The son of wholesome hippies, Tom Gandey was raised amidst boats and pianos. His two brothers now run their father's fishmonger business, but Tom decided to follow more in the footsteps of the distaff side. "All my mum's family are classical musicians and my grandfather was a conductor of the Royal Philharmonic, he smiles. 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."

A gifted pianist, Tom played piano at primary school, progressing when adolescence hit to stints in local bands. Dabbing with experiemental over-dubbings of film soundtracks and messing around with production soon followed, and the acid-house superhero meets New Romantic. Neil Tennant meets Fatboy Slim Cagedbaby sound began to take shape.

Snapped up by Southern Fried records after being scouted at a party, Cagedbaby released his first single shortly afterwards. His debut album, Cagedbaby Will See You Now, is out on 08/08/2005.