wow! that's pretty damn impressive Anya! you deserve a standing ovation for your incredible knowledge of DAF! :^)
Dan Sicko's our resident historian, but you just may be the new heir to the throne! sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anya Stang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: Re: (313) TLA Overload > 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 > > >
