Cybil’s CyberFUNK Playlist
Music and books have been my refuge from the world’s awfulness since I was a young girl. One of my favorite cyberpunk anime is Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C,, but before that I loved Cowboy Bebop. The opening song for Cowboy Bebop is “Tank”, a jazzy and lively song that embodies the theme and atmosphere of the anime. It was the first time I realized that music can embody and convey the mood of a story.
When writing Fabricated: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery novel, there’s a certain feel and mood that permeates through the series. The genre of the novel is science fiction and mystery but the sub-genre is cyberpunk. By its definition, cyberpunk is “a genre of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology.”-Dictionary.com. Thus the music tends to be a bit broody and haunting.
To keep myself immersed in the atmosphere and in the world of The District, I listen to the following playlist. It’s titled Cybil’s CyberFUNK.
Dark Will Fall by Bonobo featuring Jacob Lusk
Tank! Written by Yoko Kanno and performed by The Seatbelts
All We Do by Oh Wonder
Tokyo by RM of BTS
Bird of the Night by Tomorrow By Together
Hurricane by Thirty Seconds to Mars
Island of Souls by Sting
Bury a Friend by Billie Eilish
The Definition of Ugly by The Rose
Screen Time by Epik High featuring Hoshi of SEVENTEEN
Battlecry by Nujabes featuring Shino02
Inner Universe by Yoko Kanno featuring Origa
When the Angels Fall by Sting
It’s Probably Me by Sting
FastLove by George Michael
Like a Stone by Audioslave