A 1980's German pop-art project that sought to fuse Eastern and Western musical traits that got signed to EMI, cut an icy but funk-ridden single 'You Could Be More As You Are' and almost immediately got canned by said label because of the huge success of Tina Turner's 'Private Dancer' taking up all of the label's resources combined with hapless, excessive A&R spending. In doing so, a truly innovative and idiosyncratic pop-outfit were ostracised and destined to fade into the ether of obscurity.
Their tapes then sat rotting for almost 30 years until luckily, somehow, the tapes were heard by one of the most interesting indie labels in the states: Captured Tracks, who are releasing the record next week. The record is a bold and flavourful amalgamation of not only musical heritages and cultures, but also of tones, tempos and experimentations. Combining the occasionally stony, stark minimalism of European electronics with the groove-laden funk of Turkish and Kurdish folk. Everything about the record shouldn't have worked, and it almost was never even given the opportunity to fail but finally, in 2013, Saâda Bonaire's unique brand of pop-art is available for all to revel in, with no fear of Tina Turner wading in and stealing the show.
Saâda Bonaire comprise of DJ Ralph "von" Richtoven, along with singers Stephanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld
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