Back when I was working on my novel Nomad, one of the things I did was put together a playlist of choons that were in one way or another, inspirational for story and characters.
The folks over at The Civilian Reader blog hosted a post I wrote about that mythic soundtrack album for Nomad, and a year later, with Exile – the second novel in the Rubicon series – out in bookstores, I thought I’d drop the beats that helped me write it.
As I said when talking about Nomad; “writing a book isn’t just the writing of the book; there’s also the time spent wrangling ideas or thinking stuff up. I find pacing out the kilometers on the runner at the gym is a great place for this, usually with a loud and driving playlist in my earbuds to propel me along.”
So crank the volume and listen up…
Track 1 – “EXILE anthem” – Jungle – X Ambassadors
Track 2 – “Lucy’s Theme (Book II Version)” – Voodoo Child – Brick+Mortar
Track 3 – “Kurjak Stakeout” – Rise – Craig Armstrong
Track 4 – “Black Site Escape” – Easy Action – Boom Boom Satellites
Track 5 – “Dubai Chase Part I” – Speed – Paul Oakenfold
Track 6 – “Dubai Chase Part II” – Ready Steady Go [Remix] – Paul Oakenfold
Track 7 – “Mogadishu Jump” – Missile – Dorothy
Track 8 – “Shell Game” – Run – AWOLNATION
Track 9 – “Into The Caverns”- Loaded Gun – Hednoize
Track 10 – “Outro (Book II Version)” – Absurd (Whitewash Edit) – Fluke
Track 11- “EXILE End Credits”- Collapse – Saosin
Exile is out now in supermarkets, all good bookstores and online retailers!
