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Davey William Wayne Badiuk (born 9 Nov 1990) is Canadian music producer and mixing engineer. Production and mixing credits include Liam Gallagher, Sofi Tukker, Kiesza, Whethan, and Dragonette. So far in his career, Davey has been nominated for 1 Juno Award & has received a platinum sales award for his work.

Career
Upon graduating from SAE Institute with an outstanding grade-average of 95%, Davey developed a production company of his own and had immediate Billboard chart success as producer of Canadian artist Sebell’s debut single. 'Till The Sun Burns Out’ peaked at #23 on the Billboard Top 40 chart and is still in heavy rotation today. In the following years, he produced Karl Wolf’s hit ‘DJ Gonna Save Us ’ which peaked at #10 and wrote his own music that ended up being featured in the Seth Rogen film ‘Neighbors’ as well as multiple prime-time TV shows such as Girls, New Girl, Community, and White Collar.

Davey remixed Tegan & Sara’s 2012 hit ‘Closer’ which was included in their Closer Remix Album and reached #1 on the US Billboard Dance chart. He then went on to produce two songs on Dragonette’s ’Bodyparts’ album, which garnered a nomination in the 2013 Juno Awards for Best Dance Recording. He developed a long-term relationship with the band and moved to Toronto to produce most of their follow-up album ‘Royal Blues’. Having co-written the song ‘High Five’, the album proved to be quite lucrative as it landed syncs in several Hollywood trailers.

Throughout 2016 & 2017, Davey produced and co-wrote Nettwerk artist Harrison Brome’s ‘Body High’, which reached #1 on Hype Machine and has since been streamed over 8 million times. He also began working with producer and mixer Dan Grech (The Killers, Halsey, Radiohead). They worked together on Liam Gallagher’s solo album ‘As You Were’, with Davey providing sound design & programming to an otherwise organic record. The album debuted at #1 in the UK, outselling the rest of the top 20 combined and went Gold in its first week, leading to Davey’s first Platinum disc award for his involvement. Davey’s friendship with Harrison Brome eventually blossomed into two successful EPs for Nettwerk.

Soon after, Davey began working with Kelle Musgrave, joining her management roster of quintessential producers & mixers, in the likes of Bob Clearmountain, Dave Schiffman, and Beatriz Artola. Kelle’s guidance was extremely effective, as 2019 proved to be one of Davey’s busiest years, packed with projects for eternally celebrated artists such as Katy Perry, Jackie Jackson of The Jackson 5, Sofi Tukker, and Whethan. He worked with Sofi Tukker in the studio as well as for the development of a new live show production to debut that year at Coachella. His relationship with Atlantic Records strengthened after contributing to Whethan club banger ‘Let Me Take You’, featuring Def Jam legend Jeremih. The song reached #1 on the US iTunes chart and Sir Elton John personally hand-picked the song to be featured on his Apple Music radio show ‘Rocket Hour’ . Davey finished that year by mixing an EP for New York legend Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters and earned his first US work visa.

In 2020, Davey’s life took a sharp turn. He was torn away from his new home in Los Angeles amongst the global Covid-19 pandemic and remained diligently in lockdown at a basement studio in downtown Vancouver. There, he mixed an iTunes #1 album for Kiesza, developed an entire album’s worth of material with his long-time friend Harrison Brome, began working closely with producer Whipped Cream, and co-wrote several Japanese radio hits for Warner Japan artist Ren.

At this moment in time, Davey’s eyes are laser focused on getting back to Los Angeles with a newly developed collection of outboard gear and a lot of pent-up inspiration. It’s thrilling to see what Davey’s post-Covid USA reappearance is going bring forth next in his already impressive music career.