Richenel's ‘L'esclave Endormi’ was originally issued on the Belgian label Megadisc. When 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell first heard the song, he was struck by the Dutch singer's voice and subsequently licensed the track to the label. 

The original recording served as the B-side while an Ivo / John Fryer remix, designed to give Richenel's vocal as much space as possible, was used as the A-side. Ivo subsequently met Richenel and invited him to sing on This Mortal Coil's Filigree & Shadow album. He became the featured vocalist on covers of Quicksilver Messenger Service's ‘Firebrothers’ and Tim Buckley's ‘I Must Have Been Blind’.

From Amsterdam, Richenel was Hubertus Richenel Baars who sadly passed away aged 62 in March 2020.

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  L'esclave Endormi

  Jan 13, 1986
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  Richenel remembered by Ivo Watts-Russell

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