Music : Jackin House, Electro House, Tech House, Acid House, Electro, Breaks, Minimal Techno, Funky Techno and Indie
SLIDE in association with 'ECLECTRIC'
at The Zodiac
Friday 4 May
10.30pm-4am
£7 advance / more on the door
Tickets available soon
Oxford’s excellent up and coming night, ‘Eclectric’, join us on the May Bank Holiday weekend at The Zodiac, alongside the brilliant Cagedbaby. Eclectric is the original mid-week house, electro, breaks and techno night. Occurring at Love Bar fortnightly during student term time, residents from nights such as Slide, Simple and Fresh Out the Box strut their stuff, while the night also showcases the best student DJs in town. Residents Rich Smith and TJ Hertz join Slide resident Neil Simpson for what will be Slide’s final Friday night at The Zodiac before the venue shutdowns for refurbishment in the summer!
Cagedbaby - Tom Gandey to the taxman - has been here all along. That was him spreading musical sunshine all over a rain-sodden Glastonbury last year; that was him rallying the troops in Ibiza; his electronic tales of melodic bliss were the perfect starter for The Chemical Brothers on Tom'n'Ed's end-of-year jaunt; that was him and his merry band making whoopee at Japan's Mount Fuji festival; and if you were lucky enough to have been down under in January, you might have caught a glimpse of the all-singing, all-dancing 'Baby experience with fellow genre busters The Go! Team, LCD Sound System and Soulwax. He's also just finished a 3 week tour of Japan supporting Fatboy Slim in Japan, the tours are still coming thick and fast.
Of course, none of that would have been possible without the kaleidoscopic sonic tonic that was Cagedbaby's debut album, ‘Will See You Now’, recently on Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried imprint - Tom's a Brighton boy, so it makes perfect sense - its playful mix of seductive electro-pop, subtle techno rhythms, laidback party music and snippets of 80s power chords, made it irresistible to all who stumbled upon it.
Pete Tong discovered its unfettered joys, something that culminated in the Radio One godfather making it his personal crusade to spread the word. Essential Selection 14 weeks in a row! Tom also broadcast his first essential mix in march, as well as having essential new tune for the dance floor stomper.
Thankfully, Tom's still got his eyes on the prize. His DJ and Laptop sets are making big waves in clubland and the full live shows, with added 'Baby's Jim Carmichael (drums), Jimmy Day (keys) and Kan Lailey (guitar), are, in Tom's words, going 'sweeeeetttttt'. With a busy club diary and with appearances at the festivals aplenty the summer is sure to be silly season.
So, that's been the last 12 months for Cagedbaby: he's got married, got a one-eyed cat called Nelson, travelled the world, ate some top gourmet grub and released a splendid debut album which shows no sign of ceasing the thrills for an ever-eager crowd of dancefloor pleasure seekers and home listening head nodders.
Make sure you don’t miss out!