co co pina_baby_! ----- Original Message ----- From: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Anya Stang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: (313) DAF
> 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]>; <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
