De-Phazz is a German

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and

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ensemble founded in 1997, whose music integrates modern

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and elements of

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and

drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

into a

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sound. De-Phazz is led by Pit Baumgartner, a German producer who has varied the lineup of band members for every new album. However, some regular members are Barbara Lahr, Karl Frierson and Pat Appleton. Discoverer and namesake of De-Phazz was Haluk Soyoğlu, who also released the first albums on Mole and later on founded Phazz-a-delic New Format Recordings (https://phazzadelic.com) as innovative music label together with Pit Baumgartner. The group has released records on Mole Listening Pearls and Universal Jazz Germany along with single releases on

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and United Recordings, and also remixes existing material.

Releases

* ''

Detunized Gravity ''Detunized Gravity'' is the first album of De-Phazz, which was released in 1997. Track listing

De-Phazz albums 1997 albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub ...

'' (1997) * ''

Godsdog ''Godsdog'' is the second studio album by electronic band De-Phazz De-Phazz is a German downtempo and jazz ensemble founded in 1997, whose music integrates modern turntablism and elements of Latin American music, Latin, Soul music, soul, trip ...

'' (1999) * ''Death by Chocolate'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Natural Fake ''Natural Fake'' is the sixth album by German project De-Phazz De-Phazz is a German downtempo and jazz ensemble founded in 1997, whose music integrates modern turntablism and elements of Latin American music, Latin, Soul music, soul, trip hop a ...

'' (2005) * ''

Days of Twang ''Days of Twang'' is an album by De-Phazz De-Phazz is a German downtempo and jazz ensemble founded in 1997, whose music integrates modern turntablism and elements of Latin American music, Latin, Soul music, soul, trip hop and drum and bass in ...

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Lala 2.0'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''Naive'' (2013) * ''The Uppercut Collection'' (2013) * ''Garage Pompeuse'' (2015) * ''Private'' (2016) * ''Prankster Bride'' (2016) * ''Black White Mono'' (2018) * ''De-Phazz & STÜBAphilharmonie - De Capo'' (2019) * ''Music to Unpack your Christmas Present'' (2020) * ''Live In Vilnius'' (2021) (2021 - MP3, 2023 - Vinyl) * ''Jelly Banquet'' (2022) * ''Pit Sounds'' (2024) * ''presents De-Drums (2024)''

References

External links

* German electronic music groups German jazz ensembles German remixers Trip hop groups {{jazz-band-stub