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fDeluxe is The Family renamed. The Family was a protege band formed by Prince after the break-up of The Time once Purple Rain ended. (Actually, by the time the movie hit theaters, The Time had long since disbanded.) Left over members Paul Peterson (who had replaced The Time original member Monte Moir on keyboards), Jellybean Johnson and Jerome Benton, were grouped with Susannah Melvoin (twin sister of Wendy from The Revolution + Wendy & Lisa), and Eric Leeds (sax player for The Revolution on tour only). The Family released one self-titled album in 1985 on Prince's new Paisley Park Records...

Ducks Deluxe were an English pub rock band of the 1970s. Usually called "The Ducks" by their fans, they were known in the 70s for their up-tempo, energetic performances. Formed in London in February 1972 by Martin Belmont (guitar), Sean Tyla (guitar), Ken Whaley (bass) and Michael Cousins (known as Magic Michael) on percussion, they split after playing a gig at the 100 Club in London on July 1, 1975. The band reformed in 2007 with Martin Belmont (guitar), Sean Tyla (guitar), Kevin Foster (bass) and Jim Russell (drums). Inbetween times, various members of the band found a degree of...

Gloria Deluxe is a Brooklyn-based band fronted by songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Cynthia Hopkins. Ms. Hopkins has also toured and recorded with Dan Zanes and friends, and has recorded an album under her own name (featuring many of her Gloria Deluxe bandmates) called DEVOTIONALS. Gloria Deluxe's music defies ready categorization: different albums are categorized by iTunes as "alternative," "blues," and "country," but none of these labels seems entirely adequate. The tone is urban and also partakes of the music hall and cabaret. Some work, including their most recent album, ACCIDENTAL NOSTALGIA, has been composed to accompany various kinds of performance...

The Psy Breaks project of Brighton based artist and producer Cameron Leonard-Schroff aka Nagual Sound Experiment. Back on the UK psy trance scene after a period in California working as an engineer, the Mood Deluxe debut album is set to drop this summer on cutting edge electronica and psy trance label Liquid Records. The album "The Tangent Universe" was produced in Los Angeles, London and Brighton. Fusing the two dancfloor strands of psy trance and nu skool breaks into a hi octane mutant genre that simply destroys dancefloors. interview and mix from Ministry of Sound radio You can visit Mood...