Cytherean Expanse is the fifth entry in DJ Basilisk’s Expanse Cycle, an ambitious series of long-form mixes dedicated to sonic world-building and cross-genre experimentation. Four hours and 70 meticulously curated selections await, opening with a hypnotic blend of ambient, downtempo, IDM, electro, and breaks before widening horizons with cosmic disco, acid house, progressive trance, and dub techno, always with a psychedelic touch. There is an earthy and organic aesthetic to many of these selections, wispy echoes of the starlit dance floors and resplendent chill domes of some counter-clock world orbiting on the far side of the sun. Expect to hear genres blended, melodies harmonized, and beats matched as extended, layered mixing transforms diverse source material into a seamless oneness.
DJ Basilisk - Cytherean Expanse

Track Listing
- 01 NFEREE - Thala Kornarion, 2020
- 02 Yuki Conjugate - The Madness Below Auf Abwegen, 2019
- 03 Hydrangea - Osmosis I Natch Elements, 2018
- 04 Perel - Signum Viridi DFA, 2018
- 05 Kyntral - Chant of Movement Natch Records, 2019
- 06 Hiro Kone - Scotch Yoke Pt. I & II Dais Records, 2018
- 07 Franck Kartell - Renaissance Bass Agenda Recordings, 2014
- 08 MetaComplex - Intentional Addiction MetaComplex, 2017
- 09 Switchdance & Rina - Give Way Duro, 2021
- 10 Khidja - Die Wilde Spirale Hivern Discs, 2017
- 11 The Dude of Stratosphear - Ancestors (Ground Remix) Sphearic Records, 2021
- 12 Radial Gaze - Focal Savor Fauve Records, 2022
- 13 Knopha - Gym A Regret Sound, 2020
- 14 The Dude of Stratosphear - Asamas Sphearic Records, 2021
- 15 Balam - Noches Salvajes Hard Fist, 2020
- 16 Upercent - Malson TAU, 2019
- 17 Wolfstream - Gone (Curses' Dangerousity Dub) Rotten City Files, 2017
- 18 Autarkic - Strange Alliances (Trikk's Selva Cosmica Dub) DGTL Records, 2018
- 19 Aera - Moon Palace Innervisions, 2018
- 20 Kuniyuki Takahashi - Newwave Project #7 Mule Musiq, 2017
- 21 Sebastian Mazel - Ashes Hypnodisk, 2018
- 22 Vontier & Mago - Derrumbes Y Escaleras (Saiko Mix) Duro, 2021
- 23 DJ Hell - I Want U (The Hacker Remix) International Deejay Gigolo Records, 2016
- 24 Ambien Baby - Mindkiss NAFF, 2020
- 25 Sven Väth - Ritual of Life (Adam Port 108 Mix) Cocoon Recordings, 2015
- 26 Los Cabra & Christ Burstein & Manuel Sahagun - Yamuna Stil vor Talent, 2019
- 27 Third Son & Darlyn Vlys - Zimmer Upon.You Records, 2017
- 28 dreamAwaken & O.Chelly - Gryning Techgnosis Records, 2018
- 29 SERi - Acid Bubblebath (Wata Igarashi Remix) Acidworx, 2014
- 30 Daniel Avery - Need Electric (Album Version) Phantasy Sound, 2013
- 31 The Horrors - Something To Remember Me By (Gabe Gurnsey Remix) Wolf Tone, 2019
- 32 Lauer - Arumba Cin Cin, 2018
- 33 Fairmont - Loose Teeth My Favorite Robot Records, 2016
- 34 Cooper Saver - Pacific Visions Internasjonal, 2020
- 35 Out of Orbit & Shpongle - No Disco (Red Axes Remix) Shamanic Tales, 2019
- 36 808 State - In Yer Face (Bicep Remix) Feel My Bicep, 2016
- 37 Hardfloor - Make Acid Great Again Hardfloor, 2017
- 38 Nick Höppner & Gonno - Start Trying Ostgut Ton, 2019
- 39 Adam Port - I Never Wear Black (Simple Symmetry Remix) Keinemusik, 2017
- 40 Bliss Inc. - Innerstate Radiant Love, 2020
- 41 Emi Galvan - Timeless The Soundgarden, 2020
- 42 Petar Dundov - Before It All Ends Music Man Records, 2016
- 43 Guy J - Equinox Bedrock Records, 2015
- 44 Mogambo - Dishoom (है) Siamese Twins Records, 2020
- 45 Ex-Terrestrial - Portal Vision (Kali) NAFF, 2019
- 46 Octo Octa - Who Will I Become 100% Silk, 2013
- 47 Lost Desert & Lee Burridge - Welch All Day I Dream, 2019
- 48 Mathimidori - Saka Ornaments, 2019
- 49 Unknown Cause - Sagene Part 3: Maintenance Tie & Tail, 2019
- 50 Om Unit - Circled Om Unit, 2021
- 51 Andrew Weatherall - End Times Sound ByrdOut, 2020
- 52 Overcast Sound - Devil's Mountain Entropy Records, 2011
- 53 Lars Leonhard - Guardian of Crows Lars Leonhard, 2014
- 54 Thomas Fehlmann - Neverevernever Kompakt, 2018
- 55 Reptant - A Realist's Realistic Reality (Roza's Realism Remix) Kalahari Oyster Cult, 2020
- 56 Bunzinelli - Hyperl∞p Cosmic Tones Records, 2019
- 57 Bluetech - Ringside at the Parthenon Bluetech, 2016
- 58 Kuniyuki Takahashi - Blue Neon Mule Musiq, 2017
- 59 Sven Weisemann - Landscape With The Fall of Icarus Delsin, 2015
- 60 Simone Bauer - Nereide Sure Thing, 2019
- 61 Island People - Ember Raster, 2017
- 62 Plaster - Ghost Train Crazy Language, 2016
- 63 Yves De Mey - Excursions To Intersections Semantica Records, 2014
- 64 Richard Devine - Brux Timesig, 2018
- 65 Hypercube - Solvent Field (Nuanæ Remix) Abstrakt Reflections, 2016
- 66 Epsilove - In the Palm of Your Hand Hivern Discs, 2020
- 67 Vector Trancer - Cilgens Spirit Guide Mirror Zone, 2021
- 68 Seph - El Arroyo Del Elfo Dumb-Unit, 2010
- 69 Earthen Sea - Outcropping (Javier Marimon Off Track) Huinali Recordings, 2020
- 70 Jonny Nash / Lindsay Todd - Todd Mushroom Omelette (And The Now Prevailing Cosmic Anxiety) Island of the Gods, 2018
Notes
- Conceived, designed, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, and Vancouver, Canada, from August to September 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).
- This mix accreted around Give Way, which immediately caught my ear and demanded further airplay.
- After the kinetic excesses of Saturnine Expanse I was interested in keeping this one deep and weird.
- Some conscious effort was made to include more selections from around East and Southeast Asia.
- As with Tellurian Expanse this mix rewinds the tape to the early 1990s and plays it forward again, working with the hazy assortment of genres that later gave birth to Goa trance.
- Artist trivia: Sebastian Mazel (AKA Sébastien Masurel) is the brother of Gabriel Masurel (AKA Blue Planet Corporation). He is credited on the classic Alidade, released on Blue Planet (1999), but has released almost no music on his own.
- Have you ever thought how much Shpongle owes a debt of gratitude to Yello? Including a little bit of Shponglese in this mix made that connection for me.
- Major keys aren’t too common in underground dance music but I made good use of them around the transition from Innerstate to Timeless.
- More artist trivia for psytrance fans: Unknown Cause (Magnus Støren Wedén) was formerly known for his forest music project, Fragletrollet.
- Andrew Weatherall’s End Times Sound was released posthumously. It is a rather bleak and mournful tune and really one of his best, in my opinion. At this point in the mix the story has turned and we are headed downward, beginning a confrontion reality as it unravels.
- Guardian of Crows was included partly due to the ambient environment. Crows are everywhere in Vancouver, and this song immediately resonated when I considered where to take the mix.
- Excursions To Intersections marks another turning point in the mix, the dissolution of all that was known and familiar.
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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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