Electro Deluxe

Known for their blend of jazz, funk, electro and hip-hop, Parisian collective Electro Deluxe was founded in 2001, and is characterized by the use of instruments such as a brass section, guitar and bass/drums rhythm section, rather than loops and electronic sampling. Led by Thomas Faure (saxophone) and Gaël Cadoux (keyboards), the band also includes Jérémie Coke (bass), Clément Landais (double bass), Vincent Payen (trumpet), Bertrand Luzignant (trombone), DJ Gump (turntables), Arnaud Renaville (drums) and Stéphane Edouard (percussion). With a strong live presence and growing audience, the band recorded a series of acclaimed albums, including Stardown (2005), Hopeful (2007), Play (2010) and Home (2013), featuring a host of renowned jazz musicians including Didier Lockwood, Flavio Boltro, Christophe Panzani, Guillaume Poncelet, Julien Birot and vocalists James Copley, Ousmane, IMO (Imogen Heap) and Crystla Petit-Night. Released in 2012, the double album Live in Paris, recorded live at a concert at the Alhambra, features a big band of some twenty reed players. The studio album Circle, released in 2016, won a Victoire du jazz award the following year, and led to a new tour, captured on the live recording Circle Live (2018). Hitherto a designer of record sleeves, graphic artist, producer and DJ 20Syl, a member of the group Hocus Pocus, takes part in the programming of the album Apollo (2019), followed five years later by Next (2024), featuring contributions from illustrious musicians Nils Landgren, Fred Wesley and Candy Dulfer.