CagedBaby

Born and bred Brightonite Tom Gandey, aka Cagedbaby was raised amidst both boats and pianos. "When I was young I thought I might combine both of the family passions and become a rockstar yachtsman. You know, like Simon le Bon."

Tom started out playing the piano but as the hairy-palmed grasp of adolescence began to take hold, assembly recitals were swapped for stints in local bands…and then he turned. “Everything I do is influenced by films”. He explains
“I started to experiment by taking the audio from one film and laying it over a muted version of another.” Tom soon realised he wasn’t walking down his destined path, so he turned to rock ‘n’ roll. Think acid-house superhero meets New Romantic. Influenced by everything from Talking Heads to Toto.

So where did he think up the name? “It’s something to do with being linked to the earth, chained to Mother Nature by an unseen umbilical chord. Or I chose it because my releases would end up being next to the Chemical Brothers in the racks at HMV.”

It was DJ Magazine that gave him his first step. Stunned by the quality of his demo, they covered him in a two-page feature. A year later and Tom is finally set to release his debut album cagedbaby. His live shows across the UK have proved such a success that cagedbaby has grown and morphed. Tom is still the main man but now its got more of a band vibe.
With the likes of Jim Carmichael (drums) Jimmy Day (Keys) Kan Lailey (guitar) and Tom on vocals – they’re rocking!