Wally Badarou

Real Name:
Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou
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Wally Badarou was born 1955 in Paris. Although he planned a career as a pilot, he was seduced by synthesizers and rock & roll, eventually becoming a well-known session keyboardist in England and his own Nassau, Bahamas, studio. Badarou's early career included work with M (on the hit "Pop Music"), Joe Cocker, Herbie Hancock, and Island Records artists like Grace Jones, Black Uhuru, and the British funk band Level 42. In addition to his production and keyboard work for Level 42, he has done several film scores, most notably Kiss of the Spider Woman. You can hear both the rhythmic sensitivity of his African heritage and the harmonic sensibility of his classical training in his music. His expressive and sophisticated synthesizer textures are full of life, especially on his more dance-oriented Echoes album. In the nineties he released two albums, 1991's Chief Inspector and 1997's So Why.
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Back To Scales To-Night

(2 versions)
Riviera LM Recording System, Barclay 1980

Island Visual Arts Introduces Wally Badarou

(LP, Promo, Smplr)
Island Visual Arts 1982

Echoes

(10 versions)
Island Records 1984

John Neschling / Nando Carneiro and Wally Badarou - Original Soundtrack With Music & Dialogue: Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2 versions)

Island Visual Arts 1985

Words Of A Mountain

(6 versions)
Island Records 1989

Words Of A Mountain

(CD)
Island Records 1989

Colors Of Silence: Musical Poetry For Yoga

(CD, Album)
Universal Licensing Music (ULM) 2001

Singles & EPs

He Was A Rasta In London Town

(7")
Barclay 1980

She Turns Me On

(7")
Riviera (3) 1980

He Was A Rasta In London Town / Dream On The Sand

(7")
Riviera (3) 1980

Theme From Countryman

(2 versions)
Island Records 1982

Hi-Life

(5 versions)
4th & Broadway 1984

Spiderwoman (Novela Das Nove)

(3 versions)
4th & Broadway 1985

Chief Inspector / Novela Das Nove

(7 versions)
Island Visual Arts 1985

Chief Inspector

(6 versions)
4th & Broadway, Island Visual Arts 1985

Hi-Life

(12")
Island Records 1986

Admiral Tibet / Wally Badarou - The Lunatic / The Lunatic Theme (7")

Mango 1990

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