Saada Bonaire were a German new wave and synth-pop duo formed in Bremen in 1983 by DJ Ralph 'von Richthofen' Behrendt and singer Stefanie Lange. EMI shelved their 1983–1985 recordings, and Captured Tracks's 2013 archival compilation turned the lost sessions into a genuine cult rediscovery — start there. Dig into Saada Bonaire vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Saada Bonaire was a German new wave / synth-pop duo formed in Bremen, Germany in 1983 by DJ Ralph 'von Richthofen' Behrendt (an early member of the German DJ scene at Bremen's Studio 1 club) and singer Stefanie Lange. Their 1984 single You Could Be More As You Are became a early hit. They recorded album-length material across 1983-1985 with financial backing from EMI Germany, but the label shelved the project amid label difficulties. Captured Tracks compiled and released the unreleased material as the 2013 archival Saada Bonaire LP, which received critical attention and established the duo as a distinctive cult rediscovery within the contemporary mid-1980s German new wave reissue community alongside contemporaries like Conrad Schnitzler and Cluster.
Saada Bonaire's sound combines new wave, synth-pop, dance-pop, post-disco, dance, and electronic with Stefanie Lange's distinctive vocal delivery, use of cosmopolitan multi-vocalist arrangements (Persian, Arabic, and African collaborators), atmospheric synthesizer-driven production approaches, and arrangements drawing on classic early 1980s German and broader European new wave traditions.
Original EMI 12-inch pressings of the 1984 You Could Be More As You Are single are collector items.
Listeners new to Saada Bonaire typically start with Saada Bonaire (2013) archival compilation.
