@stmllr funnily some of you makes a Leviathan out of the Levitation. This was not intended, but amuses me to some kind :) I´ve heard the name before but didn´t had an idea about the myth. The waves also nicely corresponds to the sea monster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeviathanFor me, the starting point was the german word "Schwebungen", which is used for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(acoustics) in english and "schweben" is to levitate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitation_(physics) which I liked - listening long enough may brings you up to this.