Cagedbaby
Tom Gandey aka Cagedbaby has many guises but is most known for his seminal
2006 Album ‘Will See You Now’ released on Southern Fried Records. This was Post punk disco Psychedelia at its finest, sexy avant-garde synth pop with slickly produced love songs that popped out the speaker with a martini in its hand. Like Neil Tennant on Acid, Cagedbaby’s Bowie tinged vocals echo Hutchence in his prime & Prince’s funk meeting Beck's humour in a back alley fistfight in Downtown 80’s New York whilst Psycho Killer hums out of the boom box.
Gandey does everything himself in the studio. A classically trained pianist and self confessed analogue synth head collecting vintage gear, Gandey’s wide musical influence shows in his unique productions, bringing the solo back from Toto and nodding to Pink Floyd, a darkly intelligent sonic tour de force. Pleasingly, the hot fuss began to grow and Gandey took a live act on the Road and notched up many fans including The Chemical Brothers who invited Cagedbaby to support them on tour.
Happily embracing technology Tom was one of the first to use Ableton to its full potential giving him an early lead and signature style to his explosive DJ sets, always impeccably sequenced, layering up to 5 tracks at a time, crafting pace and systematically delivering monstrous builds, spaced out chordal drops and hair raising peaks noisily exploring techno, electro, new rave and even breaks busting genres along the way sometimes even playing keyboards at the same time.
The DJ sets imbibe a mixture of his own productions as well as heavy edits of current dance-floor favourites and are designed for the colourful party set that always frequents his gigs.
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