Saâda Bonaire - 1992 2xLP

Captured Tracks' 13-track Saâda Bonaire collection was one of the landmark releases of the last decade. Released in 2013, the compilation staked the claim for the group as one of the most surprising and unconventional of the 1980s, blazing a trail from post-punk through what would later be called worldbeat and doing so with off-kilter arrangements, Middle Eastern instruments, disco beats and husky dual female vocals. Building upon their only released 12", the compilation was remarkably solid throughout its 60+ minutes.  Almost a decade later, we are now gifted with what was once thought completely lost, the follow-up recordings that Saâda Bonaire made in the early 1990s when the idea of an album was dangled and then taken away. 1992 showcases the changes in the group, including the departure of vocalist Claudia Hossfeld and in her place Angela Ebert (vocalist Stephanie Lange is heard on both sets). Lots still remains: the galloping congas and percussion, the slinky basslines, the dusky