Temptations is my monthly mix series, showcasing selections of tracks I'm digging. Enjoy listening!

Temptations (Mixes)

Downtempo, Breakbeats, diverse sets

June 2021

All-original Detroit minimal techno. 

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For this month's podcast we've dipped back into the archives for a special set from Sasha at the Space Ibiza Opening party back in 2014.

Sasha presents Last Night On Earth | Show 070 (May 2021)

Well hello to you! My loves,

Before you an extraordinary set created by the Persian duo Madota. Two very warm, funny and incredible beings we truly see as brothers. We met years ago at one of Mira's birthday parties. It was as random as it was funny to meet the tall characters somewhere in the maze of endless entertainment. 

There was always a desire to work with the two. Their sets and performances have this alluring energy. But some things take time and so did our collaboration.

Please enjoy their take on music as much as we did. Leave the comments, share and support. You will for sure see them soon from the Babylon dancefloor.

Love,

The Gardens of Babylon

Babylon Family Series #006 - Madota

A few weeks ago, I did a livestream at Beatport’s "Link Weekly" show by invitation of the wonderful @rom3-3. Due to some tech issues I had to play with my fallback setup, which resulted in an interesting journey because my track selection got completely spontaneous rather than having pre-planned a direction for the set. That set is recorded here, including an unreleased breakbeat production of mine which is going to see the light of day soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXc3DV0w5_s&t=2349s   

June’s edition of my monthly Temptations mix series represents what I actually had in mind for that livestream. The progressive breaks sound or simply breakbeat represents something twisted which I’ve been enthusiastic about since the 90s. I always use some productions of this genre throughout my set, as I found that moment at festivals very special when the sound transitions from breakbeat to 4/4. Recently, I’ve compiled some pure breakbeat mixes, which made some of my listeners asking me to put out more mixes of that style. So, here’s Temptations #018 delivering exactly that, just in time for Summer vibes! 

Tracklist:
1. Suzanne Ciani about Synths & Sound 
2. Bedrock - Forge (Framewerk's Cure The Soul Mix)	Bedrock Records
3. Karim, Amandra - Sqala 3 (Dorisburg Remix)	Tikita
4. Bedrock - Forge (Kohra Remix)	Bedrock Records
5. dubspeeka - Khepri (Original Mix)	Last Night On Earth
6. Bicep - Apricots (Original Mix)	Ninja Tune
7. Vril - Alte Seele (Vril & Marcel Dettmann Bass Mix)	Delsin Records
8. Pole Folder & CP - Dust (Fretwell Remix)	Bedrock Records
9. LØC, Gabrielle Pollina - Table Mountain (Emotional Tourist Remix)	Akbal Music  
10. Monkey Maffia -	I Know You N.M.S. (Original Mix)	Complex Textures
11. Robert Babicz - Sympathy (Breaks Mix)	Babiczstyle
12. Quivver - Don't Say Anything - Skanna Remix	
13. Gorje Hewek - Say Hello to the Sun (Extended Version)	Peace Symphonies
14. Sentre - IDK (Original Mix)	BIRD UP!
15. Bicep - Glue (Original Mix)	Ninja Tune
16. Sasha - HNDI (Original Mix)	Alkaane
17. Robert Babicz - World Of Distance (Original Mix) Bedrock Records	
18. Melawati - Daliah (Original Mix)	Ellum
19. Oona Dahl - 15 Years Old (Original Mix)	Hallucienda

Temptations

Temptations #018 (June 2021)

Temptations #025 kicking off the year indulging in deep dubby vibes with a pinch of subtle melodies. Let's go, 2022.

Tracklist:
1. Luigi Tozzi - Taravana (Original Mix) Hypnus Records
2. VICTHOR - Yuliya (Original Mix) Melody Of the Soul
3. Balad - A Half Remembered Dream (Zone+ Remix) Sound Avenue
4. Powel - Out Of Fashion (Original Mix) Everything Will Be Ok
5. Niceshot, Larrosa & Gardoqui - She (Stranger Tourists Remix) One Of A Kind
6. Nohan - The Sun in December (Original Mix) All Day I Dream
7. Akira - Close to Itajai (Original Mix) Souksonic
8. Silat Beksi - Magnitude (Original Mix) Constant Black
9. YokoO, atish - Inner Labyrinth (Original Mix) SATYA
10 The Mountain People - Mountain 015.3 (Original Mix) Mountain People
11. Lauhaus, Mario Franca - Sequencer (Original Mix) Whoyostro
12. Selidos - Snooper (Silat Beksi Remix) Maukas Records
13. Ellen Allien - Go (Marcel Dettmann Remix) Above Board Projects
14. Luigi Tozzi - Epica del Ritorno ((Digital Bonus)) Hypnus Records
15. Hiroyuki Kajino, Yuichiro Kotani, Atsushi Asada - Dance of the Wind (Original Mix) all day I dream in waves

Temptations #025 (Jan 2022)

Peace.

Photo taken of artwork in Berlin created by Karl Holmqvist.

Tracklist:
1. Luca Bacchetti - Neptune (Original Mix)	Endless
2. Massio, Kanedo - Suspended Emotions (Original Mix)	Words not enough
3. Dimuth K - Airs (Original Mix)	When We Dip XYZ
4. Stelios Vassiloudis - 0.010 (Original Mix)	Spectrum (NL)
5. Namito - Relentless (Original Mix)	Bar 25 Music
6. Varaz - Baba Yaga (Alternate Mix)	Moodfamily
7. Steve O'Sullivan, Ben Sims - Where's Burt (Delano Smith Reconstruction) (Remix)	Sushitech
8. Aurora - Runaway (Raw Main Edit)	
9. Fort Romeau - Ramona (Original Mix)	Ghostly International
10. Lauhaus, Mario Franca - Sequencer (Original Mix)	Whoyostro
11. Mind Groove & Garcia Smith - Stolen Shadows	
12. Caribou - Melody Day (Four Tet Remix) [Hole Box Edit]	
13. Ben Preisinger - Blindness

Temptations #026 (Feb 2022)

Deep dubby atmospheres for transitioning into Spring.

Tracklist:
1. Francis Harris - Useless Machines (Original Mix) Scissor & Thread
2. Bonobo, Polyghost feat. Miguel Atwood - Ferguson (Original Mix) Ninja Tune
3. Stelios Vassiloudis - Womb (Original Mix) Balance Music
4. lb honne - a move
5. Alex Albrecht pres. Melquíades - Further Afield (Original Mix) Bouquet. Records
6. Recondite - Yield (Original Mix) Plangent Records
7. Padre - Thousand Fingers (Original Mix) Manjumasi
8. David Read, Mutul - All Is (Haider Uppal & Timo Chinala Rework) Dream Culture
9. lb honne - a means a
10. Priori - Winged (Priori Rezone) Courage Holdings Inc
11. Flieder - Null Acht Fünfzehn (YokoO remix) Moodfamily
12. Luigi Tozzi - Mirage (Original Mix) Hypnus Records
13. Jan Jelinek - Tendency (Original Mix) Faitiche

Temptations #027 (March 2022)

My Temptations mix series is back after a little hiatus.

With slightly evolved sound and yet true to the roots, the vibes captured here conclude summer season and give a glimpse on my future original productions.

This mix is inspired by a private little festival I played around Berlin this summer. While the gig was twice as long as this mix and included various older records, the overall vibe and records included here are pretty much the same.

Temptations #028 (Sep 2023)

Temptations #029 (Oct 2023)

Calming down for the holidays

Tracklist (proper listing follows soon):
Makoto - …
Matthew Dekay - Patience (Für die Liebe remix)
Fraction - Rise
Colo - View
Meziyah - Bump
Dominique - He said (Vinyl version)
Denai - ...
Nils Frahm - Peter (Max Cooper remix)
Eagles - ...
Barry - Stars (remix)
Blondish - Stolen
Nicolas Jaar - Wouh
DJ Tennis - Make it Good (Tale of Us remix)
Vaal - Eer
Christian Löffler - Roman
Sohn - Lights
The/Das - Miami
Matthew Dekay - Patience (Original mix)
Deeve feat. Master I - (Unreleased work in progress)

Calm Down Dec 19 2014

Calming down for the holidays

Tracklist (incomplete):
1. UNKNOWN
2. Sofia On Stage by Kadebostan
3. UNKNOWN
4. The Heart by Tantsui
5. UNKNOWN
6. Wasteland (Extrawelt remix)by Landside
7. UNKNOWN
8. Just by Bicep
9. Lhotse by Christian Loffler
10. Skin Deep (Global Communication remix)by Dusky
11. Shaping Our Own Reality by YokoO
12. Woven Ancestry (Lusine remix)by Max Cooper
13.UNKNOWN
14. The Anxiety To Please by Hvob
15. Parallaxis (Traumprinz´s Over 2 The End version)by Efdemin
16. Reality Theory (original mix) by KVK
17.UNKNOWN
18. Reality Theory (original mix) by KVK
19. Skydancer II by Kenton Slash Demon
20. UNKNOWN
21. Warm DaysbyGab Rhome
22. UNKNOWN
23. Warm Days by Gab Rhome
24. UNKNOWN
25. Vapourspace (Intro mix) by Sasha
26. Poverty And It's Opposite by Arve Henriksen
27. UNKNOWN

Chill´n´Break Dec 14 2015

Ok this time it´s a bit different. 
From Ambient to Chillout, Lounge and some Bossa Nova/Funk influenced tracks. 
Intended to welcome spring/summer and to be heard on hot sunny days. 
Might be suitable for heavy day trippin´ too.

Tracklist:
Intro - Timbre
Oona Dahl - For est Luminescence (Original mix)
Motion Graphics - Mezzotint Gliss (Original mix)
Levente - I Sat Next To Her (Inhmost Oriental Sunrise Mix)  
Âme - Doldrums (Original Mix) 
Gold Panda - I Am Real Punk (Original Mix) 
Ada - Interlude (Superpitcher Remix)
Leo Grunbaum - Bloom (Safa mix)
Max Cooper feat. Hiatus - Third (Max Cooper remix)
Sasha - Shelter (Christian Löffler remix)
Eating Snow - Chameleon (Original mix)
Joakim - Labyrinth (Lone Remix)
Lane 8 - Loving You (In Session with Lulu James)  
Majical Cloudz - Childhood's End (Original Mix) 
Simon Le Grec - The Time We Had (Good Bye Mix 2) 
Schwarz & Funk - Shell and Luna (Original mix) 
Harley & Muscle feat. Dawn Tallman - He Did It (The Rurals Remix)
Don Gorda - Festa Del Sol (Original mix)
Dave Ross - Journey In A Space Tube (Original Mix) 
Emancipator - Vines (Original Mix) 
Penny Easeridge - Do what you want (Original mix)
Life Audience - Blue Skies Indeed (Original Mix) 
Projections & Woolfy - We were there (Original mix)
Sasha - Abacus (Plaid remix)
Kieran Fowkes feat. Just Her - In The Dark (Original Mix) 
Tape Five - Sandbank (Original Mix)
Project Pablo - It´s out there (Original mix)
Gold Panda - Your Good Times Are Just Beginning (Original Mix)
Auntie Flo - Waiting For A (Woman) (The Revenge Rework)
Bush - Letting the cables sleep (Original mix)
Weval You're Mine (Original Mix)  
Aretha Franklin - Do right woman
Aretha Franklin - You´re all i need to get by
Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me (Nicky Siano remix) 
Monodeluxe - Get It On (Original Mix)
Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo (remixed by Chari Chari)
Signor Rossi - Viva La Felicita (Original Mix) 
Tape Five feat. Yuliet Topaz - Pantaloons (Aerophon Mix) 
Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You (Original Mix)
London Grammar - Metal & Dust (Original mix)
Tape Five - The Smurf (Tape Five Remix) 
MannMadeMusic - Deep Soul (Original mix) 
Tensnake - Holding Back (Original mix)
Soulwax feat. Chloe Savigny - Heaven Scent (Original mix) 
2Raumwohnung - Somebody Lonely and Me (DJ Koze remix)

Day On The Beach May 16 2017

This is not one of my usual sets. If you enjoy listening to any kind of House Music or its sub-genres today, it was likely influenced by the sound of Disco and Funk back in the 70s. It is how it all began, the roots of what many of us love so much today. So, this one is to that era of pioneering sounds and ecstatic vibes. 

To maintain the original grooves, I avoided playing any kind of quantized new version (edits or remasterings), so expect original records. 

Enjoy the fever.

Tracklist:

1 Intro - Airplane! (I speak Jive)
2 I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango) by Grace Jones
3 Black Widow by Deodato
4 Brick House (extended version) by Commodores
5 Come Back Lover, Come Back by The Sylvers
6 Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones
7 Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes (part two) by Ann Margret
8 Grease by Frankie Valli
9 Ain't No Stopping Us Now by Risco Connection
10 In The Basement (Dimitri from Paris EroDiscoBrakes) by Jasmine Kara
11 Jam On The Groove by Ralph MacDonald
12 Can I Take You Home by Mel Shepperd
13 Can You Handle It (Original Mix) by Sharon Redd
14 Love Hangover by Diana Ross
15 Was That All It Was (original 12" mix) by Jean Carn
16 Heartache No 9 (Special remix version) by Delegation
17 The Glow Of Love by Change
18 Love Is The Message (remix) by MFSB
19 Wheel Me Out by Was (not Was)
20 Disco Fever by Bill Avery & Love Co
21 When You're No1 by Gene Chandler
22 Don´t you want my love (David Morales Edit) (Loop) by Debbie Jacobs
23 Hold Tight (2015 Remastered Long version) by Change
24 Ma quale idea by Pino D'Angiò
25 Delectation by Livy Ekemezie
26 I Want Your Love by Chic
27 Perdoni Tenente by Pino D'Angiò
28 I love the music by Bell & James
29 Give Me Love (Original Mix) by Cerrone
30 Don't Make Me Wait by NYC Peech Boys
31 Hurt So Bad (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco Blend) by Philly Devotions
32 Is It All Over My Face? (Female version) by Loose Joints
33 Found A Cure by Ashford & Simpson
34 Keep On Jumpin' (Original Mix) by Musique
35 Don't You Want My Love (Original Mix) by Debbie Jacobs
36 You Make Me Feel by Sylvester
37 Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston
38 I Feel Love (12" version) by Donna Summer
39 Warp (Ilo Edit) by New Musik

Deeve Goes Disco June 7 2017

All night long at Munich´s Café am Hochhaus in the wonderful Glockenbachviertel, where I lived for 7 years.
 
www.facebook.com/CafeAmHochhaus 

First three hours.

Tracklist (incomplete):
1.3.2 (Bedrock Ambient mix)byHumate
2.DanehillbyEjeca
3.Set Me Loose (El Txef A remix)byWoolfy vs Projections
4.UNKNOWN
5.Congolal (original mix)byTensnake
6.The WaybyJames Welsh
7.Untitled B2 (feat DJ Lato)byMove D
8.Trapeze DiscobyMartin Brodin
9.AviatorbyPhotek
10.Corinne (Benoit & Sergio Cover)byMetronomy
11.UNKNOWN
12.Summertime Sadness (Asadinho instrumental)byLana Del Rey
13.Chained (John Talabot & Pional Blinded remix)byThe Xx
14.UNKNOWN
15.Rain (feat Footprintz)bySubb-an
16.Tapes & Money (John Talabots Ritual reconstruction)byTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
17.UNKNOWN
18.Primative PeoplebyMano Le Tough
19.Sunset (Jamie xx edit)byThe Xx
20.AllowancebyIsolee
21.UNKNOWN
22.LulubyOst & Kjex
23.A Lot Of ThingsbyTom Glass
24.UNKNOWN
25.A Lot Of ThingsbyTom Glass
26.Reverso (Ricky Ryan & Kosmas mix)byPoliteca
27.Miss My LovebyBruh Jackman
28.Out Of Phase (feat Pete Fij)byTiger Stripes
29.ProphecybyJon Charnis
30.I Don't Know (original mix)byChelonis R. Jones
31.UNKNOWN
32.I Don't Know (original mix)byChelonis R. Jones
33.Run Away (feat Jan Blomqvist)byNicone, Sascha Braemer
34.Good Time To Pray (Axel Boman remix)byTrickski, Ernesto
35.UNKNOWN
36.Delusional (GusGus mix)byHuman Woman
37.Giorgio By MoroderbyDaft Punk
38.Kleines Traumparadies (feat Paji - Wild Culture remix)byTube & Berger
39.UNKNOWN
40.Running Away (Seamus Haji dub)byBelezamusica
41.UNKNOWN

Deeve @ Café am Hochhaus Munich June 26 2013 (Part 1)

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM Day 1 w/ @djtennisdjtennis

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RRFM • DJ Tennis • 03-03-2021

Having grown up in a music oriented culture and family, surrounded by Persian instruments, Pedram found his musical roots in 70's Disco, Jazz, Psychedelia, Progressive and Deep House. As Deeve, he’s into any kind of atmospheric, deep music. His productions, remixes and sets range from Ambient to Downtempo, House, Breaks and groovy shades of Dub Techno. His monthly show ‚Temptations‘ showcases tracks from these various styles, creating journeys to relax, switch off, dance or dream.

DJ setup usually used: 
2x Technics SL-1210 Mk2, A&H XONE:96, (TRAKTOR Digital) Vinyl with 4 decks, XONE:K2 or X1, and F1

deeve@gmx.net
Pedram Faghfouri