Perfect Stranger, by Richenel

Perfect Stranger

by Richenel

supported by

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€7 EUR or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Perfect Stranger via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

3 remaining

Purchasable with gift card

€24 EUR or more

1.	I Need Your Love Again 05:02	buy track
2.	You've Got The Love 04:24	buy track
3.	Memo 03:33	buy track
4.	Rap Apocalypse 03:56	buy track
5.	It Takes Time 04:34	buy track
6.	Perfect Stranger 03:14	buy track

about

Music From Memory return with a further six tracks from Dutch musician Richenel. Continuing with recordings taken from his debut album 'La Diferencia’, originally released in 1982 on the cult Amsterdam cassette only label Fetisj, the tracks on Music From Memory’s second EP ‘Perfect Stranger’ includes alternate takes drawn from Richenel’s personal copy of the album alongside a further composition which didn’t make it onto the original Fetisj cassette.

Studying set and costume design whilst making a name for himself as a singer and performer in Amsterdam’s underground clubs, Richenel played with several disco acts and cultivated an extravagant cross-gender stage persona before connecting with members of the local label. Hooking up through their time together at the Rietveld art academy in Amsterdam, Fetisj was an experimental multi media collective which revolved around a loose mix of various young artists and musicians. Having developed a house band with artists going by a number of different pseudonyms the label set up their own small makeshift studio and would produce and sell the cassettes through their distribution network and at events across the city. Recorded amongst the turmoiled punk and squatter scene of Amsterdam against a backdrop of drugs and social unrest, the ‘La Diferencia’ sessions reflect a unique mix of punk aesthetics with a synthesized bedroom funkiness.

A somewhat illustrious figure in Dutch pop history with his flamboyant appearance as well as having one of the more exceptional male voices to come out of the country, Richenel would go on to record a number of successful albums and hit singles in the Netherlands and beyond. This largely unknown album on Fetisj however, seems to embody the spirit of another time; a particularly unique and richly creative moment in Amsterdam’s musical and cultural history and one that is deserving of a much wider audience.

‘Perfect Stranger’ is co-compiled by Orpheu De Jong

credits

released September 11, 2018

license

about

Music From Memory The Netherlands

We also run a webstore where you'll find all MFM merch and vinyl/CD/tape releases:

musicfrommemory.com

contact / help

Contact Music From Memory

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Perfect Stranger, you may also like:

Steve Monite / Tabu Ley Rochereau Edits
by Various Artists

supported by 19 fans who also own “Perfect Stranger”

If there was an afro beat all time top ten this would be in the top 3 every time. Sam Tweaks
go to album
TAKEN AWAY
by Moodymann

supported by 16 fans who also own “Perfect Stranger”

Moodymann creates innovative soul funky music with deep 70s inspiration. The vocals are simply outstanding. A step back in time, 50 years ago! Superb. jef37
go to album
Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie and House (1982-1992) [Compiled by DJ Trujillo]
by Soundway Records

supported by 16 fans who also own “Perfect Stranger”

if you appreciate some super smooth and quality balearic cookie cutters, you'll love this compilation made by our cherished Trujillo! ahrib
go to album
Power Dive
by Acid Blade

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 18, 2022
go to album
Your Future Awaits
by Electron Odyssey

Jeff Spoonhower brings his 20 years of experience working in video games to the dazzling synthwave he makes as Electron Odyssey. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 14, 2021
go to album
Cyber Heat
by Kynan

Lean, cutting synthwave with an industrial edge from this California artist, with icy keys slashing across thumping beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 22, 2021
go to album
The Voice Of Q
by Q

supported by 15 fans who also own “Perfect Stranger”

An outstanding slapping bassline. Spooky synthwork. Retro sci-fi atmosphere. It's futurism from a bygone era and I like it now. Catsley's Cornucopia // Lubey Lu
go to album