#wally badarou

[genevieveetguy]

Dahomey, Mati Diop (2024)

[spilladabalia]

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love - Live 1982

[radiophd]

wally badarou -- mambo

[soviet-space-prog]

Wally Badarou - A Dream On The Sand (1980)

[c-40]

A-T-3 255 Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven

Gwen Guthrie's second album Portrait is released in 1983. It was recorded at Compass Point in Nassau with the same all-stars as her debut, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson, and Steven Stanley. As you'd expect from such a prolific songwriter and backing singer with a great supporting cast It's a terrific album

Larry Levan had remixed It Should Have Been You which was released as a single from her debut album. Levan was given the master tapes for Portrait and to Island Records horror spent too much expensive studio time to their liking remixing it, and this was when record companies had budgets to spend on lesser known artists. I remember watching the Brian Duffy documentary The Man Who Shot the 60s, Duffy produced the now iconic sleeve artwork for David Bowie's album Aladdin Sane, his advice to Bowie was spend as much of the record company's money as you can and then to recoup there investment they have to promote you. Promotion budgets are a big deal, you could have made they greatest album of all time but if nobody knows about it it's going to get buried. It helped that by Aladdin Sane had had his breakthrough and was already being seen as a major star, Gwen Guthrie wasn't that fortunate

Perhaps Larry Levan didn't spend enough of Island's money because his remixes sat on a shelf for two years and other than his remixes for Peanut Butter and Hopscotch the only place you could here Larry Levan's other remixes from these sessions was at the Paradise Garage played off reel-to-reel tapes. Paradise Garage was one of the most famous clubs on the planet and it was Larry Levan that made that happen. Gwen Guthrie became known as 'The First Lady Of The Paradise Garage' because of her live performances there and Levan playing his remixes of her records in his sets.

In 1985 Island release some of Levan's remixes as the mini-album Padlock (Special Mixes). The mini-album is credited to Levan with Gwen Guthrie demoted to featured performer alongside Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Wally Badarou, and Darryl Thompson. We can extract from this decision that it was decided by the record company that Larry Levan was creating demand for these records to be put out and it was Levan' name that would get punters handing over their cash. Padlock sold much better than Portrait once it was released, Peanut Butter was reissued, Padlock was released as a single, as was Seventh Heaven (in the UK this came out around the time of Gwen's biggest success Aint Nothing Going On But The Rent in 1986, with Levan's remixes of Getting Hot and It Should Have Been You off Gwen's self-titled debut)

Going back to the issue of samples like I mentioned the other day Seventh Heaven, the Larry Levan remix, has been sampled in hip hop, rnb, and dance music over and over for tracks by the likes of Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Busta Rhymes, Leaders Of The New School, Redman, Dilated Peoples, El-P, Public Enemy, Amil feat Beyoncé, Eric Sermon, Kenny Dope, Spinna, Tek 9, Dj Krust...

On a decent system with those synths and drums flying past you is my idea of heaven

[altamontpt]

Talking Heads - Naked (1988)

Let's get Naked, everybody? Por nós, a resposta será sempre claramente afirmativa. Por isso, preparem-se para uma viagem até 1988, ano em que os Talking Heads resolveram fechar a loja da sua própria criatividade coletiva.

Let’s get Naked, everybody? Por nós, a resposta será sempre claramente afirmativa. Por isso, preparem-se para uma viagem até 1988, ano em que os Talking Heads resolveram fechar a loja da sua própria criatividade coletiva. Há rumores, ou até mais do que isso, que vão juntar-se, ao fim de demasiados anos de separação. Para uma digressão, provavelmente. Para um disco de originais? Que bom seria! De…

[gachael]

Chief Inspector (Nomad Soul Remix) / Wally Badarou

Inspector Nomad

[still-single]

THIS WAS A GOOD ONE

if you listen to one more piece of web content today, let it be this beacon from two years ago. s/o to @wasabiduckies for reminding me of it.

Oneida – Sheets of Easter

The 13th Floor Elevators – Slide Machine

Dolomite – New Indiana

The Upsetters – Horny Train (Exclusive Dub Plate Mix)

Weak Signal – War and War

SAULT – Time is Precious

Norman Connors – Love from the Sun

High Lonesome Sound System – Love Night (Underground Dub)

Midnight Star – Freak-a-zoid

Huerco S. – Plonk XIII

Quasi – The Skeleton

Ned Collette – Heaven’s the Key

Camp One – Misery and Anxiety

The Vibrators – Keep it Clean

Amon Düül II – Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight

Lime Crush – Tèlèphone

Red Pants – In the Passing Time

Sonic Youth – Expressway to Yr. Skull

Teenage Filmstars – Hallucinations / Moon

Snake Corps – Another Monday

Ex-Vöid – Chemical Reaction

Idle Ray – Strange Ceilings

Middle Class – Ritual and Deceit

Signal Aout 42 – Autopsy

Alabaster DePlume – Now (Pink Triangle, Blue Valley)

PLOSIVS – Broken Eyes

Cabaret Voltaire – Here to Go (Little Dub)

Main Source – Looking at the Front Door

Fatback – Backstrokin’

D-Mob – C’mon and Get My Love (Second Coming Mix)

Wally Badarou – Mambo

Michael Garrison – Bridge of Air

Led Er Est – Port Isabel

Joys Union Group – Boredom Euphoria

Schisms – Ride the Scorn

France – Meltdown of Planet Earth (part 1)

[burlveneer-music]

Anthonius - Goshinboku - global dance grooves from Madrid-based producer & guests

Anthonius' new album, GOSHINBOKU, is a musical journey that explores the fusion of different cultures and sounds. The mini LP features contributions from acclaimed South African artist Sibusile Xaba and other talented musicians from around the world, resulting in a unique and captivating listening experience. The album blends acoustic, electric, and electronic instruments to create a powerful and intimate sound that travels from the heart of Africa to Cuba and Europe. With tracks like "La Ceiba," which infuses Cuban son with contemporary beats, GOSHINBOKU is sure to get listeners on their feet and dancing. Other tracks like "Sunrise in Lagos" and "Disco Zulú" pay homage to the great African music producers of the 80s, embodying the Afro-boogie and Afro-disco sounds of that era. "A Night in Belize" is a tribute to Wally Badarou and his Hi-Life, while "Le Demond De la Foret" serves as an enchanting introduction to a tale inspired by Ghibli stories where humans and animals unite to save the planet from industrial collapse. Released by Tokonoma Records 2023

ANTHONIUS - COMPOSITION, RHYTHMS, PERCUSSION, ARRANGEMENTS SIBUSILE XABA - VOCAL IN A2,A3,B2,B3 PAU VIDAL A.K.A. TARQUIM - FLUTE IN B1 DANIEL FERNÁNDEZ - BASSES IN A1, A3, B5, B6 MISS GI - VOCAL IN A1 YADIRA FERRER - VOICE B1 KEVIN DIAZ - KEYBOARDS B1 DIEGO COPPINGER - LOWER IN B1 YAO ADBODOHU - LEADING VOCAL IN A2 IZANGOMA - VOCAL B3

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Emilio Aguinaldo, Angelo Badalamenti, Wally Badarou, the 1963 UK release of The Beatles’s first album PLEASE PLEASE ME, George Benson, Wolf Blitzer, May Britt, Jay Dee Daugherty, the ERA (1972), Euronymous, the first movie screening (Paris 1895), Paul Gradishar (Thrift Store Halo), John Hassell, Cole Hauser, Heart’s 1986 “These Dreams” single, Randy Hobbs, Chuck Jackson, Werner Klemperer, Yayoi Kusama, Louis L’Amour, the laser (patented 1960), Karl Malden, Marcel Marceau, Ross Martin, Hamish MacCunn, Jēkabs Mediņš, Robin Le Mesurier (Wombles), Stephanie Mills, the 1956 musical “Mr. Wonderful,” Haing S. Ngor, Aaron North, Lena Olin, Patrick Olive (Hot Chocolate), Elvis Presley’s 1957 single “All Shook Up,” Danny Ray (“cape man” for James Brown), Howard Reitzes (Iron Butterfly), William Shatner, Stephen Sondheim, Chris Stainton, Suzanne Sulley (Human League), keyboardist Paul Taylor, Harry Vanda (Easybeats), M. Emmett Walsh, Andrew Lloyd Webber, blues-gospel singer-songwriter Bud Welch, Roger Whittaker, Reese Witherspoon, George Wyle (“The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle”), and—from Chad & Jeremy—the great actor/singer-songwriter Jeremy Clyde. Beyond music, Jeremy has a long and impressive resume acting in musicals, TV shows, and films. He still cranking out music and currently touring with Peter Asher. Here's an article I wrote about C&J’s touchstone ARK album https://www.culturesonar.com/rescuing-chad-jeremys-the-ark-half-a-century-later/ Meanwhile, HB JC. Thank you for your years of creativity.

#chadandjeremy #jeremyclyde #chadstuart #britishinvasion #singersongwriter #peter asher

[fugengulsen]

Lucky In Love

Producer, Associated  Performer, Vocals, Background  Vocalist: Mick Jagger Associated  Performer, Background  Vocalist: Bernard Fowler

 Associated  Performer, Bass  Guitar: Robbie Shakespeare 

Associated  Performer, Drums: Sly Dunbar 

Associated  Performer, Drums: Aiyb Dieng 

Associated  Performer, Guitar: Jeff Beck 

Associated  Performer, Keyboards: Wally Badarou 

Associated  Performer, Organ: Chuck Leavell Associated  Performer, Percussion: Ray Cooper Producer: Bill Laswell 

Associated  Performer, Synthesizer: Herbie Hancock

 Associated  Performer, Synthesizer: Guy Fletcher Composer 

 Lyricist: Mick Jagger Composer  Lyricist: Keith Richards

[radiophd]

wally badarou -- novela das nove (spiderwoman)

[3rdclasscritter]

There is something about the movie Dark City and the lovley Jeffifer Commelly, nice to have them both with that song from the band Level 42!! Enjoy!!

Movie used: Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. All rights reserved.

Music: "Something About You" is a single released by English jazz-funk band Level 42 in 1985, in advance of its inclusion on the album World Machine the same year. The song was written by Mark King, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould, Boon Gould, and Wally Badarou. Hugh Thompson (Hedge End) sung backing vocals on the 12" remix. All rights reserved.

Contact: ehavard@gmail.com

I DO NOT OWN THE IMAGES NOR THE SONG. THIS VIDEO WAS NOT MADE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE. Software used: Kdenlive

[afrotumble]

So Why (Integral) 1997

The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) spearheaded this campaign, which brought together Africa’s top musicians to join their voices in a unique plea for peace. “So Why” is the title song of the star-studded album. With Wally Badarou (Benin) acting as the artistic director, the project was recorded by Youssou N’Dour (Senegal), Papa Wemba (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Jabu of Bayete, and Lucky Dube (South Africa), Lagbaja (Nigeria) and Lourdes Van-Dunem (Angola). The song expresses the emotion they felt after meeting war victims in KwaZulu/Natal, Liberia, southern Sudan, and Angola, on a trip they took with ICRC representatives to some of the worst-affected regions in Africa. The album was released with a documentary and book titled Woza Africa, whose profit went to the war victims in Africa. The foreword was written by Nelson Mandela.

[c-40]

A-T-3 002 Tom Tom Club - Close To The Bone

Tom Tom Club's underrated second album. The recording was very similar to Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues album, personnel are the same minus Jerry Harrison and David Byrne, and like Speaking In Tongues the album is made between Bob Blank's Blank Tapes in New York and Compass Point in the Bahamas... you can tell by the end results the differences are significant

The impact of 1981's Genius Of Love by the Tom Tom Club was huge, not much else sounded quite like it at the time, certainly nothing in mainstream pop music. Close To The Bone sounded more like a continuation (now packaged together on CD), Close To The Bone wasn't as innovative and by 1983 pop music had caught up with it

Tom Tom Club - Pleasure Of Love as with the sleeve artwork James Rizzi returns to direct the video. Great harmonies from the The Weymouth sisters on this

Tom Tom Club - Measure Up

Tom Tom Club - The Man With The 4-Way Hips (Dub Version)