DJ Basilisk - Intangible Frontiers 3

Intangible Frontiers 3

DJ Basilisk presents Intangible Frontiers 3, a genre-defying mix originally commissioned by Psybient.org for their long-running podcast series and released under the name Resilience. This meticulously-curated journey contains multitudes: ambient and modular dreamscapes, bucolic IDM and futuristic electro breaks, quirky nu-disco workouts, deep and organic house and trance, bubbling acid experiments, shimmering slabs of dub techno, and more than a few references to the origins of psychedelic trance culture on the beaches of South and Southeast Asia. A careful selection of harmonically compatible source material allows for long, layered transitions, sometimes with three or four tracks playing simultaneously. Ideally this creates a sort of auditory illusion where tracks meld together and time collapses, making it effortless to lose yourself in this musical microcosm. Finally, on an emotional level, this mix is often more hopeful and perhaps even inspirational, though it is not without melancholy and sadness at times, a reflection of the global zeitgeist.

Track Listing

  1. 01 Siavash Amini + Saffronkeira - Forgotten Machinations Denovali Records, 2021
  2. 02 Max Cooper - Veil of Time 3D Max Cooper, 2020
  3. 03 Alva Noto - Xerrox Voyage Noton, 2020
  4. 04 Loscil - Fifth Anchor Span Kranky, 2012
  5. 05 Forest On Stasys - Petricor Accents Records, 2020
  6. 06 State Azure - Cascade State Azure, 2019
  7. 07 Drew McDowall x Hiro Kone - Bright Kiss of Fire BANK Records NYC, 2018
  8. 08 Aes Dana feat. MikTek - 6AM Ultimae Records, 2014
  9. 09 VC-118A - Enter Frustrated Funk, 2017
  10. 10 Dust-e-1 - Hutchin DustWORLD, 2020
  11. 11 Kalson - Taurus Dominance Electricity, 2021
  12. 12 Stimulus Timbre - DE-1 Transmission Mystic Sound Records, 2018
  13. 13 Knay - Amelie (Simone Bauer's Mystical Forest Interpretation) NFEREE, 2020
  14. 14 Roza Terenzi - Spiral Planet Euphorique, 2020
  15. 15 Primitive Needs - Verbatim Love Above Records, 2021
  16. 16 Datawave - Anomaly AC Records, 2019
  17. 17 Rambal Cochet - Leptis Magna (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix) Wrong Era, 2021
  18. 18 Lokier - The Train Loop Days of Being Wild, 2015
  19. 19 Volta Cab - Kondor Got Problems Nein Records, 2016
  20. 20 Skelesys - Do You Know? (Curses Remix) Rotten City Files, 2019
  21. 21 Charlie Don't Surf - Djupt Under Planet Rhythm Records, 2015
  22. 22 Mungolian Jetset - Mush in the Bush Smalltown Supersound, 2012
  23. 23 Desert Dwellers - To Be The Air (Forever & Ever Remix) Sofa Beats Records, 2020
  24. 24 Raidho feat. T.Etno - Tarantula Sol Selectas, 2020
  25. 25 Chris IDH - Nama Bercâna Music, 2018
  26. 26 Octal Industries - Kólga #1 Entropy Records, 2013
  27. 27 Vakula - Deep Motivation Dekmantel, 2017
  28. 28 Dircsen - Depth Scan Beef Records, 2018
  29. 29 Tornado Wallace - Thinking Allowed ESP Institute, 2013
  30. 30 Khun Fluff - วิญญาณ (Full Circle's Lost in Translation Mix) Siamese Twin Records, 2021
  31. 31 Ground - Stone Bridge (Mogambo 4AM Psy Dub) 禁 JIN, 2021
  32. 32 Dublicator - Cosmic Egg Dublicator, 2015
  33. 33 Primal Code - Elixir Hypnus Records, 2020
  34. 34 Conforce - Phase 7 Transcendent, 2015
  35. 35 The Higher Intelligence Agency - Discatron Headphone, 2020
  36. 36 Blue Planet Corporation feat. Johannes Regnier - Phoenix DAT Temple, 2022
  37. 37 Padmasana - Vibration (Part One) Dakini Records, 2013
  38. 38 Babe Roots feat. Kojo Neatness - Sufferation Time (Babe Roots Remix) Echocord, 2019
  39. 39 SUBSET - The Community of Worlds Greyscale, 2021
  40. 40 One Arc Degree - The Glow Beneath Synphaera Records, 2018
  41. 41 Mr. Cloudy - Lumen Silent Season, 2010
  42. 42 Murr feat. Rosina - Dive Into The Deepest Thoughtless Music, 2013
  43. 43 Krusseldorf feat. Carolin Terzian - Tokyo Nights Aleph Zero Records, 2011
  44. 44 Martin Nonstatic - Vyana (Exhale) Ultimae Records, 2020
  45. 45 Bola - Fhorth Skam, 2017

Notes

  • This mix was commissioned by Psybient.org and originally premiered on Soundcloud.
  • The intention with this guest mix was two-fold: to expand the horizons of what we consider “psychedelic downtempo” by exploring a wide range of adjacent and compatible styles of electronic music; and to demonstrate advanced mixing techniques in a chill out set, where many DJs merely make brief, sometimes dissonant transitions between tracks.
  • It was released as Resilience (a name chosen by Psybient.org) and later retconned into the Intangible Frontiers series as the third edition. It didn’t feel right leaving it out, as it was very much the spiritual predecessor of what I’m doing with IF.
  • The introductory sequence might sound a little uncomfortable by design.
  • This mix accreted around Taurus, which immediately caught my ear and demanded to be sutured into this project.
  • I’ve been looking for a way to fit Mogambo’s heavy but slow remix of Stone Bridge into a set for a while, and I was delighted to hear how well it meshed with Full Circle’s remix of a song by Khun Fluff. Both tracks have both a Thai and a Taiwanese connection.
  • There’s plenty of dub techno and even some actual dub reggae toward the end of this mix, a common motif explored through many of my mixes these years.
  • Vocals were employed sparingly but with intent.
  • Dedicated to the resilience of the Ukrainian people.

Series: Intangible Frontiers

Points of contact across the boundaries of musical subcultures. Plumbing the depths of underground electronic music for uncommon selections with a wide range of influences. Smooth journeys into sound.

  1. Intangible Frontiers 1
  2. Intangible Frontiers 2
  3. Intangible Frontiers 3

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