Temp-Illusion is an Iranian experimental/electronic duo consisting of Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi, both natives of Tehran, Iran The duo started in 2011 and performed their first audio/visual live set in collaboration with Tehran based visual artists, Alless and Nylaa for TADAEX 03.
They use a wide range of music programs and hardware synthesizers in their music production to combine noisy and atmospheric layers with melodies and complex beat programming to achieve a unique style of dance music Temp Illusion are mainly known as a live band, and they have performed in various shows and festivals such as TADAEX, SET Festival, Paraffin Tehran, SETXCTM and Berlin’s CTM Festival among others Also, Their debut Autolected released on Zabte Sote Label which is a sister label of Opal Tapes on February 2019.
Both,Entezami and Najafi have solo projects with releases on international labels, and are currently working on their newest albums.
Selected Reviews
“The secret to Temp Illusion’s huge appeal lay, I suspected, in their rhythms. The drums were exquisitely detailed they didn’t just hit, they flexed, bent, strained and ricocheted. Each beat left a unique texture trail behind it, gritty or airy. I wondered if being unable to dance made
me listen more closely Perhaps the intense detail of the music was even designed with a seated audience in mind Still, when Temp Illusion perform in a club outside of Iran, as they will at Berghain for the next CTM, there’s sure to be mayhem on the dance floor.
Resident Advisor
“Temp Illusion have a defiant, psychedelic edge and Autolected an hour long live recording split into two parts sounds distinct, unusual and fresh Loping from woozy noise into clipped, rhythmic electronic funk without so much as a pause for breath, the album is as deep, dark and destructive as anything you might find on a certain Northern duo’s recent NTS Sessions set.
Fact Magazine
“Macabre is essentially wonky techno tracks, albeit turned into fully experimental noise pieces via strategically fiddled with distortion and attack.
The Quietus
“The duo fiercely fill out two sides of tape, pulling trick after trick out of their bag of dark electronics, guiding us from barely lit room to barely lit room in an imagined post apocalyptic club The sonic matter is definitely heavy, brimming with distorted bass whomps and monstrous bleeps blaring into chambers of cavernous reverb yet the pacing is gradual and calm and logical.
The Quietus
“While the crowd weren’t allowed to dance at Temp Illusion’s surging IDM live set in Tehran, they whooped and swayed in their seats.”
Boiler Room