Dean & Britta
is a musical duo consisting of Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, both former members of Luna. Wareham had formed Luna in 1992 after leaving his first band, Galaxie 500. Phillips joined Luna in 2000, replacing bassist Justin Harwood.
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History
Their first album started out as a Wareham solo project, but when he heard Phillips' demos, he asked her to join him. "L'Avventura" was produced by
Tony Visconti (
T. Rex,
David Bowie) and was released on
Jetset Records in 2003 under the name "Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham." After hearing the album,
Peter Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom of
Spacemen 3, Spectrum, & E.A.R.) fell in love with it and did a remix mini LP entitled "Sonic Souvenirs" (also on Jetset Records).
After Luna broke up in 2005, Dean & Britta spent the next year working on film scores (most notably
Noah Baumbach's movie,
The Squid and the Whale
), and promoting the documentary film of Luna's farewell tour
Tell Me Do You Miss Me
. They were married during the recording of their album
Back Numbers
(also produced by Tony Visconti), and simplified their name to "Dean & Britta".
Back Numbers
was released on
Rounder Records in February 2007 followed by a limited edition EP, "Words You Used To Say". In 2006 Dean and Britta did a
Take-Away Show video session shot by
Vincent Moon.
In 2008, Dean & Britta covered
The Cure's "Friday I'm In Love" for
American Laundromat Records tribute compilation "Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure".
See also
Damon and Naomi