De-Phazz is celebrating 20th anniversary with new album "Black White Mono" (Release Date: May 11th, 2018)

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De-Phazz - Black White Mono

Label: Phazzadelic
Distribution: Al!VE / finetunes

UPC CD: 4260082360805
UPC VINYL: 4260082360812

Release Date: May 11th, 2018

Line-Up: Pat Appleton (vocals), Karl Friersen (vocal), Pit Baumgartner (effects), Barbara Lahr (vocals), Otto Engelhardt (trombone), Joo Kraus (trumpet), Marcus Bartelt (sax), Oli Rubow (drums)

German engineering has always been appreciated worldwide. It is innovative, technically sophisticated down to the smallest detail and makes life more beautiful. Attributes that also fully apply to the band De-Phazz founded in 1997 in Heidelberg. Created by the diligent sound collector and sample architect Pit Baumgartner, the "Godfathers of Lounge" are the most reliable and pleasant German export commodity since the VW Beetle, and the most musically charming invention since the Fraunhofer Institute in Erlangen invented MP3.

De-Phazz' songs creep into the auditory canals, stimulate brain activity and electrify dancers to shake their legs, are known in Vladivostok as well as in Anchorage, in Ibiza as well as in Kathmandu. By courtesy of smart bartenders, compilations like "Café del Mar" or movie soundtracks, songs like "The Mambo Craze", "Something Special" or "Cut the Jazz" (played on Spotify 3 million times) went viral when this term was still associated merely with influenza. Baumgartner & Co. have sold over half a million recordings - black-market copies not included - that possibly makes De-Phazz the most burned band in Eastern Europe. The group has so far performed over 600 concerts all over the globe.

A pronounced sense of style, bone-dry grooves, tons of soul and purring irony – these are, quite frankly not typically Teutonic qualities that have made De-Phazz the most famous, unknown music export "Made in Germany". With "Black White Mono" and the 20 years anniversary tour the gifted music engineers make it clear: it's a blessing De-Phazz still exists. Because in this age, more than ever, there is a genuine need for poise, humour and good music. Happy Birthday!

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