Basilisk explores the secret origins of the modern psychedelic techno movement on TRANSMISSIONS FROM HYPERBOREA. This mix is a cross-genre period piece set in the transitional year of 2010, when tech house, neotrance, minimal techno, and progressive psytrance collided and merged to form something vibrant and new. It was an era marked by the infiltration of underground club culture into the open air psytrance festival circuit; dance floors were awash in white noise, rapt with sizzling electric leads, and worked into a frenzy by big swinging beats. Basilisk's growing involvement in this emerging fusion was formalized by the establishment of Drumlore, a Canadian netlabel and event series organized alongside DJ Lexicon, in 2009. This, in turn, lay the groundwork for Techgnosis Records, one of the leading psychedelic techno labels of the 2020s. And so this mix also asks: what is a movement without history? Where do we find our roots?

Plenty of the tracks featured in this mix are now unavailable, deleted from whatever digital download platform originally carried them, sometimes nearly vanishing without a trace. Others are old dance floor stalwarts you will almost certainly recognize if you were raving back in 2010.

HQ STREAM ON MIXCLOUD 🔊
https://www.mixcloud.com/Basilisk/transmissions-from-hyperborea-hq/

FULL INFO/DOWNLOAD ✨
https://djbasilisk.com/mixes/transmissions-from-hyperborea/

Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2022. Recorded on three decks using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol and an Allen & Heath Xone:K2. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax.

Cover image: William Bradford's "An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay", 1871.

Featuring tracks by Voodeax, Onur Özer, Sian, Minilogue, Anna (AKA Boris Brejcha), Antix, D-Nox & Beckers, Butch, Spektre, Dubfire, Henry Saiz, KiloWatts, Fairmont, Guy J, Robert Babicz, Marc Romboy, Gui Boratto, Extrawelt, James Holden, and many more.

FULL INFO/DOWNLOAD ✨

Transmissions From Hyperborea [Psychedelic Techno / Progressive House / Minimal Techno / Neotrance]

Berlin-based xXΞTΞXx DJ inspired by 
DΞΞP ⨯ HYPNOTIC ⨯ TΞCHNO 
_________________________________________________  
25.07.25 [▸] Bunker21⋮Marburg
30.04.25 [▸] Ascencion Festival⋮secret location
o4.o4.25 [▸] 𝗠𝗢:𝗗𝗘𝗠 Teaser Party⋮Club Ost, Berlin
31.12.24 [▸] BassInYaFace NYE⋮Frankfurt/M
o5.1o.24 [▸] LLDB⋮Erfurt
o4.o7.24 [▸] Master of Puppets Festival 🇨🇿
21.1o.23 [▸] xXΞTΞXx Closing⋮MenschMeier Berlin
o8.o9.23 [▸] Open Air, Darmstadt
19.o5.23 [▸] Ponyhof⋮Frankfurt/M
22.10.22 [▸] xXΞTΞXx meets 𝗠𝗢:𝗗𝗘𝗠⋮MM Berlin
16.09.22 [▸] Find Your Roots #7⋮Birgit Berlin
03.06.22 [▸] Reflex Festival⋮Alte Münze Berlin
30.04.22 [▸] xXΞTΞXx⋮Mensch Meier, Berlin
28.03.22 [▸] Hammhalle Closing⋮Sisyphos Berlin
11.12.21 [▸]  xXΞTΞXx >canceled<
23.1o.21 [▸] Rummels Bucht, Berlin
11.o9.21 [▸] Promenaden Eck, Berlin
2o.o7.21 [▸] Birthday Burn Festival 🇵🇱
31.10.20 [▸] xXΞTΞXx >canceled<
04.10.20 [▸] H13 Festival, Berlin
28.02.20 [▸] Zenon⋮Bucht Berlin 
22.02.20 [▸] Halle119, Berlin
07.12.19 [▸] Halle119, Berlin
30.11.19 [▸] Kanga In Space⋮Vernier🇨🇭
23.11.19 [▸] (твa) - Zandvoort 🇳🇱
25.10.19 [▸] xXΞTΞXx⋮MenschMeier Berlin

• https://instagram.com/groovehours?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
•
https://instagram.com/the_mainroom_?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

•
ORGANISER / ARTIST MANAGEMENT / TALENT BOOKING

𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚊𝚠． 𝙸𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎， 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍， 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗， 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐．𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐． 𝙸𝚝＇𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢． 𝙸𝚝＇𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢． 𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎＇𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖．

𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐！！！！！ 𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚎！
𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 
𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌  ^^



I am just a dude who has a passion for putting poetry into lyrical motion, flavoring it with that good ol’ flowing boombap goodness. I’m taking hip hop back to basics, telling stories, and overloading it with soul, substance, and lyrical depth. 

I just love music, your mom, writing, and being a general socially anxious manic depressive weirdo trying to navigate the world best I can. 

Every now and then I tend to fall into some rabbit holes, fall off the earth for a bit, fall inside your mom a couple times a day, and/or get weirdly wonky with anything house/techno/psybient/LoFi/trip hop/ etc. 

And my cat’s name is Boonchowmow. And she’s probably more badass than you are. Just accept it. ✌🏾
Instagram: @misterflowjangles

Basilisk is a veteran multi-genre DJ, co-founder of the psychedelic techno label @Techgnosis-Records alongside @benramamusic, founder of the iconic @Ektoplazm free music portal and label group (including Ektoplazm, Drumlore, and Omnitropic), lossless audio enthusiast, and dedicated archivist and electronic music curator. Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada, he is now based in Taipei, Taiwan.

Psytrance, techno, electro, house, trance, acid, breaks, bass, IDM, ambient—you name it, I probably spin it. My mixes fluidly combine different genres into harmonic journeys that defy convention. I encourage you to browse around and get lost in some of the many sonic microcosms I have meticulously curated over the years. Nearly all mixes posted here are available for download on my homepage.

I am open to invitations to provide guest mixes in a variety of styles as long as the details are interesting. Drop me a line if you have more reach than I do, just be sure to articulate your concept!

Properly mastered promos are welcome. Also accepting professional demos for my work with Ektoplazm and Techgnosis.

For bookings, demos, and other inquiries, email me at: basilisk(at)ektoplazm.com