The Sunlit Man
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The Sunlit Man

by Brandon Sanderson

This playlist captures the intense, wandering spirit of Nomad's journey through alien worlds under the oppressive heat of the sun. The instrumental tracks use electronic, synth, ambient, and post-rock elements to evoke vast cosmic landscapes, tension, and fleeting moments of warmth and rebellion. The vocal selections provide poignant reflections on freedom, identity, and resistance, fitting Nomad's personal struggle and the rebellion against tyranny.

41 tracks
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Jul 15, 2026
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Live in Brooklyn (2025 Deluxe Remastered Edition)

Starscapes - Live Bonus

The American Dollar · Live in Brooklyn (2025 Deluxe Remastered Edition)

1
This Is All Yours (Track by Track Commentary)

Nara (Track Commentary)

alt-J · This Is All Yours (Track by Track Commentary)

2
TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Solar Sailer

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

3
Shimmer

Shimmer

Velvet Static · Shimmer

4
A Moment Apart

A Moment Apart

ODESZA · A Moment Apart

5
Rhythm

Eclipse

Helios Jazz Club · Rhythm

6
Spinning Makes Me Dizzy

Voyager

The Album Leaf · Spinning Makes Me Dizzy

7
Voyage

Beyond The Horizon

Biosphere: Nature Sounds & Music · Voyage

8
A Strangely Isolated Place

A Letter from Home - 2019 remaster

Ulrich Schnauss · A Strangely Isolated Place

9
Lost and found

Lost and found

Isaac Delusion · Lost and found

10
Mirage

Mirage

Foreglow · Mirage

11
Aeon

Aeon

Slow Journey · Aeon

12
Celestial

Celestial

Adgy & Éiru · Celestial

13
Persona

Fragment

Rival Consoles · Persona

14
Afterglow

Afterglow

Wicker Whales · Afterglow

15
Interloper

Interloper

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Interloper

16
Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Greenland

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

17
I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon

Brush

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

18
Yearning for the Infinite

Perpetual Motion

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

19
Reckoning

Reckoning

Jon Hopkins · Reckoning

20
DJ-Kicks (Forest Swords) [DJ Mix]

Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed

Forest Swords · DJ-Kicks (Forest Swords) [DJ Mix]

21
Elements of Life

Solar Wind

Madis · Elements of Life

22
NEON HORIZON

NEON HORIZON

Vortex One · NEON HORIZON

23
Kiasmos

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

24
Epoch (Deluxe Version)

Glider

Tycho · Epoch (Deluxe Version)

25
Inferno

Prophecy At 1420 MHz

Boards of Canada · Inferno

26
Echo of Dawn

Silent Flight

Calm Horizons · Echo of Dawn

27
Continua

Blue Hour

Nosaj Thing · Continua

28
New Energy

Two Thousand and Seventeen

Four Tet · New Energy

29
Forever Held

Forever Held

Jon Hopkins · Forever Held

30
Pulse

Pulse

Clark · Pulse

31
Until We Meet Again

Nothing (feat. Adna)

Christian Löffler · Until We Meet Again

32
Me and You

Me and You

Bonobo · Me and You

33
Trance Frendz

20:17

Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz

34
Carrie & Lowell

The Only Thing

Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell

35
We're All Alone In This Together

Both Sides Of A Smile (feat. James Blake)

Dave · We're All Alone In This Together

36
Emotional Pop

Runaway

AURORA · Emotional Pop

37
Sigh No More

Little Lion Man

Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More

38
Not The Actual Events

Burning Bright (Field on Fire)

Nine Inch Nails · Not The Actual Events

39
Eleonore

Resistance

The Black Noodle Project · Eleonore

40
Dream Department

I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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