The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
Book Playlist

The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook Playlist

by Matt Dinniman

37 tracks
balanced
Jul 15, 2026
5 mixes for this book

This playlist mirrors the labyrinthine and intense journey through the Iron Tangle subway system in "The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook," blending intricate electronic instrumentals with intimate acoustic warmth. The instrumental selections evoke the complex, otherworldly environment and the characters' struggle, while the vocal tracks highlight key emotional and thematic elements, providing a diverse and immersive soundscape fitting a science fantasy adventure underground.

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Track List

37 songs
1

The Time To Run (For String Quartet)

Dexter Britain · Forever Running Away & Other Cinematic Stories

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2

Signal to Noise

Aaron Aitken · Signal to Noise

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3

Emancipation

Helios · Eingya

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4

Nightfall

Mareel · Nightfall

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5

20:17

Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz

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6

Fragments of You

Jason Fervento · Fragments of You

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7

I Can Almost See You

Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)

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8

Subterranean

Tracy Bryant · Subterranean

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9

Angle of List

Loscil · Sea Island

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10

Opal-In

AES Dana · Opal-In

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11

Brush

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon

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12

Time For Space

Emancipator · Baralku

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Interloper

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Interloper

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14

The Missing (Origin 2006)

Solar Fields · Origin # 02

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15

Dark Matter

Pearl Jam · Dark Matter

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16

Blurred

Kiasmos · Blurred

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17

Father

The Quantic Soul Orchestra · Tropidélico

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18

Lux Aeterna

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream / OST

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19

Nebula

Dosi · Origins

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20

Boreal Kiss Pt. 1

Tim Hecker · Haunt Me

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21

Naraka

Boards of Canada · Inferno

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22

Two Thousand and Seventeen

Four Tet · New Energy

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23

I

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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24

Fragments of Self

Max Cooper · Fragmented Self

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25

L

Tycho · Awake

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26

Forever Held

Jon Hopkins · Forever Held

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27

Dreamer's Wake

Rival Consoles · Persona

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28

As the Sun Kissed the Horizon

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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29

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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30

Can You Hear The Music

Ludwig Göransson · Oppenheimer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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31

Erupting Light

Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking

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32

Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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33

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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34

Runaway Train

Soul Asylum · Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum

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35

Runaway

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

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36

Escape Velocity

Future Heroes · Future Heroes III

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I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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Mood balanced
Genre match
Era any
Length long
Instrumental request 90%
Environment cozy

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