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Earlier today I was sitting in San Diego Airport waiting for my plane to Baltimore to depart and it dawned on me that I’m overdue for writing a post. I thought about something Obama-themed since I’m en route to the presidential inauguration in DC, but I already posted Z-trip’s Obama Mixes on my other blog so I’m fresh out of new Obama-themed music to yap about.

So how about something completely different? Ever heard of De-Phazz? Your answer is probably no unless you’re a downtempo jazz fan and buy a lot of imports. De-Phazz is a Germany-based downtempo jazz collective fronted by Pit Baumgartner, a producer who changes the entire band for each album barring a few long-time members. I first discovered De-Phazz on the old Napster (the good one) back in 2001, right after they released their third album, Death by Chocolate. Napster was how I discovered much of my current downtempo, acid jazz and trip-hop faves since it was so easy to explore. Back then you could only buy De-phazz records as imports and it wasn’t easy, but today it’s a breeze to find most of their music digitally.

Their most recent record, Days of Twang, was released in 2007 and it’s full of groovy, jazzy and trippy stuff just like the rest of their discography. Here are a few tracks from Days of Twang, and another album called Daily Lama, to pique your interest. If you like ‘em, pick ‘em up at Amazon.

Rock ‘n Roll Dude from Days of Twang – De-Phazz

105 FM Jam from Days of Twang – De-Phazz

Atomic Cocktail from Daily Lama – De-Phazz

Dummes Spiel from Daily Lama – De-Phazz