Biography
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Pepe Deluxé
Effective period / Period of releases: 1999 - 2024
Members: Paul Malmström, Tomi Paajanen, Jari Salo, Chris Cote, Vellu Maurola
Pepe Deluxé is a Finnish band formed in 1996 by DJ Slow (Vellu Maurola) JA-Jazz (Tomi Castrén, formerly Paajanen) and James Spectrum (Jari Salo) in Helsinki, Finland. DJ Slow departed the band in 2001 to pursue solo projects. JA-Jazz has been off-duty since 2008. Multi-instrumentalist Paul Malmström became official member of the band in 2008.The Pepe Deluxé live line-up consists of Tommi Lindell (modular synthesizer, vocoder), Miikka Paatelainen (guitar, bass, Theremin), Markku Reinikainen (drums), James Spectrum (mixing, percussion) and Edward Greendanger (VJ).