Celestial Expanse ⁄ DJ Basilisk

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DJ Basilisk charts a course to the outer reaches of space and sound with Celestial Expanse, the sixth in an ambitious series of mixes devoted to sonic world-building and cross-genre experimentation. This epic journey spans more than 4 hours and features 62 tracks ranging from the abyssal depths of ambient to high octane psychedelic trance. Abstract and glitchy IDM set the mood, evolving into cybernetic electro and modular techno as the pace quickens, eventually breaking through to mind-melting darkpsy and the eerie gloom of forest music. Engines reverse after reaching a peak at 155 BPM, beginning a tumultuous descent through bewitching twilight, energetic full-on, and new school Goa trance, finally grounding out with wispy traces of tech house and dub techno, experimental bass music, and ice-cold ambient.

Track Listing

01 Versalife - Autocatalytic Reactions Djak-Up-Bitch (DUB), 2017
02 Vril & Rødhåd - Geomantic WSNWG, 2020
03 214 - Figments Klakson, 2020
04 Daed - H2FSbF6 Analogical Force, 2019
05 SAAH - Engage Typeless, 2019
06 Reptant - March of the Repazoids LKR Records, 2020
07 Sonar Base - The Storms of Uranus Cultivated Electronics, 2012
08 Volruptus - Juggernaut Cosmonaut bbbbbb recors, 2020
09 Sansibar - Caller of the Storms Radiant Love, 2021
10 Blawan - Spooky Fingers Ternesc, 2021
11 Electrypnose - Tricotage Dans Ma Tête 2to6 Records, 2020
12 Kalumet - Parittya 16 Sangoma Records, 2017
13 Disobedient Perception - Tung Bass Parvati Records, 2020
14 Third Eye of Monkey - Onorestis Oniris Purple Hexagon Records, 2016
15 Mapa Pandiga & Nicr - Whispering Glade Another Dimension Music, 2019
16 Babagoon - Bong Monk Sangoma Records, 2015
17 Kluster - Gringo Bingo Stoneage Records, 2021
18 Ghostscent & Inzect - Ojsan Real Vision Music, 2018
19 The Verge - Quantum Cipher Parvati Records, 2018
20 Nobot - Milchmau5 Parvati Records, 2016
21 Dark Elf - The Last Envoy Pralayah Records, 2021
22 Purist - Junglekarma Forestdelic Records, 2018
23 Cyk & Gahara - Devious Artistry Woo-Dog Recordings, 2021
24 Psique & MPF - Hot Swap Hypnotique Recordings, 2018
25 Ataro - Follow The Memories Freak Records, 2018
26 Digitalist & Sator Arepo - Illoominated Sonic Loom, 2013
27 Gappeq - The Fish of the Mirror Parvati Records, 2013
28 Ataro & Mysterion - New Era Part 2 DarkWeb Records, 2021
29 Tromo - Awaken Humanoid Insomnia Records, 2016
30 Anarkick - Interstellar Overdrive StoneAge Records, 2020
31 Yerba Divina - Atokirina Brahmasutra Records, 2021
32 Ion Vader - S19 Timewarp, 2021
33 Trold & Teorema - Forever Campinas Forestdelic Records, 2018
34 Dimmitrion - Lost in the Woods Patronas Records, 2021
35 Render - Groovology Reversible Records, 2020
36 Tripswitch - Shamanic Tea (Ajja Remix) Superfluid Sound, 2021
37 Wizack Twizack - Phase Five StoneAge Records, 2020
38 Solitary Shell - Treasure Planet Dacru Records, 2021
39 Spectra Sonics - Crome Transcape Records, 2022
40 Electric Universe - Mystical Experiences Dacru Records, 2016
41 The Muses Rapt vs Power Source vs Innerzone - Galactic Wilderness Dacru Records, 2017
42 Cosmic Dimension - Different Species Global Sect Music, 2021
43 Celestial Intelligence - Owl Suntrip Records, 2019
44 Stellar Force - Astral Dive Neogoa, 2016
45 Hypnoxock - Doubling Time Suntrip Records, 2020
46 K.O.B. - Folie À Deux Suntrip Records, 2017
47 Globox - Spooky Action at a Distance Cronomi Records, 2021
48 Roy Sasson - Mentalogue Suntrip Records, 2020
49 Elysium - Into The Void The Hypnotic LFO Room, 2020
50 Roza Terenzi - Cosmology Step Ball Chain, 2020
51 Sansibar - S1 Type Beat Avoidance, 2020
52 Pitch Black - One Ton Skank Dubmission Records, 2019
53 Soela - Hold On Dial, 2020
54 Borealis - Womb Origami Sound, 2012
55 Hexagon - Cerebral Trauma Shipwrec, 2017
56 Cristian Vogel - Dreams of Apolonia (Trying For Your Love) Shitkatapult, 2012
57 Objekt - Shuttered Bleep, 2013
58 Anna Homler & Alessio Capovilla - De'la Cocce Gang of Ducks, 2020
59 VC-118A - Shift Register Tabernacle Records, 2016
60 Central Industrial - The Wheeler Boundary Auxiliary, 2013
61 Answer Code Request - An Unattainable Distance Ostgut Ton, 2018
62 HuuHaa - Kryos Zero Full Sound, 2018

Notes

Conceived, designed, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, and Vancouver, Canada, from August to October 2022.
Recorded in several sessions using Traktor 3 and a Korg Nanokontrol.
Mastered in Ableton Live using TDR Nova and LoudMax; wave surgery conducted with Audacity.
Source material for the artwork includes public domain imagery by Tanaka Juuyoh (3D rendering) and NASA (background).
This mix began as an experiment in mixing electro into darkpsy.
Tempos range from 140 BPM to 155 BPM, dropping back down to the 130s before dissolving into beatless ambient.
SAAH’s killer tune Engage is also available for free download from Bandcamp.
Much of the darkpsy segment of the mix features music from Brazil or Greece.
Quirky pop music references can be heard in Milchmau5. I suspect this is something of an in-joke referencing the foot in the logo of Parvati Records.
Dipping into full-on territory required some restraint; due to the exceedingly rich production value of modern full-on psytrance it is rather easy to get stuck there, as little else mixes into it. More modern new school Goa trance provided a sensible exit to keep the cavalcade of substyles flowing.
This mix eschews nostalgia for futurism; almost no references to past music were included apart from Ajja’s crowd-pleasing remix of Shamanic Tea, originally released on Mana Medicine in 2001.
I ended up cutting a lot of candidates in the full-on psytrance and new school Goa trance segments for having tacky samples about drugs or whatever. Carl Sagan samples though? Sign me up!