Saâda Bonaire

Saâda Bonaire is a dance / disco / world music project duo from Bremen (Germany) formed by DJ Ralf Behrendt in 1982 and centred around 2 female vocalists (Stefanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld) who would be joined by dozens of local musicians culled from the local immigration center. Originally signed to EMI in 1982, their first and only single You Could Be More As You Are was produced in Kraftwerk’s studio by Dennis Bovell. There they were joined by jazz icon Charlie Mariano (previous collaborations include Gong, Stan Kenton and Charles Mingus) on saxophone, resultinging in a fusion of husky female vocals, Eastern instruments, dub & African music aesthetics, drum computers and synthesizers.