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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft Alle Gegen Alle

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German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band

D.A.F.
D.A.F. (Delgado-López left, Görl right)

D.A.F. (Delgado-López left, Görl right)
Groundwork data
Origin Düsseldorf, West Deutschland
Genres
  • Electropunk[ane] [two]
  • EBM[three] [4]
  • NDW[four]
  • industrial[3]
  • art punk (early)[3] [five]
Years agile 1978–present
Labels
  • Mute
  • Virgin
  • Ariola
  • Superstar
By members
  • Robert Görl
  • Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López
  • Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke
  • Chrislo Haas
  • Michael Kemner
  • Wolfgang Spelmans

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃ ʔameʁiˈkaːnɪʃə ˈfʁɔʏntʃaft]; "High german-American Friendship"), or D.A.F., is an influential German language electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López (vocals), Robert Görl (drums, percussion, electronic instruments), Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke (electronic instruments), Michael Kemner (bass-guitar) and Wolfgang Spelmans (guitar). Kurt Dahlke was replaced past Chrislo Haas (electronic instruments, bass guitar, saxophone) in 1979. Since 1981, the ring has consisted of Delgado-López and Görl. Gabi Delgado-Lopez died on 22 March 2020 aged 61.

In interviews they claimed not to target anything or anyone specific while writing lyrics to exist taken every bit a parody of words and phrases floating around in the public media. "Sato-Sato" and "Der Mussolini" are both examples of songs written around Delgado-López's fascination with the audio of a particular discussion. A few months before the 2003 invasion of Republic of iraq, D.A.F. released "The Sheriff (An Anti-American Song)".

The anthology Alles ist gut (all is skilful) received the German "Schallplattenpreis" honour by the "Deutsche Phono-Akademie" (The German language Phono-Academy), an association of the German recording industry.

History [edit]

Formation and early albums [edit]

Görl came to Düsseldorf in August 1978 and met Delgado every bit both were regulars at punk order Ratinger Hof. Görl noted, "The earliest line up of DAF was Gabi and me in the basement of the Ratinger Hof. We created our bones ideas and we had a very strong will as a duo. Gabi Delgado played the stylophone and I played the drums." Several early Neue Deutsche Welle bands formed from this social group, and Görl and Delgado played with multiple other bands.[6] The first two D.A.F. albums featured the original four-piece line-upwards and a range of styles. Their showtime album, Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft, was released in 1979 on Dahlke'due south Ata Tak characterization (then chosen Warning). The album was 22 improvised untitled instrumentals, Delgado having temporarily left the band at the time.

The band and so moved to London. Equally Delgado later on noted, "at that fourth dimension if you wanted to do new music you'd become to London because that was the center, not Düsseldorf."[7] Daniel Miller signed DAF to Mute Records because "they weren't relying on past rock traditions at all, which is the criterion of what goes on Mute."[8] DAF recorded Dice Kleinen und dice Bösen (The Small-scale Ones and the Evil Ones) for Mute, i side studio and well-nigh of the other side live. According to the Trouser Printing, Ein Produkt... featured "shrieking, colliding overdubbed synths and guitars" while Die Kleinen... presented a more polished sound "with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined trounce."[5]

Virgin trilogy [edit]

DAF so shrank to just Delgado and Görl, who signed to Virgin Records and released Alles ist gut, their quantum album. The ring became popular stars in Federal republic of germany and gained great critical acclaim in the United kingdom.

Görl played drums — normally fairly simple and relatively unsyncopated patterns, but with unproblematic variations that prevented them sounding robotic — while Delgado sang. The only other instruments used were Korg MS-20 and ARP Odyssey analogue synthesizers ordinarily driven by a Korg SQ-10 analog sequencer. Typically only a single sequencer-driven line would be used for a song, the sequence functioning both every bit melodic accompaniment and equally a bassline. The song "Der Mussolini" is a perfect instance of this. On other songs, such as the title track, certain notes of the sequence were fix slightly out of tune. Overall the songs entail a circuitous tension betwixt the predominantly visceral (the voice), the relentlessly robotic (the 16-step sequences), and the drums, which prevarication somewhere in between. Ane song, Der Räuber und der Prinz (The Robber and the Prince), also features a Glockenspiel-like sound every bit a sinister reminder of childhood.

Alles ist gut sold hundreds of thousands in Germany, and DAF became the fifth-biggest German-speaking group in Germany.[viii]

Gabi Delgado-Lopez and Robert Görl onstage, 1981

The side by side two albums, Gold und Liebe (Gold and Dear) and Für Immer (Forever), continued in the aforementioned vein, until, every bit one British music announcer of the fourth dimension put it, D.A.F. had exhausted all the possibilities of the 16-step sequencer. These possibilities ranged from something resembling rhythm and blues — you lot could just well-nigh play Der Mussolini as R'n'B if you wanted — to the microtonality of Im Dschungel der Liebe (In the Jungle of Beloved) (on Für immer) or Knochen auf Knochen (the B-side of the single "Sexual activity unter Wasser"). These three albums (from Alles ist gut to Für immer) were all produced by Konrad "Conny" Plank, who was renowned for his pioneering work both with minimalist-influenced Krautrock bands and other experimenters in the 1970s, and with electropop artists in the 1980s. The band added an Oberheim OB-Xa for Für immer.

The band separate during the recording of Für immer.

Post-split [edit]

Each member released solo albums: Delgado Mistress (on Virgin), and Görl Dark Full Of Tension (on Mute).

Delgado and Görl reunited in 1985 to record 1st Step to Heaven, their just album in English, which achieved 1 week in the Swedish album chart at no. 46.[9] Delgado later on noted: "And then we wanted to break our own rules and said: OK, then now we sing in English language, now we don't wear black. (laughing) With purpose. Considering we wanted to intermission our own rules."[seven]

During this extensive catamenia their historical importance began to go clearer. Legendary radio DJ John Peel went as far as to call them the Grandfathers of Techno. Both Robert and Gabi had solo musical careers, with Robert becoming a respected techno artist in his own correct. Gabi Delgado also recorded 2 albums as DAF/DOS ('Dos' here referring to the Castilian word for 'ii') together with Wotan Wilke.

Gabi Delgado-López, DAF alive in 2012

When DAF reformed for the 2003 album Fünfzehn neue D.A.F.-Lieder (15 New D.A.F Songs) their way had shifted to a fusion of the archetype Plank-produced D.A.F. audio with elements taken from Robert'southward techno work. The drums were replaced with crisper electronic beats, merely the ARP Avatar and, of course, Gabi'south vocals remained in place. According to Deutsche Welle, the album "takes specific aim at American cultural imperialism and political authorization" as evidenced past the start single, "Der Sheriff", a song about the George West. Bush administration.[10] "Der Sheriff" peaked at #two on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #xv on the DAC Acme 100 Singles of 2003.[11]

The band prepared more music, but split before they could brand some other album. Görl played in 2007 as DAF.Partei with Thoralf Dietrich (from Jäger ninety) as lead vocaliser.[12]

Delgado-Lopez and Görl have played occasional reunion shows since their thirtieth anniversary tour in 2008. In 2010, the band returned with a new unmarried "Du bist DAF", express to 2010 copies.[13] The sound snippet is bachelor via SoundCloud.[14]

The ring alleged its split over again in January 2015, with another farewell tour to beginning in May.[15]

An authorised biography of the band, "Das ist DAF", written by Miriam Spies and Rudi Esch, was published in 2017. There is no English translation of the text available at present. According to the publisher'south page, "This richly illustrated book tells the unique DAF story from the perspective of Gabi Delgado and Robert Görl", both of whom as DAF are "regarded as a forerunner of the techno and EBM scene."

Legacy [edit]

The D.A.F. rail "Alle Gegen Alle" was remade past Laibach in 1994. "Der Mussolini" was remade by Atrocity in 1997 and by KMFDM in 2006. Patrik Sampler's 2017 novel The Ocean Container [sixteen] makes reference to "Greif Nach Den Sternen".

Style [edit]

Gabi Delgado-López at Nocturnal Civilization Night festival 2016

Robert Görl at Nocturnal Civilization Night festival 2016

Görl described their sound on Alles ist gut in Melody Maker in 1981:[17]

Most bands get a synthesizer and their first idea is to melody it! They want a clean normal audio. They don't work with the power you become from a synthesizer ... We want to bring together this high technique with body ability and then y'all have the past time mixed with the time to come.

Delgado described his new vocal style in the same interview:

The singing isn't similar rock 'n' roll or pop singing. It'southward sometimes like in a Hitler voice communication, not a Nazi thing, but information technology'due south in the German grapheme, that crack! crack! crack! way of speaking.

The band determined early on that they would not sing in English. As Delgado afterward said:[7]

It'southward not only a part of prototype. It'southward a serious matter because DAF from the very first offset didn't want to imitate any American pop, rock or any. In fact we think there is a very potent American influence in culture, goggle box, music, everywhere. So in the very first beginning 1 of our main content was to refuse to imitate rock 'north' curlicue, to decline to sing in English. We don't do that. Nosotros have our own identity. Our identity is non American identity.

As a lyricist, Delgado's concerns throughout D.A.F.'s recording career have ranged from sardonic reflections on ideology and political violence, to journeys into a very physical, even roughshod, sexuality, sometimes related from a child's point of view. Having grown up equally the kid of working form Spanish immigrants in Wuppertal, and coming of age in the politically polarized era of the High german Autumn (his response to the left-wing extremism of that time beingness thematized in the 2003 song "Kinderzimmer (Heldenlied)" ["Childhood Bedroom (Hero Vocal)"], he was blunt and unromantically discrete about social reality in Due west Federal republic of germany, and unapologetic about the provocative potential of his songs.

As performers and media personalities D.A.F. were, much like New York's Suicide, forerunners of afterwards 1980s synthpop duos, such as the Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell, in that the singer (in this case Delgado) appears relatively extroverted while the one who plays with the electronics (Görl) appears placidity and reserved. Visually, at least from Alles ist gut until 1st Step to Heaven, they cultivated an image of black leather, muscles, hairy chests, and sweat.[ citation needed ].

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

Compilations [edit]

  • D.A.F. (LP, Virgin V-2533, 1988)[34]
  • Hitz Blitz (CD, JCI JCD-9027, 1989)[35]
  • Der Mussolini (12", The Grayness Surface area, 1998, five-track compilation EP)
  • Das Beste von DAF (CD, Mute DAF-4-CD, 2009)[36]

Singles [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Lester, Paul (5 Jan 2020). "Cult heroes: DAF – electro brutalists using hedonism as heroism". The Guardian . Retrieved 12 June 2020. }
  2. ^ Minsker, Evan (25 March 2020). "Gabi Delgado-López of German language Electropunks D.A.F. Dead at 61". Pitchfork . Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Lewis, Uncle Dave. "D.A.F. biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Doran, John (23 March 2020). "RIP D.A.F.'s Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López". The Quietus . Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft". Trouser Printing . Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  6. ^ Carney, Emily (xxx March 2009). "Disliking Influence: Q & A with Robert Görl of DAF". Popshifter . Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Sataić, Ivana (11 September 2010). "DAF – Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft". Venia-Magazine . Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  8. ^ a b Rip It Upwardly, ch. 18.
  9. ^ a b "Charts: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft". swedishcharts.com. Swedish Recording Manufacture Clan. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Punk Legends DAF: 'Ami Go Home'". Deutsche Welle. 24 Jan 2003. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ^ "DAC Top 100 Singles 2003". Trendcharts oHG. AMC Alster Musik Consulting GmbH. 2004. Archived from the original on 10 Jan 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  12. ^ "DAF is dead, long live DAF.Partei + Spetsnaz reunion". Side-line.com. 22 February 1999. Retrieved eighteen March 2015.
  13. ^ "Damned-Clothing – Damned Fashion for Damned People" (in German). Deutschamerikanischefreundschaft.de. 28 June 2011. Retrieved i April 2012.
  14. ^ "DU BIST DAF by DU BIST DAF on SoundCloud – Create, tape and share your sounds for free". SoundCloud.com. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  15. ^ "D.A.F. calls it quits and announces adieu-tour – DAF news at". Side-line.com. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  16. ^ Patrik., Sampler (xvi June 2017). The bounding main container (First ed.). Rome, GA. ISBN9780979132049. OCLC 1032773267.
  17. ^ Quoted in Rip Information technology Upward, ch. 18.
  18. ^ a b "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft". offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Charts: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft". austriancharts.at (in German). Hitradio Ö3. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Produkt Der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 29 June 1979. Retrieved eighteen March 2015.
  21. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Produkt Der Deutsch Amerikanischen Freundschaft (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  22. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Die Kleinen Und Dice Bösen (Vinyl, LP, Anthology)". Discogs.com. xiii June 1980. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  23. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  24. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Alles Ist Gut (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  25. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Alles Ist Gut (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 26 October 1998. Retrieved xviii March 2015.
  26. ^ a b c Helms, Colin (thirty November 1998). "Mute To Reissue DAF Albums" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. Nifty Neck, NY: Higher Media, Inc. 56 (597): five. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 17 Dec 2021.
  27. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Aureate Und Liebe (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 19 Dec 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  28. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Aureate Und Liebe (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 26 Oct 1998. Retrieved xviii March 2015.
  29. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Für Immer (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved xviii March 2015.
  30. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Für Immer (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 26 October 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  31. ^ "DAF* – 1st Step To Heaven (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  32. ^ "DAF* – 1st Step To Sky (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved eighteen March 2015.
  33. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Fünfzehn Neue DAF Lieder (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 24 February 2003. Retrieved eighteen March 2015.
  34. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – D.A.F. (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs.com. Retrieved xviii March 2015.
  35. ^ "DAF* – Hitz Rush (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  36. ^ "Deutsch Amerikanischen Freundschaft* – Das Beste Von DAF (CD)". Discogs.com. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  37. ^ "Charts: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft". ultratop.be. Ultratop. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

Sources [edit]

  • Reynolds, Simon (Feb 2006). "18: Electric Dreams: Synthpop". Rip It Upward and Start Over again (paperback) (US ed.). Penguin Books. ISBN1-4295-2667-X.

External links [edit]

  • Robert Görl
  • Gabi Delgado

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch_Amerikanische_Freundschaft

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