DJ Basilisk emerges from a long period of esoteric theorizing, conceptual regeneration, and diligent crate-digging to present Hermetic Expanse, a five-hour odyssey into hypnotic realms of underground electronic music. Originally conceived as a vehicle for showcasing the sound of Techgnosis Records, the label he co-founded alongside Ben Rama in 2015, this mix features ten of his personal favorites from the label’s burgeoning catalog. Situating the Techgnosis vibe in a wider context, this mix also features numerous selections from Digital Diamonds, Digital Structures, Horns and Hoofs Entertainment, Anarkick Records, IbogaTech, Boshke Beats, Zenon Records, and other fellow travellers of the psychedelic techno and minimal psytrance movements. The central core of the mix, a three-hour dance floor workout, was released as Techgnosis Sessions 024, but this full-length and uncut version features an additional two hours of melancholic electro, intricate IDM, experimental breakbeat techno, and dark ambient.
DJ Basilisk - Hermetic Expanse

Track Listing
- 01 The Future Sound of London - Magnox FSOLdigital, 2016
- 02 Multicast Dynamics - Ancient Circuits Denovali Records, 2019
- 03 Valanx - Dance of Death Ultimae Records, 2017
- 04 Mindspan - Awakening Silent Season, 2012
- 05 Alan Backdrop - Never Flown to the Philippines Ekar Records, 2014
- 06 Morphology - Tangent Spaces Cultivated Electronics, 2012
- 07 The Bokanovsky Process - My Electroc!d (Fleck E.S.C. Remix) Bass Agenda Recordings, 2015
- 08 The Mover - Shadow Deception Boidae/Planet Phuture, 2018
- 09 Hardfloor - Neurobot Tangle Hardfloor, 2017
- 10 MYDÄ - Shedding Skin (Dr. Strangefunk Remix) Techgnosis Records, 2019
- 11 Ben Rama - Subversive Anarkick Records, 2017
- 12 Daäna - Little Animals (Trilingo Remix) Digital Diamonds, 2017
- 13 Blow & Zavor - Assolo 001 (Sebastian Mullaert Remix) Blow, 2017
- 14 Jitter - Source Dimension Digital Structures, 2019
- 15 LMX - Pototatek Techgnosis Records, 2019
- 16 Medular - Neuroluminescence Digital Diamonds, 2018
- 17 Extrawelt - Punch the Dragon Cocoon Recordings, 2017
- 18 Nocide - Digital Infection (DJ Basilisk's "Pandemic Year" Edit) Techgnosis Records, 2020
- 19 Robert Reuss - Relocate Anarkick Records, 2018
- 20 KUNI - Krakatoa Techgnosis Records, 2019
- 21 Fredrik Astevall - Block (Luis M Remix) Digital Diamonds, 2017
- 22 Redshift - Cash in Hand (Edit) Zenon Records, 2017
- 23 Rabbit in the Moon - Dark Lord (Feel It Mix) (Edit) Thumper Music, 2017
- 24 Cybered - Submarine Cry (X-Edition) Horns and Hoofs Entertainment, 2015
- 25 Pallida - Mondkraut (Sam Waller Remix) Boshke Beats, 2019
- 26 Miles From Mars - Red Eye Jedi Digital Structures, 2020
- 27 Grouch & Knobs - Quantumplation (Grouch Remix) (Edit) Zenon Records, 2016
- 28 Juno Reactor - Playing With Fire (Jitter Remix) (Edit) Metropolis, 2015
- 29 Ben Rama - They Mostly Come at Night Horns and Hoofs Entertainment, 2017
- 30 MVMB - Twilight Iboga Records, 2017
- 31 MNGRM - Solaris (Trilingo Remix) Techgnosis Records, 2017
- 32 Luis M - Embrace the Fear (Electrypnose Remix) Digital Structures, 2020
- 33 Flembaz - Xalap (Edit) Horns and Hoofs Entertainment, 2016
- 34 Aleckat & Hynamo - Apollo Digital Diamonds, 2020
- 35 Sonic Jay - Artificial Intelligence (Arnold From Mumbai Remix) Techgnosis Records, 2018
- 36 Jossie Telch - Quatre Bones Electric Power Pole Records, 2018
- 37 Nozem - Lost Techgnosis Records, 2020
- 38 Tegma - Tribal Dancer (Solid Snake Remix) Tribal Vision Records, 2013
- 39 Boris Brejcha - The Troublemakerz (Edit) Ultra, 2020
- 40 Peter Groskreutz - Osmose Alula Tunes, 2019
- 41 Diamandy & OCB - Insanity Syndrome Techgnosis Records, 2019
- 42 MVMB & Emok - Pathfinders IbogaTech, 2019
- 43 JP Lantieri - Pinot Grigio (Stan Kolev Remix) Flemcy Music, 2019
- 44 Greg Tomaz - The Substance of Feeling (Ninesh Babu Remix) Juicebox Music, 2020
- 45 ANMA - Destiny Modern Agenda, 2020
- 46 Stan Kolev & Matan Caspi - Enigma Outta Limits, 2017
- 47 Synthetic & Valys - Space Out JOOF Records, 2015
- 48 Bongani - Weave Techgnosis Records, 2020
- 49 Sudhaus - Dusk Silk Music, 2016
- 50 Youth & Gaudi - Stars (Gabriel Le Mar Remix) Liquid Sound Design, 2020
- 51 L.S.G. - Netherworld (Oliver Lieb 2017 Main Mix) Bonzai Progressive, 2017
- 52 Flembaz - Orobas Techgnosis Records, 2015
- 53 Electric Kool Aid - Days Like This (Smith & Burns Remix) Deepdub Recordings, 2013
- 54 Joris Biesmans - DrumatiXL 17 Steps, 2019
- 55 Roel Funcken - Lewton Analogical Force, 2018
- 56 Dominik Eulberg - Die 3 Millionen Musketiere Traum Schallplatten, 2011
- 57 Alic - What Is (Ben Rama Remix) Digital Diamonds, 2015
- 58 Quadratschulz - Ring the Bell (Tribute) Shipwrec, 2017
- 59 James Shinra - Grainn Analogical Force, 2018
- 60 Arkajo - Zenit Aniara Recordings, 2019
- 61 Seph - Navi Aula Magna Records, 2012
- 62 Versalife - Chimaera Shipwrec, 2018
- 63 Zagrebacki Elektricni - MariSari Pulse Drift Recordings, 2017
- 64 Carl Finlow - Veiled Lone Romantic, 2018
- 65 Léonie Pernet feat. Hanaa Ouassim - Auaati (Acid Arab Remix) InFiné Music, 2018
- 66 Demdike Stare - Airborne Latency Modern Love, 2016
- 67 Dadub - Life Stroboscopic Artefacts, 2013
- 68 Cio D'or - Hecto (Electric Indigo & Monolake Remix) Semantica Records, 2016
- 69 Black Lung - The Trickle-Down Effect Ant-Zen, 2014
- 70 Synth Sense - RD-3579 (Widescreen Mix) Auxiliary, 2012
- 71 Funckarma - Emplixian Ambient (Yage Remix) Touched, 2015
- 72 ASC & Synkro - Sacred Moments Auxiliary, 2012
- 73 Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581 (Live Version) Leftfield Records, 2016
- 74 Inigo Kennedy - The Walker Neo Ouija, 2019
- 75 Saafi Brothers - Supervision (Ajja Remix) Liquid Sound Design, 2019
- 76 Wanderwelle - Ancestral Guidance Silent Season, 2018
- 77 Alva Noto - Xerrox Kirlian Noton, 2020
- 78 Solar Debris - Birth ANAØH, 2018
- 79 Oozeer - Depasag Lett Records, 2017
- 80 Mind Over MIDI - Perspektiv Berserk Fabrik, 2020
- 81 Monoloc - Revive Dystopian, 2015
Notes
- This mix marks the first time I’ve featured edits in any of my DJ work. I experimented with Ableton Live in the summer of 2020 while recuperating from an accident and eventually got the hang of it. Most of these edits are relatively minor, mainly involving rearrangement or remastering, but several are more extensive, and one in particular (the “Pandemic Year” edit) is significantly different from the original.
- Based on a set performed on November 27th, 2020. The original version is only about an hour and a half long and starts from Neurobot Tangle. All tracks played that night were included in the final mix except for Start Trying by Nick Höppner & Gonno, which did not make the cut. Several of my edits were based on feedback gathered at this event.
- A three-hour version of this mix featuring only the techno-trance dance floor tunes was published as Techgnosis Sessions 024 in January 2021.
- Slightly longer than my longest mix released to date, The Colours of Ektoplazm, which clocks in just shy of 5 hours.
- Black Lung’s The Trickle-Down Effect is a somewhat rare example of 3/4 time signature in electronic music. The transition out of this tune is also tricky, as it shifts from approximately 126 BPM to 85 BPM while keeping the beats synchronized at a 2:3 ratio.
- Most of the nominally beatless ambient tunes are also beatmatched. I invested a lot of time figuring out a methodology to identify regular patterns in such music as it sounds much nicer when doing long blends rather than the usual fades (although there are also a few of those where necessary).
- The final track, Revive, samples Ephemeral Rift.
- Recorded using Traktor 3 and a Korg Nanokontrol in three sessions; stitched together using Audacity.
- Mastered in Ableton Live using TDR Nova and LoudMax.
- The cover design features a photo by Brian Wiemer edited in Photoshop with some glitch artwork generated using Photomosh and type set in Officina.
- Dedicated to Ben Rama, for your enduring support and commitment to the mission.
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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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