Deluxe

The boisterous and rambunctious swing/pop/Latin-tinged all around party time band Deluxe is the product of Aix-en-Provence, where they started out busking. The skills they developed in the streets becomes evident when they play live. The singer Liliboy sings mostly in English and knows how to engage the audience directly. Their music takes elements of the neo-swing of the '90s, such as Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and builds a fairly thick layer of pop and dance on top (with an unmistakable affinity towards disco). They are one of those bands whose appeal draws a lot from their raw energy in front of an audience, which is unfortunately lost to some extent in the studio. So their records really don't do enough justice to the joyful ferocity of Deluxe on stage.