Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, formerly of the band Luna, released "L'Avventura," an album of covers and duets produced by Tony Visconti (Bowie, T. Rex), in 2003. This was followed by an EP of remixes by Sonic Boom, entitled "Sonic Souvenirs." Dean & Britta recently released their new album, "Back Numbers," and an EP, "Words You Used to Say," both produced by Visconti. Dean & Britta have also delved into the world of composing for film (in 2004 they did the score for "The Squid & the Whale," by Noah Baumbach). Started by Wareham in 1992, Luna made 7 studio albums and played their final shows in February 2005. Luna’s "Best Of" was recently released by Rhino and Beggar’s Banquet. Prior to Luna Dean fronted 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.
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