DAF the older band... you mean "Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft"? Founding members in 1978 were Robert Görl, Gabi Delgado-Lopez, Kurt Dahlke, Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. They started using synthesizers as well as guitars etc. The man at the synth was Kurt Dahlke, who is perhaps better known as the Pyrolater of the band Der Plan. First DAF record 1979 iirc, titled "Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen- Freundschaft", was purely instrumental. The 2nd one, "Die Kleinen und die Bösen" (The Small and the Evil) was actually produced in Conny Planck's studio, and sounded very experimental and avant-garde. Dahlke had left the band by this time and Chrislo Haas was the new man at the synth, but he soon founded Liasions Dangereuses with Ex-Mania D.-band member Beate Bartel. Then D.A.F. shrunk to their final cast, Gabi (voc), Robert (dr) and their machines.... The German lyrics were very provocative. When "Für Immer" (For Ever) came out, D.A.F. had already disbanded, to the surprise of the fans, and their label Virgin, who wanted to bring D.A.F. to the US. That this didn't happen probably prevented them to sink into insignificance but so they still have a kind of cult status. With their mix of pounding rhythms and minimal sequences they influenced later styles like EBM and Techno, and bands like Front 242, Laibach and Nitzer Ebb. They never felt to be part of the what was called the Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) but they were marketed under this logo. In fact you could say D.A.F. showed NDW the way... That's all my brain can come up with right now... don't know the other 2 tla's you were asking about... Cheers,
Anya > From: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri 01/Nov/2002 17:51 GMT > To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > Subject: (313) TLA Overload > > Can anyone please provide background on the following? > > DFA the label (this one I know) > DFA the band > DAF the older band??? > > I assume all of these are unrelated? > > Tristan _______________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890
