Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou is a musician from Benin. A synthesizer specialist, Badarou is best known as the longtime associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock. He has co-written, performed on and (later) co-produced a number of the band's tracks since its debut album in 1981. Though not an official member of Level 42, he has long been considered an informal "fifth member" of what has otherwise usually been a quartet led by bassist, Mark King.

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  • Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou is a musician from Benin. A synthesizer specialist, Badarou is best known as the longtime associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock. He has co-written, performed on and (later) co-produced a number of the band's tracks since its debut album in 1981. Though not an official member of Level 42, he has long been considered an informal "fifth member" of what has otherwise usually been a quartet led by bassist, Mark King. Badarou can be seen in the video for "Love Games" on the Level 42 - The Collection DVD. A friend of Chris Blackwell, Badarou also got enlisted in the Compass Point All Stars, to work on albums by Grace Jones, Joe Cocker, Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Gregory Isaacs, Gwen Guthrie, Mick Jagger, Robert Palmer, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, but also worked with Marianne Faithfull, Herbie Hancock, Robin Scott "M", Foreigner, Power Station, Melissa Etheridge, Manu Dibango, and Miriam Makeba; produced albums by Fela Kuti, Salif Keita, Wasis Diop, Trilok Gurtu, and Carlinhos Brown; and wrote movie soundtracks. In 1989, he acted as musical director and composer for Jean-Paul Goude's show on the French Revolution, Bicentennial. In 1990, Massive Attack's "Daydreaming" (subsequently appearing on the Blue Lines album) is largely sampled from "Mambo" (on the Echoes album, 1984). In 1997, Badarou helped setting up the All African Music Kora Awards, and produced & co-wrote "So Why" for the ICRC, along with Youssou N'Dour and Papa Wemba, a call against ethnic cleansing in Africa. Early promoter of the "home studio" concept, he is known for his extensive use of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, the New England Digital Synclavier, and his custom voice-control of Yamaha mixing boards.
  • Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou ist ein Musiker aus Benin.
  • Wally Badarou (né à Paris le 22 Mars 1955) est un musicien français d'origine béninoise.
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  • Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou is a musician from Benin. A synthesizer specialist, Badarou is best known as the longtime associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul and rock. He has co-written, performed on and (later) co-produced a number of the band's tracks since its debut album in 1981. Though not an official member of Level 42, he has long been considered an informal "fifth member" of what has otherwise usually been a quartet led by bassist, Mark King.
  • Waliou Jacques Daniel Badarou ist ein Musiker aus Benin.
  • Wally Badarou (né à Paris le 22 Mars 1955) est un musicien français d'origine béninoise.
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