DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT – DER MUSSOLINI 12″ – EXC+ UK INDIE INDUSTRIAL

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Der Mussolini
(Virgin Records  1981  VS418-12)
Matrix No’s: A3/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Very Good- condition
 – some wear to edges, ringwear and tear on front

Vinyl in Excellent+ condition
(there are quite a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
 

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃ ameʁiˈkaːnɪʃə ˈfʁɔʏntʃaft]) or D.A.F. is an influential German electropunk/NDW 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 by Chrislo Haas (electronic instruments, bass guitar, saxophone) in 1979.

D.A.F.’s most famous songs are “Kebab-Träume” and the grimly sarcastic “Der Mussolini” from the album “Alles ist gut”, a pulsing dance song. The lyrics “Dance the Mussolini, move your behind, clap your hands, and now the Adolf Hitler, and now the Jesus Christ”, caused a scandal.

In interviews they claimed to not target anything or anyone specific while creating lyrics to be taken as 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 sound of a particular word. A few months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq D.A.F. released “The Sheriff (An Anti-American Song)”.

The album “Alles ist gut” (Everything is fine) received the German “Schallplattenpreis” award by the “Deutsche Phono-Akademie”, an association of the German recording industry.

In 2007 DAF partially reformed under the name DAF.Partei with Thoralf Dietrich (from Jäger 90) replacing Gabi Delgado as lead singer.

In 2010 the band, consisting of Gabi Delgado-López and Robert Görl, returned with a new single ‘Du Bist DAF’, limited to 2010 copies. The sound snippet is available via Soundcloud.