Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips are former members of the band Luna. Their latest albumBack Numbers ..was produced by Tony Visconti (Bowie, T. Rex).Variations,a remix EP of 7 songs from Back Numbers is available for digital download on Amazon, iTunes and Rhapsody. Dean & Britta will be selling CDs on their upcoming tour. These CDs will not be available in stores.
Dean & Britta first teamed up in 2003 with L' Avventura .., an album of covers and duets produced by Tony Visconti. Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum, E.A.R.) remixed select songs for an EP entitled Sonic Souvenirs .. Dean & Britta have also delved into the world of film score/soundtrack, including Noah Baumbach'sThe Squid and the Whale ..and Olivier Assayas' Clean ..
Started by Wareham in 1992, Luna made 7 studio albums before calling it quits in 2005. The Best of Luna .. was recently released by Rhino and Beggar’s Banquet. A documentary film of Luna's final tour, Tell Me Do You Miss Me .. premiered at Tribeca Film Festival last year.
Prior to Luna Dean fronted seminal indie Rough Trade band, Galaxie 500, whose discs are currently available on Rykodisc.
Britta joined Luna in 2000. Before that, she played in several bands (Belltower, Ultrababyfat, Ben Lee), starred in the movie Satisfaction (with Julia Roberts and Justine Bateman and Liam Neeson and Steve Cropper), and was the singing voice of 80s cartoon character, JEM.
Click here to preorder Dean's memoir, Black Postcards
(out on Penguin Press 3-13--08)
