TRANSMISSIONS FROM UTOPIA is a series of retro-futuristic mixes inaugurated by DJ Basilisk in 2022. Every mix in this series explores period of electronic music history, typically around the turn of the millennium, with extra attention directed toward lesser known or appreciated styles and movements. Length varies according to the trajectory of each mix.

Requests for this series are welcome! Currently I'm working on mixes documenting: West Coast progressive house, breaks, and "desert trance" of the 1990s; New Beat and the precursors of Goa trance from 1993 and earlier; a remake (or reinterpretation) of Paul Oakenfold's infamous "Goa Mix"; a return to the quirk minimal techno sound of the 2000s; and several more...

Transmissions From Utopia: Retro-Futuristic Explorations of Vanished Musical Movements

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Cool 3 Hour Plus Ecstatic Dance Mixes 2023

Olddays GOA Trance 1988-2002

WHITESHADOWHURTS - A2 "Alucard" (Somewhere in Heaven SPEKTATOR 7)

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.

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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.

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

Basilisk returns with TRANSMISSIONS FROM ARCADIA, a 4-hour odyssey into deep and progressive forms of house, techno, and trance embedded within a hazy cocoon of broken beats, IDM, downtempo, and ambient, all from around the turn of the millennium. This exercise in genre-fluid nostalgia emphasizes rhythm over melody, avoiding monotony by rotating between diverse yet complimentary sounds intended for the dirty warehouse, summer festival, upscale club, or smoke-filled lounge.

Rave nostalgia is alive and well these days, but most people lavish their attention on the primordial aesthetics and waveforms of the early 1990s. Far less critical attention has been directed on the diversifying sounds of the early 2000s, when digital workstations transformed electronic music production and new movements proliferated throughout global dance culture. This mix aims to connect some of the dots, bridging gaps between contemporaneous scenes that might not have seen much crossover when this music was gleaming and new.

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2022. Recorded on three decks using Traktor 3 and a Korg Nanokontrol. Mastered in Ableton Live with LoudMax. Several custom edits were made exclusively for this mix. Cover image: Thomas Cole's The Arcadian or Pastoral State, 1834.

Featuring tracks by Monolake, Swayzak, Aril Brikha, Victor Calderone, Marco Carola, SBK, Phony Orphants, FREq, Atmos, S>Range, L.S.G., Art of Trance, Shpongle, Sander Kleinenberg, Man With No Name, Oxia, The Timewriter, Thievery Corporation, Enigma, Adham Shaikh, and many more (nearly 70 in all).

Transmissions From Arcadia [Classic Progressive House / Techno / Progressive Psytrance / Trance]

DJ Basilisk revisits the classic psytrance sound on Transmissions From Valhalla, a monumental 4+ hour journey featuring more than 60 tracks released between 1997 and 2005. This time around the focus is mainly on the many permutations of the “minimal wave” that swept through the scene in the early years of the new millennium. Expect to hear a wide variety of hypnotic atmospheres, quirky rhythms, and brutal beats as the pressure builds toward a raging full-on mind-bending climax. The return path explores the deeper and more sublime side of progressive psytrance before unraveling with shimmering breakbeats and dubbed-out electronica.

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, July 2022. Recorded using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax. Several custom edits and refixes were made especially for this mix.

Cover image: Karl L. Prinz's "Auf Walhall", 1911.

Featuring tracks by Juno Reactor, Prisoners of the Sun, Necton, Beat Bizarre, Planet B.E.N., Lish, Cosma, BLT, Nuclear Ramjet, Droidlock, Tetraktys, Opsis, The Delta, Sensient, Nerve (M.O.S.), Midi Miliz, Cujorius One, Hujaboy, PPS Project, Three Point Turn, Wizzy Noise, 12 Moons, Setherian, Exanimo, Human Blue, Meller, Mitsumoto, Charm, Speedy J, Deviant Species, Joti Sidhu, Four Carry Nuts, Parasense, Shift, Aphid Moon, Logic Bomb, Prometheus, Tristan, S>Range, Haldolium, Magnetrixx, Ticon, Green House Effect (Sandman), Atmos, Damon Wild, Saafi Brothers, The Orb, and The Future Sound of London.

Transmissions From Valhalla [Classic Y2K-Era Minimal Psytrance / Progressive Psytrance / Techtrance]

Produced by 4.44.444.8 aka @53327
Mastered by Brook
Cover Design by lar.rion
TRND013

4.44.444.8 - Arco

Nevermore - "Inferno" [PCD-4]

Recorded live at Flower Power after Purim party at maayan tzvi , Israel 
11/3/23 


 Hope you enjoy this high energy , body electrifying  transmission. 
love, Yonder

Flower Power live set by Yonder 🌻 Conscious Clubbing Purim After Party

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.

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, March 2023. Recorded using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax. Several custom edits were made especially for this mix.

Cover image: Clarkson Frederick Stanfield's "Mount St Michael, Cornwall", 1830.

Featuring tracks by Speedy J, Reload & E621, Holy Ghost, DJ Cosmix & Etnica, Sonic Sufi, Prana, Morphem, X-Dream, Tristan, Eat Static, Underhead, Inscape, Radiotrance, Third Man, The Source Experience, Musicology, and Pentatonik, among many others.

Transmissions From Lyonesse [Goa Trance / Classic Trance / IDM / Ambient Techno / Electronica]

*Recorded Live at SoulDance Festival, April 25th 2023, Alona, Israel*
Celebrating our collective and individual sovereignty
coming together in unity to share a prayer around the sacred fire 
moving with spirit 
dancing our divine essence
deep gratitude to marina and karin the creators of this beautiful gathering . 
please share and like 
love, Yonder
artwork by : penabranca

SoulDance Festival ❖ Spirit Stage Set by Yonder 2023

TRANSMISSIONS FROM AVALON is an epic return to the halcyon sound of the early 1990s, meticulously curated and sublimely mixed by DJ Basilisk. This 4 hour journey features tracks produced up until 1996, building from moody ambient, scintillating IDM, and hypnotic techno into acidic and full-on Goa trance, culminating at 150 BPM. Descending from the heights, the mood becomes more tribalistic and transcendent, thickening the vibe with various permutations of progressive trance and euphoric house before unwinding with hazy breakbeats and soothing drones.

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2023. Recorded using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax. More than a dozen custom edits were crafted especially for this mix.

Cover image: Conway Castle, North Wales, J. M. W. Turner, 1798.

Featuring tracks by Humate & Rabbit in the Moon, Spacetime Continuum, Autechre, Cari Lekebusch, Vinyl Blair, Cherry Bomb, YMO, The Infinity Project, Nüw Idol, Nervasystem, Hallucinogen, Doof, Cosmosis, Lunar Asylum, Prana, Green Nuns of the Revolution, Deviant Electronics, X-Dream, Medicine Drum, Shiva Chandra, Etnica, Pascal F.E.O.S., Oliver Lieb, Juno Reactor, Banco de Gaia, Link, RAC, Velocette, Time Modem, O Yuki Conjugate, and Global Communication, among many others.

Transmissions From Avalon

Transmissions From Avalon [Goa Trance / Progressive Trance / Ambient Techno / IDM / Electronica]

Floe ∆ DJ was invited back for his 5th appearance at the world-renowned and iconic GAIA Dance Temple on the magical Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. 

This was to be his first extended set - given up to 3.5 hours to play with - to craft a journey with the intention of telling a story... of taking the special dancing souls there on a true journey... and that he did. 

With a countless number of unique remixes, and one long Tidal Wave that slowly builds - with little bumps and peaks along the way - eventually washing the participants up on the shores of bliss and deep peace - this set was Floe's best yet... and it's a pleasure to have a recording of it to share with the good souls he finds here <3 

With love!

DJ Sets

'ƒLøE∆∂J" GAIA Dance Temple EXTENDED 'Tidal Wave' 3.5 Hour Ecstatic Dance Set

*Recorded Live at Ecstasea , Rosh Hashana Day, at Manau Neurim Beach 16/9/23*
After 4 Months of maternity break, im so happy and excited to return to play for the amazing community of Ecstatic Dance Israel.
We gathered on the hebrew new years day at the beautiful beach for an incredible sacred time of connection, movement and collective prayer. 
300 beautiful souls moving and expressing in unity , sharing this space of absolute bliss . 
super greatful to share this recording of this very special set for me, so happy to be back on the dancefloor. 
hope you enjoy this transmission of love and medicine. 
Yonder

Ecstasea 💦 Ecstatic Dance Beach Celebration 💦 by Yonder

DJ Basilisk rewinds the tape to profile the shifting sound of psychedelic trance on the cusp of the new millennium with TRANSMISSIONS FROM MEROPIS. Featuring 32 tracks released between 1998 and 2001, this embryonic cocktail captures a global movement in flux, as technological change ushered in a new era of experimentation, and the golden age of Goa trance came to a catastrophic end. Many strands of modern psytrance that would emerge from these tumultuous times can be heard here: the gritty rawness and anarchic dissonance of the emerging minimal wave; early hints of what would evolve into darkpsy and forest music; ecstatic, fist-pumping precursors to full-on psytrance; more stripped-down progressive beats with ample groove and swagger; and an enchanting trace of what would become psy dub. Where were you in Y2K?

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Conceived, arranged, mixed, and mastered by DJ Basilisk in Taipei, Taiwan, November 2023. Recorded using Traktor 3 with a Korg Nanokontrol. Post-processed with Audacity, Ableton Live 11, and LoudMax. Several custom edits were crafted for this mix.

Cover image: Terror Antiquus, Léon Bakst, 1908.

Featuring tracks by Black Lung, Synchro, D.I.M.O., Magus, Codex, Noma, Spiral Active Project, Yumade, Lunar Plexus, Parasense, Sensphere, Psychaos, Tarsis, Oforia, Bypass Unit, Tim Schuldt, Pigs in Space, Jaïa, Logic Bomb, Children of Paradise, Orion, Shakta, 12 Moons, Eternal Basement, Chi-A.D., Passenger, Astral Projection, Blue Planet Corporation, Saafi Brothers, Kit Clayton, üNN, and Shpongle.

Transmissions From Meropis

Transmissions From Meropis [Goa Trance / Psytrance / Minimal Psytrance 1998–2001]

From 1997, French legend Fred Giteau with his Trip On Nexus Goa mix for Chaos Unlimited!
Recorded from the original DAT tape with kind permission of Mick Chaos ❤️

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Tracklist: 
A1	Amtinaoüs – Trip On Nexus
A2	Earth Nation – Educated
A3	Man Of The Last 3rd – The Evolution Of X
A4	Der Stern Von Afrika – Lumbumbashi
A5	Sun Project – Sex Drugs & Acidtrance
A6	Metal Spark –	Kickstart
A7	Man Of The Last 3rd – Spirit
B1	Amtinaoüs – Araxia (Remix)
B2	Electric Universe –	Stardriver
B3	The Secret – Pagan Dance
B4	Encens –	Howl
B5	Growling Mad Scientists – La Raga
B6	Conspiracy Theory – Project Oblivion
B7	Alby, Slot, Steve J.D. - Oxsex # 3

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Fred Giteau - Trip On Nexus mix (Chaos Unlimited CUZ056, 1997)

Recording of Nick Taylor & Andrew Till on Evosonic - Paradise FM (Germany) 14 September 1997

Paradise FM - Nick Taylor and Andrew Till (Psy-Harmonics) 14-09-1997

DJ Bondefar selection from Lost2Reality on april 21st 2019. A three hour set played from 02-05. It was a very important gig to me and I took a long time to prepare. The party was a huge success, and big shoutouts to organizer Kristian Andersen and of course Smuds and Charris for some proper sets.

Tracklist:
01  Quadra - Back to Creation
02 TIP - Phosphoressence (Doors of perception mix)
03 Orion - The Source
04 Nucleus - Dark Horse
05 Paranoic Sensation - Full In
06 Etnica - Vimana (Pleiadians 1998 Live Mix)
07 Virtuart & Maël - Neverending Party
08 Opale - Krakoa
09 Magus - Black holes (remix)
10 Hallucinogen - Thugs In Tye Dye
11 Zoon - Woomb 
12 Battle of the future Buddhas - Another night
13 Sheyba - Monkeys
14 Darshan - Warped Dimension
15 Darshan - Windchime
16 Darshan - Digital Damage
17 Toi Doi - Elliptical
18 Bloomen - Tales from the bugle
19 Battle of the future buddhas - Rytmus
20 Fluffy puppy - superclay
21 P.Cok - Tracker
22 LAB - Trippin trolls
23 Steptime - Timecode
24 Battle of the Future Buddhas - Faster Than Light
25 Ahs - Strait Bananas
26 Angriff - E-Spad
27 Ka-Sol - Ambientnot
28 Battle of the future buddhas - Mr. Fantastic

DJ Bondefar - Lost2Reality @ Ved Siden Af 21/4-2019

Dance Lockdown Mix 3 hour by Gozali Sakera
(Golden Crown Glodok Plaza Discotic)

Orang Asli Madura
#MaduraMapan

Dance Lockdown Mix 3 hour by Gozali Sakera

Gozali Sakera

Dance Lockdown Mix 3 hour by Gozali Sakera(Golden Crown)

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