The eminent
Prince once crowed it in his song Partyman: "when I want sax I call Candy. French jazz funk group Electro Deluxe thought the same thing and so suddenly there is Candy Dulfer with a bouncy atlas sax solo in the opening track Nakie Nakie from the album Next. Not that Electro Deluxe, with its own tight three-man horn section, is shy of brass. They play an important role in this septet's
… infectious feel-good funk. Electro Deluxe mixes all forms of smooth jazz and funk - electrofunk, jazz funk, pure party funk - into a whole that, above all, should make every concert a dance party. It doesn't sound original, but the gentlemen can play and groove, while singer James Copley's smooth voice stacks all feel-good clichés under the closing motto: "Wanna have a good time! Candy, of course, is like a fish out of water in this regard. (MR)more
