Reading Mode

The soundtrack, synced to your reading. Tap the chapter you are starting: the chapter's track plays on your Spotify, then instrumental beds matched to the chapter's mood hold until you turn the page to the next one. It learns your reading pace as you go.

The chapter links below work for everyone, no account needed. Connected mode, where chapters play straight to your own Spotify device and follow your reading pace, is in early access: it needs a Spotify Premium account and a reserved seat (see below).

1 Bloody Pottery Radiohead - Burn the Witch ~9 min 2 Keeping Score Tricky - Hell Is Round the Corner ~13 min 3 Proof of Stake Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown ~9 min 4 A Dead Man’s Commitment Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Hand Covers Bruise ~3 min 5 The Fall from Grace Portishead - Roads ~3 min 6 The Gentle Dose Goldfrapp - Lovely Head ~4 min 7 Signatures of Ruin Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King ~3 min 8 Frost's Failsafe Justice - Genesis ~10 min 9 Exit Code Röyksopp - What Else Is There? ~6 min 10 The Honest Clock Kavinsky - Nightcall ~4 min 11 Rina's Room Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile ~7 min 12 Without Breaking the Build The xx - Intro ~4 min 13 Invisible, Not Free Massive Attack - Mezzanine ~13 min 14 Time to Live John Murphy - Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) ~7 min 15 The Drowning Man Moby - God Moving Over the Face of the Waters ~3 min 16 Paid in Full Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun ~7 min 17 The Bait Fleetwood Mac - The Chain ~6 min 18 Eyes Open David Bowie - Neuköln ~8 min 19 The Mirror Door Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place ~8 min 20 The Tiergarten Lorn - Anvil ~6 min 21 Old Ghosts Talk Talk - Such a Shame ~6 min 22 False Friends Massive Attack - Angel ~4 min 23 Who Watches Radiohead - Idioteque ~10 min 24 A Chill in Stockholm Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart ~9 min 25 Dragons at War Massive Attack - Safe from Harm ~7 min 26 The Berlin Breach Amon Tobin - Bloodstone ~6 min 27 Withered Blossom Björk - Hunter ~7 min 28 Dead Reckoning Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage ~5 min 29 The Architect's Trap The Knife - Heartbeats ~14 min 30 The Bear's Gambit New Order - Blue Monday ~12 min 31 The Least Significant Bit Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs ~8 min 32 Ghost Protocol Burial - Archangel ~12 min 33 The Floating Fortress Daft Punk - Contact ~9 min 34 Tap-Tap Portishead - Sour Times ~4 min 35 The Phoenix Fork Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - In Motion ~14 min 36 Predators and Prey The Prodigy - Breathe ~8 min 37 Detonation Gesaffelstein - Pursuit ~9 min 38 The Closed Door Cliff Martinez - Rubber Head ~6 min 39 The Sovereign Death Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna ~5 min 40 The Final Transaction Daft Punk - End of Line ~11 min 41 Landfall Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place ~15 min 42 Helix Rising Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes ~12 min

Early access to connected mode

While the app waits for Spotify's public approval, connected mode is limited to 25 listeners, first come, first served. Leave the email tied to your Spotify account and you will get a note when your seat is added. No seat is needed for the chapter links above.

How it works

Pick a register. Soundtrack is the full album. Frost runs heavier. Reading is instrumental, made to sit under the words.
Tap the chapter you are starting. Connected, the chapter's track plays on your active Spotify device, followed by instrumental beds chosen to match the chapter's mood, sized to how long the chapter takes to read. Not connected, the track opens on Spotify.
Keep tapping as you read. Each tap re-syncs the music to where you are, and quietly calibrates to your reading speed. The music follows the book, not the clock.

Playing to your device requires a Spotify Premium account with Spotify open somewhere: phone, desktop, or web player. The full playlists live on the soundtrack page.

Get chapter one free