De-Phazz
The prolific and long-running De-Phazz (also known as DePhazz) is a contemporary lounge project led by Peter "Pit" Baumgartner, a German-Austrian producer who has surrounded himself with a shifting cast of collaborators that includes vocalists Barbara Lahr, Karl Frierson, and Pat Appleton.
Beginning with Detunized Gravity (1997), Baumgartner and company have explored various forms of lounge music, much of it balancing samples with live instrumentation, with innumerable cross-sections of vintage jazz and soul, easy listening, and Latin music. De-Phazz tracks like No Jive and The Mambo Craze have appeared on dozens of compilations with "lounge," "chill," and "café" in the title.
Though much of the De-Phazz catalog could be termed studio creations, it also contains collaborative, acoustic, and live projects such as Big (recorded with the Radio Bigband Frankfurt, 2009), Naive (2013), and Private (2016).
No stranger to outside work, Baumgartner remixed Ella Fitzgerald's Wait 'til You See Him for the first Verve Remixed compilation, as well as tracks by the likes of Kool & the Gang, a-ha, and Blank & Jones.
Best tracks
After Lunch
Astrud Astronette
Berlin Bad
Between 2 Thieves
Boogie Philosophy
Cut the Jazz
Daddywannarock
Dog Run
Downtown Tazacorte
Dummes Spiel
Funk Kid
Godsdog
Happiness
Hero Dead and Gone
Hero Dead and Gone
[Discotheque Mix]
In My Blood
Jazz Music
Keep It Simple
Make Heaven My Home
Maybe San José
Multicolored Destiny
My Society
Prankster Bride
Preachin' to the Choir
Rise & Shine
Sabbatical
Something Special
The Ball Is My Friend
Timeless Times
Wailing Daddy
Wait
Wrong Dance
Discography
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