Down From Another Town takes us on a journey through seductive sounds and atmospheric rhythms. This mix invites you to dive deep into a world of soft, organic melodies and hypnotic beats, floating through the soundscape like morning mist in a distant town. It's perfect for those seeking a calm, sensual vibe where time seems to stand still. A mix that slows down the everyday pace and tells new stories with every note.

Embrace the art of slowing down and let yourself be carried away by this sonic adventure.

Connect with the artist: @tobi-alain

Slomosensual 55 by Down From another Town

"Spicy Love Elixir" by @chefzander

TRACKLIST:
NEO’OKI - Raiz
Hezarfen - Evvela
apaj - Lemon Juice
Haptik & Matalamata - Funky Down
apaj - oued
Hezarfen- Lost For Sun
Pshiuu & Monkyman - Midnight Laughter
KataHaifisch - Jonajosu
Laut & Luise - Getting Loose
Shh - Riyoon
Spicy Love Elixir

Ingredients:
Olive Oil: Seek the golden nectar of the ancients, only the finest will do.
Fresh Garlic: Eight sacred cloves, peeled under the light of wisdom.
Dried Red Peppers: A fiery handful to ignite the spirit.
Spanish Onion: Finely diced, a tribute to balance and clarity.
Canned San Marzano Whole Tomatoes: Three celestial fruits, harvested from the soil of dreams.
Fresh Basil: A verdant blessing from Mother Earth herself.
Preparation:
Begin by summoning the musical gods—connect to your Bluetooth speaker and bless the space with this mixtape of good vibes.
Heat 250ml of the sacred olive oil in a cauldron over medium low heat. Channel your patience as you confit the garlic cloves and onion for 20 minutes, stirring like a true alchemist.
Call forth the dried red peppers and let their energy infuse the oil for 5 more minutes.
Blend the tomatoes into a liquid offering and pour them into the cauldron. Raise the heat until the potion bubbles—this is the sauce awakening.
Lower the heat to med-low and let the elixir simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes. During this time, reflect on life, love, or the mystery of existence.
As the clock nears completion, anoint the sauce with another 100ml of olive oil—an offering of richness.
Allow the sauce to rest for 30 minutes, like a sage in meditation.
Before serving, bless the elixir with fresh basil leaves, the final touch of vitality and grace.
Serve with reverence and enjoy as your taste buds ascend to a higher plane of consciousness . 🌿✨

Chef Zander | Something Slow 0169 | Spicy Love Elixir

Born during the period of winter solstice this hypnotic episode invites us to embark on a reflective journey into the long night and reach for the hidden corners of our soul, embrace our shadows and come out reintegrated and reunited with our true self 🌘☯️

Tracklist:
1. Laaar - Unreleased
2. Markus Wesen – Dark Age
3. Nilpferdmann - Atrium
4. Lorikeet – Taewoine (Original Mix)
5. Eternal Moment – The Magic Happens
6. Überhaupt & Außerdem – Neon Companions
7. Malü & Kalypsoul – Nomadin (Air Horse One Remix)
8. gingembre – Sweet Relief (Original Mix)
9. Atman - Inner
10. Mujia & Tajo – Vey (Original Mix)
11. I’m Mady – Knarzschnee (Original Mix)
12. Jan Dalvik & Slin – Schwanenliebe (Original Mix)	
13. SVNR – Alpha (Original Mix)
14. I’m Mady – Bounce (Hidaa, Shamray Remix)
15. aal – Growl (Original)
16. Arteforma – Giungla Notturna (Original Mix)	
17. ÜNAM – Animal Planet (The Oddness Remix)
18. Faul Spaeth – Gravitino (Original Mix)
19. Diereva – Li Tam
20. Planet Caravan – Make Sure Your Mama Is Well
21. Aman Dava – Sol (Charlie M Remix)	
22. Farry – The Flying Dutchies (Fata & Morgana Remix)
23. Lou Ismael – Here is Fine (gingembre & k.c.m. Remix)
24. Flieder – Moritzplatz Rider
25. Diereva – May 18 1980 (Frolov Remix)
26. Funkenschleuder – Forests

The Art Of Downtempo | 014 | Darker

𝙰𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙻𝚎𝚘’𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛’𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚛.

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚢, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚝, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚘-𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚊 𝚖𝚢𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚞𝚖, 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙, 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜. 
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚝? 

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚖, 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚣𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍. 
𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜. 𝙰 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍? 

𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍. 

𝚂𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝!

𝄑 𝄐 𝄑 𝄐

𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚢:

𝚍𝚒𝚝.𝚎𝚊𝚞 | 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚗 | 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚓 | 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 | 𝚈.𝙻𝙾𝙷 | 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚜 | 𝙰𝚖𝚒𝚛 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 | 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚒𝚗 | 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚓 | 𝙽𝚊𝚍𝚊 | 𝚕𝚞çï𝚍 | 𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚙 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚔𝚎 | 𝙻𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚛 | 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚗  | 𝙱𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 | 𝙳𝙹 𝙿𝚞𝚔 | 𝙷𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚊 | 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚛𝚊𝚢 | 𝙿𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒 & 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊 | 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 | 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚘 𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 | 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚝𝚞 | 𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚝𝚞 | 𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚢 | 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝙰𝚊𝚟𝚊

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚐𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙!

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L A C U N A C A S T O 2 5 ✷ by true Ƞɑʈure

Ich war noch Beate-Jungfrau, als ich am Sonntag barfuß über die flauschigen Teppiche trat. Es war erst halb acht, doch die Party war bereits in vollem Gange – @ghostofher und @ditolove begeisterten die frühen Downtempo-Lovers.

Die Freude und Dankbarkeit, hier spielen zu dürfen, wuchsen noch ein Stück. Um 23 Uhr war es dann soweit: Die Feierei lief dank @lucamusto auf Hochtouren, als ich die Decks übernahm.

„Oh shit...“, schoss es mir durch den Kopf. „Die ersten Tracks meines vorbereiteten Sets sind zu langsam und zu energielos für diese ausgelassene Stimmung.“
Doch ganz im Gegenteil! Die warmherzige Crowd schätzte den Stil- und Tempowechsel beim Aufbau des Sets und feierte mit Hingabe, bis es 2 Uhr schlug.

Vielen, vielen Dank an alle Tänzer:innen – eure Energie hat mich umgehauen! Ein großes Dankeschön an die Beate und vor allem an Julia, die Mut bewiesen hat, mir als Frischling diesen Slot zu geben.

Much love! ❤️


𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥

Croissant - Rüdiger Eisberg
Inertidumbre (Sebastian Wasner Remix) - Tlazohtla
Petrichor - jorke
Forest Of Souls - Feinheitsbrei
Soneca Douro (Lazy Sunday Mix) - Zen Baboon
Magic Man - Zoe Reijue
Mr.Pink (Cereus Remix) - Centaurus A
Mad World - Temple Tears
Amacitia (KlangDruide Remix) - Kuako
The Night (Thommie G Remix) - Erhan Yilmaz
Matter (Deisen Remix) - Laaar
Magnesia (Pulli & Chomba Remix) - Geplantes Nichtstun
In A Different World (thea & schtu Remix) - Vincent Gericke
Atacama - Paji
Ciconia - Sydka feat. AIINA & Borak
Trust yourself - Dramasquad
Petricho - Julius Jung
Ariopse (Autumn Mix) - Zen Baboon
Say It Ritght (Planet Caravan Edit) - Nelly Furtado
Who Loves The Sun (Everyone's Extended Mix) - Jo.Ke, Jake Hall
Do You Really Wanna Know (Lui Mafuta Remix) - Moon's Voyager
Wu Wei (Roderic Remix) - Jan Mir, Paul Sandberg, Tomas Svensson
Nouvel Air - Papfay
Crip Walk - Temple Tears, AiRKA
Vortex - Kon Faber
Mosaic - Sydka
Mezcalissa - Goyanu & Marco Tegui
Shyller - Zentralmuster
Ashka - Dzho Raspee
Grand Tides - Joe Carl
Muted - Cuyama
Träume Atmen - Jolasol feat. Isabeau Fort
Romantica (Theo Gramal Remix) - Kapchiz, Holman
Bis Gleich - thea
Blurred Mind - feinheitsbrei
Jonajosu - Supernova (Deep Ändi Remix) - Jonajosu
Purple Hat (The Oddness Rework) - Sofi Tukker

Barfuß @ Beate Uwe, Berlin | 02.03.25

Let yourself drift through the deep and mystical energy that unfolded during the gathering of the Planetary Alliance for Collective Enlightenment in March 2025. As the stars aligned, we embarked on a journey beyond time and space - a dance of nomadic souls moving through the unknown.

To all you beautiful space travelers who joined me on this ride, thank you for creating this powerful moment together. This was truly magical! And thanks a lot to collective Equilibria for the invite and the lovely event <3

Cosmic nomads on a magical journey to PACE 2025

Mitten im Grünen, umgeben von einem Meer aus blühendem Bärlauch, tanzten wir barfuß in einem ausgegrabenen Swimming Pool – ein Ort wie aus einer anderen Welt.
Der Duft der Natur, die untergehende Sonne, eine Discokugel glitzert zwischen den Bäumen.

Schwebende Körper, geschlossene Augen, vibrierende Bässe.
Zwischen Dampf und Glitzer, Hitze und Euphorie – eine Sauna um die Ecke, ein Märchen im Märchenwald.

Dieses Set erzählt von Verbundenheit, Sinnlichkeit und dem Mut, sich im Moment zu verlieren.
Langsam, treibend, verträumt, mit deepen Basslines, organischen Percussions und einer Prise Melancholie.

Ein Sound, der nicht nur zum Tanzen, sondern zum Fühlen einlädt.

Sia Moan @Klub Schwitz | Schwebend im Märchenwald | Mai 2025

Welcome to another dip into the fountain of youth guided this time by @gabeymusic 

Gabey is a Montréal-based artist exploring sound as a path to clarity and connection. In this mix, he blends organic textures, deep rhythms, and emotive atmospheres — a sonic journey through the Unseen and Untold.

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Der "Jungbrunnen" (fountain of youth) is our platform to feature a following generation of interesting artists from the neighbourhood and beyond.

Der Jungbrunnen ⛲️ Gabey

Atmospheric Dali-esque Progressive house, storytelling a psychedelic journey through time.  The second track on upcoming album Chronophobia by Aethogen

Black Church

I can't characterize , it is groovy Ambient chill kind of.

Mngani wami

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A platform for new and celebrated "slow" sounds:
Slow is a feeling, not a BPM limit.
#slowlove #somethingslow 
"Something Slow" is the original slow dance music, not-for-profit, events and music project that has been active from 2013 to present"

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