Saada Bonaire
Saada Bonaire 2LP

Shoulda-been-huge Balearic pop music from '80s also-rans, DJ Ralf Behrendt, Stefanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld aka Saâda Bonaire.

The first issue on Captured Tracks' new 'Fantasy Memory' sublabel, curated by Andy Grier of Theives Like Us, rescues from obscurity a full album of dub-wise, electronic pop produced by Dennis Bovell at Kraftwerk's studio in 1982. As fate would have it, the project fell foul of EMI's label politics, notably the group's excessive A&R man, who went 5 times over budget on Tina Turner's 'Private Dancer' and more than three times over on Saâda Bonaire, hence the release fell by the wayside with lack of promotional support.

This release collects their only released single, 'You Could Be More As You Are' along with eleven unreleased cuts of super slick pop equal parts Grace Jones sass and kinky studio experimentation melding exotic eastern instrumentation, killer drum machines and outright seductive vocals. Now, thirty years later it's getting the treatment it deserves.

Classic!

Produs Nou / Anul aparitiei: 2013 / Reissue 2019

Tracklist:

A1 You Could Be More As You Are

A2 Invitation

A3 Little Sister

B1 More Women

B2 I Am So Curious

B3 Second Face

C1 Heart Over Head

C2 Shut The Door

C3 The Facts

C4 Give Me A Call

D1 Wake Up City

D2 Joanna

D3 Your Touch