DJ Basilisk invites you to explore the ornate musical microcosm of Tellurian Expanse, an extended four hour mix blending acid house, dark disco, synthwave, leftfield techno, midtempo breaks, balearic beat, IDM, and deep ambient. Conceived as an experiment in timelessness, this nostalgic journey into sound features 77 tracks chosen for their idiosyncratic character and analog ethos. World cultures collide and imagined geographies collapse as the story unfolds, catapulting the listener from the mirror-shaded nightclubs of the 1980s to the shifting sands of ancient Mesopotamia and back again. Despite the unapologetic rawness of many of these selections, Basilisk’s smooth and harmonic mixing style prevails, adeptly fusing every track into a seamless whole.
DJ Basilisk - Tellurian Expanse

Track Listing
- 01 Autechre - paralel Suns Warp Records, 2008
- 02 Multicast Dynamics - Valta Denovali Records, 2015
- 03 Cosey Fanni Tutti - Split Conspiracy International, 2019
- 04 Yello - Magma Polydor, 2016
- 05 Mindspan - Conscience Silent Season, 2012
- 06 Yuki Conjugate - In Flux Auf Abwegen, 2019
- 07 Birds Ov Paradise - Fog Hypnus Records, 2018
- 08 Samuel Rohrer - Uncertain Grace (Vilod Remix) Arjunamusic, 2017
- 09 Meat Beat Manifesto - Moving Pulse Flexidisc, 2019
- 10 Kore Kosmou - Taboo (Holeg Spies Remix) Wakyo Records, 2016
- 11 Acid Arab feat. Said Shanbehzadeh - Amal Versatile Records, 2015
- 12 Nadia Struiwigh - Lenticular Central Processing Unit, 2017
- 13 Djedjotronic feat. Lokier - Are Friends Electric (Club Mix) Boysnoize Records, 2019
- 14 Enzo Elia & Aldebaran - Low Red (Instrumental Mix) Kompakt, 2019
- 15 Echonomist - Eyes TAU, 2020
- 16 Zakir - Butterfly of Love RADI MIRA I LUBVI, 2020
- 17 Tornado Wallace feat. Sui Zhen - Today (I:Cube's "Aujourd'hui Beats" Mix) Running Back, 2018
- 18 Toki Fuko - Variant V (Simak Delitvin Remix) Seven Villas, 2016
- 19 Jenia Tarsol & Jinga - Hold Your Pony Correspondant Music, 2019
- 20 Saschienne - Don't Put Your Fingers in the Socket Kompakt, 2015
- 21 Marvin & Guy - Superior Conjunction Life and Death, 2017
- 22 Emi Galvan - Dharma The Soundgarden, 2020
- 23 Musumeci & Phunkadelica - Babilonia Innervisions, 2018
- 24 Zombies in Miami - Misterio de Verano Correspondant Music, 2018
- 25 Cowboy Rhythmbox - Tanz Exotique (Red Axes Remix) Phantasy, 2018
- 26 Solomun - Fantazija Diynamic Music, 2015
- 27 Fairmont - Frozen in Glass Bedrock Records, 2019
- 28 Steve Moore - Frame Dragging Kompakt, 2020
- 29 Perel - Die Dimension (Marcus Worgull Remix) DFA, 2018
- 30 Redrago - Redrago (Club Version) Life and Death, 2019
- 31 Virginia & Mista Luv - Blue Pyramid (Khidja Remix) Dark Entries/Emotional Rescue, 2017
- 32 Auntie Flo - Hey, Don't Make Trouble (Esa's "Afro Acid" Mix) Permanent Vacation, 2014
- 33 Charlie Don't Surf - Diamanter Planet Rhythm Records, 2016
- 34 Achterbahn D'Amour - Cardbox Acid Test/Absurd Recordings, 2012
- 35 Daniel Avery - Light Into Dark Throne of Blood, 2012
- 36 nthng - Vision Us Mörk, 2015
- 37 Octo Octa - Adrift Honey Soundsystem Records, 2017
- 38 Clarian - Lucid Dreamers Anjunadeep, 2015
- 39 Iori - Rainfall Phonica White, 2015
- 40 Wata Igarashi - Mood of the Machines Part III The Bunker New York, 2016
- 41 Function - Kurzstrecke Tresor, 2019
- 42 Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Trouble at the Séance Crosstown Rebels, 2015
- 43 Aera - Naked Church Innervision, 2020
- 44 The Analog Session - Early Morning Raga Hot Elephant Music, 2018
- 45 The Analog Session - Early Morning Raga (Hamza Remix) Hot Elephant Music, 2018
- 46 Simple Symmetry - Enkidu (Adam Port's "Tulum at Night" Edit) Disco Halal, 2019
- 47 Tentacle - Goliath (Brassica Remix) Natura Sonoris, 2018
- 48 Manor House Boyz - Temple of Set Super Rhythm Trax, 2019
- 49 Ed Dix - Gendang Sakti Soil Records, 2020
- 50 Legowelt - Slowjam Deeptechno Crème Organization, 2009
- 51 SHMLSS - 4AM at the Kebab Shop (Bawrut Remix) Nein Records, 2016
- 52 Simple Symmetry - Voodoo Your Ex Disco Halal, 2017
- 53 Dusty Kid - T.R.O.T.S.O.L. Suara Records, 2018
- 54 Area Forty_One - Voyage Delsin Records, 2016
- 55 Borealis - Not of This Reality (Henry Saiz's "Psicofonic Invocation" Mix) Origami Sound, 2012
- 56 Dorisburg - Tundra Aniara Recordings, 2011
- 57 Shit Robot - OB-8 (Winter Mix) DFA, 2016
- 58 Benedikt Frey - H For Hysteria ESP Institute, 2017
- 59 Oceanvs Orientalis - Dance of Swords Kanto Records, 2018
- 60 Yong Jai Kim - Nothing is Real Wanderlust Musica, 2019
- 61 Sebastian Mullaert - Lyssna Då Björkarna Viskar Mule Electronic, 2011
- 62 Khidja - Haetrin (John Talabot's "Late" Mix) Hivern Discs, 2018
- 63 The Irresistible Force - Space Elevator Liquid Sound Design, 2017
- 64 Lorenzo Montanà & Mick Chillage - Otherworldly Circulus Closes Carpe Sonum Records, 2016
- 65 Petar Dundov - Ideas From the Pond Music Man Records, 2012
- 66 Bicep - Ayaya Ninja Tune, 2017
- 67 Desolate - Divinus Fauxpas Musik, 2011
- 68 Voiski - ORY FCO Super 95, 2017
- 69 Noah Pred - When the World Ends Without You Modularfield, 2018
- 70 Hypercube - Ohmbelic Hypercube, 2016
- 71 State Azure - Prometheus State Azure, 2019
- 72 Enuui - Nāginī Enuui, 2014
- 73 Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix) Carpe Sonum Records, 2018
- 74 Mind Over MIDI - Motvind Berserk Fabrik, 2020
- 75 Sciama - Emanations Far Within Auxiliary, 2019
- 76 Multicast Dynamics - Coil Denovali Records, 2017
- 77 The Future Sound of London - In a Way, They Do... FSOLdigital, 2017
Notes
- Conceived, designed, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2021.
- Recorded in four or five different sessions using Traktor 3, a Korg Nanokontrol 1, and an Allen & Heath Xone:K2.
- 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 Pawel Czerwinski (background texture).
- The mix opens with the oldest track of the lot; I just felt a perverse impulse to lead with Autechre.
- Be sure to watch the video for Early Morning Raga, it really captures the spirit of what this mix is all about!
- Space Elevator samples Maenad by the Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia (via Discogs).
- Based on a set performed in late 2020 that began with Don’t Put Your Fingers in the Socket, but little remains of the original track list.
- Featuring three exclusive edits; rearranging Hey, Don’t Make Trouble involved the most effort.
- Highly influenced by my time exploring Taipei nightlife. Shout out to Simon and Yoshi.
- From my original notes for this project: “What if Goa trance as a genre never came to be? What if we were back in Goa in the late 1980s, cobbling together a trance vibe from music that had not become ‘trance’ yet? Techno, EBM, disco, synth-pop, and whatever else seemed to work—but using contemporary releases.” Rewind the tape to 1989 and play it forward again!
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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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great mix.
wonderful! thank you for the great work done on the mix! I am listening with pleasure..