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.
DJ Basilisk - Celestial Expanse

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!
Time Periods
Styles
Series: The Expanse Cycle
The Expanse Cycle features long mixes exploring diverse styles centered on individual musical worlds, but also including other sounds in their outer haloes. Every mix in this series is programmed with long introductions and comedowns, building from silence and eventually returning to the void.
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