Transmissions From Lyonesse ⁄ DJ Basilisk

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DJ Basilisk returns to the ecstatic idealism of the early 1990s on Transmissions From Lyonesse, the latest in an ongoing series of concept mixes documenting electronic music subcultures of the past. This time around the journey leads from scintillating ambient techno arpeggios and idyllic IDM to the raging heights of full-on Goa trance (and back again). Ultimately the aim is to capture some of the magic of the outdoor festival experience circa 1996, particularly in the UK and continental Europe. Many of these tracks are rough around the edges, and several have been lightly edited and remastered exclusively for this mix.

Track Listing

01 Speedy J - Symmetry Warp Records, 1994
02 YO3 - Liquid Flow General Production Recordings (GPR), 1994
03 Reload & E621 - The Biosphere Evolution, 1993
04 Zodiac Trax - Wanderlicht Zodiac Records / Frame of Mind, 1994
05 SYT - Eclipse Magick Eye Records, 1995
06 Holy Ghost - Ion Horse Blunted, 1993
07 DJ Cosmix & Etnica - Kumba Mela Matsuri Productions, 1995
08 Human Instinct - Human Instinct (Handmade Instinct) Frankfurt Beat Productions, 1996
09 Sonic Sufi - Optimum Flux Psy-Harmonics / Suntrip Records, 1995
10 Prana - Lifeforce Inter 1 Records / Rumour Records, 1996
11 Morphem - Something Liquid Tunnel Records, 1996
12 X-Dream - Eleven (Monodrive) Tunnel Records, 1994
13 Tristan - Close Zen Counters Aquatec Records, 1996
14 Eat Static - Bony Incus Planet Dog, 1996
15 Underhead - Whirlrain of Water Koyote Records / DAT Mafia Recordings, 1996
16 Inscape - Nothing Like A Good Friend TIP Records, 1996
17 Radiotrance - Восток-5 Extraphone / Transient Records, 1996
18 Public Energy - Velocity Probe Records, 1994
19 Third Man - Neutral Nervous Hook Recordings, 1996
20 Omega Force - Positive Energy Time Unlimited, 1996
21 Unreal - Prologue Formaldehyd, 1994
22 The Source Experience - Point Zero R & S Records, 1994
23 Musicology - Hall of Mirrors B12, 1992
24 Pentatonik - Movements: Part 1 Deviant Records, 1994
25 Code 6 - After Life EXperimental, 1993
26 Some Other People - Relativity Infinite Mass, 1993

Notes

Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, March 2023.
Recorded with Traktor 3 and a Korg Nanokontrol.
Mastered in Ableton Live using TDR Nova and LoudMax; wave surgery conducted with Audacity.
Cover image: Mount St Michael, Cornwall, Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1830.
Numerous tracks in this mix were edited, repitched, and/or remastered specifically for this mix. These include Eclipse, Ion Horse, Something Liquid, Close Zen Counters, Nothing Like a Good Friend, and Point Zero.
Several others appear here in commercially remastered form: Wanderlicht (from this reissue), Optimum Flux (from Mystique of the Metaverse), Bony Incus (from Revisitation), Whirlrain of Water (from Mind Rewind 2), Velocity (from Slumber, and Hall of Mirrors from B12 Records Archive Volume 3.
Morphem’s Something Liquid normally plays at 151 BPM, but I prefer it down around 140 BPM, hence the drastic change in pacing.
Prana’s Lifeforce was produced by Tsuyoshi Suzuki and Chris Deckker of Medicine Drum in 1994 or 1995 but only released on vinyl in 1996. The version that appears here was released on Goa Trance Volume Three.
Despite being a huge classic, every copy of Point Zero released seems to have a rather obvious glitch at around 3:23. The version that appears here is an edit that stitches together atmosphere to restore a continuous flow. Even so, it still sounds pretty rough.
Artist trivia: Unreal is an early project by Petar Dundov, and Code 6 is an alias of Joey Beltram.
Naturally there is a connection between the title of the mix and the inclusion of one of Tristan’s first dance floor bombs! The legendary Tristan was, in some tellings, the King of Lyonesse.