1970 - 2011

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5

Musica ricercata II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale

György Ligeti · Ligeti: Piano & Harpsichord Works

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6

The How of it Sped

Bing & Ruth · No Home of the Mind

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7

In the Fog I

Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972

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8

Chrome Country

Oneohtrix Point Never · R Plus Seven

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9

Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1

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

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10

The Silence Of A Candle

Ralph Towner · Diary

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11

Sous le ciel de Paris

Édith Piaf · Eternelle

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12

La nuit je mens

Alain Bashung · Fantaisie Militaire

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13

Les feuilles mortes

Yves Montand · Chante Prevert

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14

Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille

Jacques Dutronc · Il est cinq heures

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15

Les Fleurs

Minnie Riperton · Come To My Garden

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16

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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17

People Are Strange

The Doors · Strange Days

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18

Roads

Portishead · Dummy

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19

In The House Of Stone And Light

Martin Page · In The House Of Stone And Light

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20

Death Is Not the End

Bob Dylan · Down In The Groove

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