TAUGHT 🧬 the playlist
A Soundtrack for Rootkitting Reality
Musical Theme: Unlearning is harder
My first novel, CALLED, begins with the seemingly ordinary Clementine Jones receiving a cryptic message from her long-lost father that proceeds to upend her reality entirely. As she begins to follow the clues he left behind, she finds herself on a dangerous quest for the truth, one that threatens everyone and everything she has ever known. Listen to that playlist here!
In the second installment, TAUGHT, Clementine manages to escape the confines of the Conglomerate and faces an unsettling new world, unsure of whom to trust. As she unravels long-buried deceptions, she confronts the harsh realization that history is more than a record—it’s a force that shapes the future. And those who fail to see the past clearly risk being swept away by the avalanche that created it.
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As a DJ, I always take requests. What’s a song has urged you to reexamine your world?
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Behind the Music
When I arrange songs into a playlist, I’m exploring a specific theme—in this case, the world of TAUGHT—but I also use a narrative structure. Mirroring the highs and lows of the story, I use tracks 1, 13, and 25 as the respective overture, entr’acte, and curtain call to steal a bit of musical theatre lingo. While crafted to play from beginning to end, I also, naturally, respect the wisdom of the shuffle.
Track List
Cold War Kids — Underground
Tones And I — Bad Child
Killing Joke — Requiem
The Chemical Brothers — All Of A Sudden
Phoenix — All Eyes on Me
Propellerheads (feat. Miss Shirley Bassey) — History Repeating
Florence + The Machine — Hiding
Hozier — Eat Your Young
Ministry — Disinformation
The Prodigy — Android
Imagine Dragons — Natural
The Killers — Run for Cover
Absolute Body Control — Is There an Exit?
Signal Aout 42 — Race of the Human Race
Megadeth — Trust
Fad Gadget — Collapsing New People
Metric — Help I'm Alive
Beck — Modern Guilt
Bastille — Revolution
Davey Asprey & Beatsole — Allies
Bakermat — Teach Me
Automatic — Calling It
Kula Shaker — Gaslighting
Art d'Ecco — Survival Of The Fittest
Grave Digger — Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
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Thanks for vibing with this curated playlist 🎧—your presence fuels my creative journey! If you enjoy a mix of witty memoirs set against Dutch backdrops, gripping serialized mysteries, and rebellious dystopian sci-fi, you’ve come to the right place.