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Postby newwavepopman » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:27 pm

What were these guys all about? I know that they were a German New Wave band,and have seen a ton of their albums around in the past,but never really got a chance to buy or listen to any of their albums.Did they have a similar style to Kraftwerk? And were all of their songs sung in German language,or did they also sing some songs in English too?

Can anyone please shed some light on this band if they can? Thank you.
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Postby Grunch » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:30 pm

Sort of a darker synth sound, german vocals. If I remember right, Robert Gorl came out of DAF and has a fine solo CD of synth stuff, in english, well worth having. Someone please edit if I am thinking of wrong band for Robert Gorl.
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Postby newwavepopman » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:35 pm

Thanks I know who Robert Gorl is.I had no idea that he was in DAF though.I have a solo 12 inch or an album by him.Good stuff.Or maybe it is an EP that I have by him.
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Postby yipyipcoyote » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:51 pm

The early stuff on Mute is aggressive macho industrial synth, which became an important influence on artists such as Nitzer Ebb and the whole EBM thing. Then around the mid-80's they went completely synth-pop with the album 'First Step to Heaven' (which i
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Postby devildog » Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:57 am

Robert Gorl was in DAF, as Grunch mentioned. I believe all of their albums are on CD now. Robert Gorl's solo cd " Night Full Of Tension" is definitely worth having and it is on cd. Annie Lennox guest appears on the album and sings backing vocals on "Da
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Postby Ollie Stench » Sat Sep 11, 2004 7:30 am

Early DAF material was very much in the "Neu Deutsche Welle" vein, really harsh minimalistic synth stuff. "Dance The Mousilini" is probably the best example of thier material from this era. I've got 3 of the albums and like them quite a bit, but I reall
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Postby EchoBeachBunnyBoy » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:12 pm

The Nitzer Ebb reference is a good description of DAF.
I always loved their classic tune "Brothers".
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