Twilight 22 was the brainchild of Gordon Bahary with some help from lead singer and co-songwriter Joseph Saulter.
Gordon created the group initially through a love of computers and synthesizers. At the age of 16 he sat in with Stevie Wonder during the recording of Songs In The Key Of Life. Impressed by his suggestions, Stevie invited Gordon to produce and program synthesizers on his next album, Journey Through The Secret Of Plants.
Gordon met Joseph Salter through Herbie Hancock (Gordon also worked on Herbie’s Feets Don’t Fail Me Now). Joseph had been the drummer with LA-based band “Rhythm Ignition”. After the group just missed out on a recording deal with Motown, Joseph and Gordon hooked up to work as Twilight 22. On Vanguard Records the duo recorded “Twilight 22” (1984) from which “Electric Kingdom” and “Siberian Nights” appealed to electro fans, ‘Mysterious’ to soul fans, and ‘In The Night’ to fusion jazz fans. |
