Wally Gagel

Walton Steven “Wally” Gagel is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer and musician. He came into prominence in 1996 for his work on the Billboard Top 40 hit Natural One by the band Folk Implosion.

He was a member of the band Orbit. He formed the production partnership WAX LTD with his songwriting partner Xandy Barry. His credits include, Eels, Folk Implosion, New Order, Rolling Stones, Old 97’s, Sebadoh, Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson, Rihanna, Muse, Tanya Donelly, and Miley Cyrus.

Biography

Early Life and Career

Gagel was born in Port Jefferson, NY. He and his family moved to Boston, MA, where at a young age he became interested in music. He attended Mass College of Art to pursue studies in Interrelated Media. Later Gagel became house engineer at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA where he worked with Superchunk, Belly, Juliana Hatfield, Buffalo Tom, Come, Karate, Sebadoh and Folk Implosion. He joined the band Orbit whom he toured and recorded with until deciding to leave the group and pursue his production work full time. He currently resides in Los Angeles and is half of the production/songwriting team WAX LTD.

Birth Name: Walton Steven Gagel Born: December 19, 1963 Origin: Port Jefferson, NY Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop, Electronica, Mashup Occupation: Music Producer, Songwriter, Engineer Instrument: Multi-instrumentalist Years Active: 1996-present Associated Acts: Folk Implosion, Orbit, Production Club

Albums

YEAR ALBUM ARTIST ROLE
1994 Superconnected Belly Engineer, Mixing
1995 Here's Where the Strings Come In Superchunk Engineer, Mixing
1995 Interstate Pell Mell Engineer, Mixing
1995 Kids [Original Soundtrack] Folk Implosion Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
1995 Mano Orbit Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1995 Mary Lou Lord Mary Lou Lord Engineer, Mixer, Tambourine
1996 Boys [Original Soundtrack] Original Soundtrack Producer, Engineer, Mixer
1996 Harmacy Sebadoh Engineer, Mixing
1996 Jack Drag Jack Drag Mixing
1996 Karate Karate Engineer, Mixing
1996 Melting in the Dark Steve Wynn Engineer
1996 Near Life Experience Come Engineer
1996 Safe and Sound Various Artists Engineer
1996 Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks Various Artists Engineer, Mixing
1996 Secret Number Come Mixing
1996 Sliding and Diving Tanya Donelly Producer, Mixing, Engineer, Prog, Ins
1996 Supermax Swish Engineer, Mixing
1997 Bandwagon Original Soundtrack Engineer, Mixing
1997 Bridges to Babylon The Rolling Stones Mixing
1997 Dare to Be Surprised Folk Implosion Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Programming
1997 Libido Speedway Orbit Engineer, Mixing, Bass, Vocals
1997 Lovesongs for Underdogs Tanya Donelly Producer, Mixing, Programming, Ins
1997 Please Do Not Disturb Juliana Hatfield Engineer, Mixer
1997 Pretty Deep Tanya Donelly Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1997 Remarkably Good The Weaklings Engineer, Mixing
1997 Too Far to Care Old 97's Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Keys, Perc
1997 What's Up Matador Various Artists Engineer
1998 Clay Pigeons Original Soundtrack Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1998 Virgin Stripes Slowpoke Producer, Engineer
1999 One Part Lullaby The Folk Implosion Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
1999 Police Navidad One Ton Shotgun Producer, Engineer, Mixing
1999 American Beauty Original Soundtrack Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
1999 This is Your Life (Fight Club) Dust Brothers Remix
2000 Beautiful Creature Juliana Hatfield Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2000 Daisies of the Galaxy Eels Engineer, Mixing, Ins
2000 Down To You Original Soundtrack Producer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2000 Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam Various Artists Producer, Mixing, Programming
2001 Electric Pocket Radio The Incredible Moses Leroy Remixing
2001 Freddy Got Fingered Original Soundtrack Producer
2001 Satellite Rides Old 97's Producer, Engineer
2001 Souljacker Eels Programming, Engineer, Mixing
2001 XLR8R Orbit Mixing
2002 Gold Stars 1992-2002 Juliana Hatfield Engineer
2002 Our Little Corner of the World Gilmore Girls Soundtrack Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2002 Sweet Ride: The Best of Belly Belly Engineer, Mixing
2003 Absolution Muse Engineer, Digital Editing
2003 Asianblue Emm Gryner Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2003 Drizzle Run Run Run Mixer
2003 Follow Your Bliss Production Club Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2003 From the Land of Volcanos Lucia Programming, Writer
2003 I Am the Messiah MC Honky Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2003 Levity Original Score Engineer, Mixing
2003 New Folk Implosion The New Folk Implosion Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2003 Pay the Girl Pay the Girl Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Writer
2003 Charmed Original Soundtrack Writer
2003 Return to Planet Earth Kim Fox Engineer
2003 Thirteen Original Soundtrack Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2003 Uncivilized Love Gus Black Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Writer, Ins
2004 Feersum Ennjin Feersum Ennjin Mixing
2005 Blinking Lights & Other Revelations Eels Performer
2005 Waiting for the Sirens Call (Mash) New Order Remix
2005 Fast and Cheap Jessy Moss Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2005 Emoh Lou Barlow Engineer, Mixing
2005 Overture & the Underscore Sarah Blasko Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Prog, Ins
2005 Statement of No Statement Mormons Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2005 Polyamorous Jessy Moss Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2005 Never Gone Backstreet Boys Writer
2006 Autumn Days Gus Black Engineer, Mixing
2006 Nothing is Worth Losing You Elan Guitar, Writer
2006 Faith and Science Shane Nicholson Pre-Production, Writer
2006 What’s Left of Me Nick Lachey Producer, Engineer, Ins, Writer
2006 Hit by a Train Old 97's Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Prog, Ins
2006 Down at the Disco Jessy Moss Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2006 Model/Actress Model/Actress Mixing
2006 Public Affair Jessica Simpson Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2006 Together as One Elan Guitar, Engineer, Writer
2007 Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Bass
2007 Really Real for Forever The Billionaires Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2007 Soundcheck (Wal-Mart) Rihanna Mixing
2008 iCarly: Music from and Inspired… Original TV Soundtrack Producer, Mixing, Ins, Writer
2008 Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Eels Mixer, Engineer, Ins
2008 Thousand Words Styrofoam Producer, Engineer, Mixing
2008 Useless Trinkets Eels Engineer, Mixing
2008 My Someday Blondfire Engineer, Mixing
2008 Good Girl Gone Bad Live Rihanna Mixing