De-Phazz - Presents In A Rudie Mood

De-Phazz has built its career on combinations that should be awkward but rarely are: lounge music, sampled electronics, swing jazz, dub, and heavy grooves. The group’s working motto still explains the method: “Bringing together what doesn’t necessarily belong together!”. That instinct has carried the German group through trip-hop, experimental pop, jazz, and electronic music without making its records sound interchangeable. The new De-Phazz single, “Overdub Overdo,” introduces the forthcoming album In A Rudie Mood. Producer Pit Baumgartner and co-producer and drummer Oli Rubow lead the recording. “Overdub Overdo” does not try to recreate vintage reggae or dub note for note. Instead, it uses those traditions as part of a De-Phazz arrangement: playful, slightly unruly, and carefully assembled. For listeners searching for new reggae jazz fusion, electronic dub, or lounge-inflected reggae, the single gives a clear sense of where In A Rudie Mood is headed.