Thomas Gandey

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Thomas Gandey
Birth nameThomas Gandey
Also known asCagedbaby, MATOM
Born (1976-03-21) 21 March 1976 (age 48)
Brighton, England
Genres ambient, chillout, IDM, electro, house, alternative dance, electropop, techno, dance, electronic
Occupation(s) Record producer, DJ, vocalist
Instrument Keyboards
Labels Southern Fried Records, Planet E Communications

Thomas Gandey (born 21 March 1976) is an English electronic music producer, composer, vocalist, keyboard player and former DJ, known for work under his own name as well as under his Cagedbaby pseudonym. He has released over 150 remixes to date including for Shirley Bassey, Ocean Colour Scene, Empire of the Sun, Fatboy Slim, The Temper Trap and Grace Jones, [1] and DJed and performed live shows at many of the world's best-known clubs and festivals, including Womb, Glastonbury Festival, Fuji Rock Festival, and Tokyo's Big Beach Festival. He has been a resident at We Love Space Ibiza and Barcelona's Razzmatazz. [2] He lived in the UK until 2006, and now splits his time between Bordeaux and Brighton. [3]

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Early life and career

Born in Brighton, England, Gandey grew up under the musical influence of his grandfathers, one of whom was an orchestral conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra, [4] the other a ragtime and boogie-woogie piano player. He learned to play the piano from the age of four, and after living next door to a church at the age of six where he practiced the organ; he began playing the instrument in school assemblies.

His first efforts at making a career out of music were as part of grunge band, Airport, and punk band, Thrillcreem. He discovered electronic music while working as a sound engineer at festivals, and soon took his musical endeavours in this direction. Meanwhile, his piano playing talents saw him become a session and touring keyboard player for acts including Kylie Minogue. [5]

2004 - current: Cagedbaby

After spending several years playing keyboards for musicians, Gandey decided to pursue his love of electronic music with his own project. Gandey chose the name Cagedbaby for his first major electronic music project. "Either it's something to do with being linked to the earth, chained to Mother Nature by an unseen umbilical chord" he said in one interview in 2005. "Or I chose it because my releases would end up being next to The Chemical Brothers in the racks at HMV." [4] In another interview in the same year, he claimed "the actual truth is that it was my email address on Hotmail when Hotmail first came out." [5]

In 2002, he took some demos of his music to the Winter Music Conference in Miami and gave them to Fatboy Slim, who was suitably impressed with his music to sign him to his own Southern Fried Records label. His debut album Will See You Now was released in 2005, receiving a 4-star review from UK newspaper The Guardian [6] and was followed by a stream of singles and remixes for pop and underground artists alike. [7] The success of his album led him to becoming a tour DJ for Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and Underworld. 2006 saw him mix BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix show. [8] He began contributing vocals to other producers' and bands' projects in 2009, when he appeared on a track by Italian duo Analog People In A Digital World. [9] 2009 also saw him play the main stage at Scotland's RockNess festival, [10] and take part in a collaborative art project with photographer Rankin for Youth Music. [11]

Following a hiatus of several years, Cagedbaby returned with the Synthwave EP in December 2021. Attention from the EP was chosen by Lauren Laverne as her Record Of The Week on her BBC Radio 6 Music show. A new album Music for Somewhere Else will be released on his own label Uncaged Recordings in August 2022

Cagedbaby tracks have been released on labels including Innversions, Southern Fried Records, KOMPAKT and Planet E Communications. As A DJ, Gandey held residencies as Cagedbaby at Space Ibiza, Womb in Tokyo and Razzmatazz in Barcelona and recorded an episode of BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix.

2010 - current: Thomas Gandey

Gandey has been producing records and providing vocals under his own name since 2010. He released further tracks on his 'home' label Southern Fried Records, German house/techno label Get Physical Music and on BBC Radio 1 DJ/producers Andy George & Jaymo's Moda Black. [12] He has provided vocals for producers including Hot Since 82, Blond:ish [9] and German Brigante.

He was also a writer and producer for the 11-times Lucille Lortell Awards nominated Imelda Marcos musical Here Lies Love , created by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, [13] and worked as a producer, programmer and keyboardist on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation; [14] a project, also featuring Gary Barlow and Liam Neeson. [15]

In 2012, he created a guest mix for Annie Nightingale's long running BBC Radio 1 show. [16]

He has provided vocals for a track on UK house music producer Huxley's debut album Blurred, called "Never Easy", released in October 2014. [17]

2012 - current: MATOM

MATOM is Gandey's techno project alongside fellow English producer Matt Edwards, which came to being after the duo were asked by Red Bull Music Academy [18] to collaborate for a special live set at Berlin's Berghain club in September 2012. [19] Follow-up shows were booked in Berlin, France and Poland, [20] and the duo have produced an album that was released on Carl Craig's Planet E Communications in 2014. [21]

Selected discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Remixes

Vocals

Compilations

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  2. ↑ Thomas Gandey Space Ibiza. Retrieved 2014-17-04.
  3. ↑ Thomas Gandey: about Thomas Gandey official website. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  4. 1 2 Cagedbaby interview Female First. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  5. 1 2 Cagedbaby interview Higher Frequency. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  6. ↑ CD: Cagedbaby, Will See You Now The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  7. ↑ Cagedbaby: discography Discogs. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  8. ↑ Essential Mix: Caged Baby BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2014-17-04.
  9. 1 2 Thomas Gandey: vocals Discogs. Retrieved 2014-14-04.
  10. ↑ RockNess 2009 line-up BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  11. ↑ Last chance to buy the Rankin/ Cagedbaby collaborative Mixmag. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  12. 1 2 Cagedbaby: discography Discogs. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  13. ↑ Here Lies Love Closes Today Broadway World. Retrieved 2014-17-04.
  14. ↑ Thomas Gandey: Out Of The Box Pulse Radio. Retrieved 2014-17-04.
  15. ↑ Gary Barlow delighted to join war effort Express. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  16. ↑ Annie Nightingale guest mix BBC Radio 1. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  17. ↑ Full details of Huxley album revealed Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  18. ↑ Matom Interview Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 2014-20-09.
  19. ↑ Radio Slave & Thomas Gandey live at Hansa Studios Red Bull Music Academy. Retrieved 2014-14-04.
  20. ↑ Little White Earbuds interviews Radio Slave Little White Earbuds. Retrieved 2014-14-04.
  21. ↑ Matt Edwards and Thomas Gandey to release album on Planet E Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
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