{"product_id":"wally-badarou-simple-things-from-the-unnamed-trilogy-new-vinyl","title":"Wally Badarou - Simple Things, From The Unnamed Trilogy (New Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWally Badarou\u003c\/b\u003e is a synth pioneer and musical polymath. But rarely does he sing over his sumptuous tracks. The six songs that comprise new record \u003ci\u003eSimple Things\u003c\/i\u003e finally realize Wally's vision for select backing tracks from his beloved \u003ci\u003eColors Of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e. The tracks were originally developed back in 2001 for the release of the original CD; here, Wally has \"simply\" added overdubs and vocals to their mastered mixes with some discerning edits. Simply put, \u003ci\u003eSimple Things\u003c\/i\u003e is another slice of simply stunning Wally Badarou genius. \u003ci\u003eSimple Things\u003c\/i\u003e has been decades in the making. Indeed, Wally struggled not only with the idea of singing these wonderful songs himself but singing them in English and writing his own lyrics, while wrestling with the sensational backing tracks, which themselves seemed to have taken on a life of their own. As Wally explains: \"In addition to the instrumental artist I have been known as, so far, there has always been a singer who simply was not sure he was, up until now. Even though \u003ci\u003eBack To Scales Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, my very first album, was, indeed, a song album.\" The guide vocal Wally had laid for \u003ci\u003eColors Of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e -- with an organ sound -- seemed striving for words in Linguala, a Congolese language he could not speak. Therefore the decision to do it himself was not an easy one, for it had to be in English to fit his singing. A synth specialist, there can be few artists more under-appreciated given their vast influence than Wally Badarou. His solo work practically defined the sound of the Balearic DJs of the 1980s, and thus the more sophisticated sound of dance culture thereafter. He was one of the \u003cb\u003eCompass Point All Stars\u003c\/b\u003e (with \u003cb\u003eSly and Robbie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBarry Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMikey Chung\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eUziah \"Sticky\" Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e), the in-house recording team of Compass Point Studios responsible for a series of albums in the 1980s recorded by \u003cb\u003eGrace Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTom Tom Club\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMick Jagger\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBlack Uhuru\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGwen Guthrie\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJimmy Cliff\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGregory Isaacs\u003c\/b\u003e. Badarou's keyboard playing could also be heard on albums by \u003cb\u003eRobert Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMarianne Faithfull\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eM (Pop Muzik)\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eManu Dibango\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eMiriam Makeba\u003c\/b\u003e. Wally's sophisticated synth textures and expressive keyboard runs are so full of character, so full of life, that this work of art transcends any easy genre categorization. Meticulously remastered and cut by both \u003cb\u003eSimon Francis\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCicely Balston\u003c\/b\u003e respectively, it has been pressed to the highest possible quality at Record Industry in Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51622082183399,"sku":"BEWITH 187LP","price":64.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/8718\/8015\/files\/Wally-Badarou-Simple-Things-From-The-Unnamed-Trilogy-New-Vinyl.jpg?v=1765339686","url":"https:\/\/www.sonicboommusic.com\/products\/wally-badarou-simple-things-from-the-unnamed-trilogy-new-vinyl","provider":"Sonic Boom Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}