#D.A.F. 1981

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FILE UNDER: LADIES OF THE ‘80s, POST-PUNK GIRLS, INDIE STYLE, INDIE GIRLS, '80s STYLE, VINTAGE FASHION, LIVE GIGS, NDW, ETC…

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Tina Schnekenburger of German electropunk/post-punk/Neue Deutsch Welle band D.A.F., a.k.a., DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT, playing a Marantz SP250 R/C deck, live at Hyde Park (Osnabrück, Germany), c. 1981. 📸: Gusbert Wegener, Wolf Dieter Lauenroth, Matthias Wirthwein, various.

MINI-OVERVIEW: “In the late '70s Tina Schnekenburger moved from Düsseldorf to London with D.A.F. (DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSCHAFT) and when the group shrank to the duo Gabi Delgado and Robert Görl she joined the band as a third member for their upcoming live gigs and tours operating the cassette deck on stage.”

Sources: Pixwox (@sceneinbetween), www.tinaschnekenburger.com/music, various, etc…

[magazine-hitori]

世界の音楽 — ドイツ

1) J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Early 18c)

2) J.S. Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 - 9. Schafe können sicher weiden (1713)

3) Telemann: Recorder Concerto in C, TWV 51:C1 - 4. Tempo di minuet (Early 18c)

4) Quantz: Flute Sonata in G, QV 1:105 - 3. Allegro (Mid 18c)

5) CPE Bach: Solfeggio, H 220 (1766)

6) Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, "Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto (1801)

7) Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 - 1. Allegro con brio (1808)

8) Spohr: Concertante for Violin and Harp in G, WoO - 2. Adagio (Early 19c)

9) Weber: Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79 (1821)

10) Schumann (C): 3 Romances, Op. 11 - 1. Andante (1839)

11) Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 - 4. Allegro ma non troppo (1842)

12) Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte V, Op. 62 - 6. Allegretto grazioso, "Frühlingslied" (1844)

13) Brahms: Ein deutsches Ftequiem, Op. 45 - 3. Her, lehre doch mich (1868)

14) Wagner. Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D – Act 3: Siegfried's Funeral March (1874)

15) Karg-Elert: 66 Choral-improvisationen, Op. 65 - Nun danket alle Gott (1908)

16) Comedian Harmonists / Creole Love Call (1930)

17) Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Alabama Song (1930)

18) Orff: Carmina Burana – O Fortuna (1937)

19) Marlene Dietrich / Lili Marleen (Lilli Marlene) (1945)

20) Strauss (R): Vier letzte Lieder, TV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot (1948)

21) Peter Alexander / Der mond hält seine wacht (1955)

22) Freddy Quinn / Heimweh (1956)

23) Karlheinz Stockhausen / Kontakte (1960)

24) Bert Kaempfert / Moon Over Naples (1964)

25) Horst Jankowski / A Walk in the Black Forest (1965)

26) Marion Maerz / Er ist wieder da (1965)

27) Alexandra / Zigeunerjunge (1967)

28) Nico / These Days (1968)

29) Wolfgang Dauner Quintet / Take Off Your Clothes to Feel the Setting Sun (1969)

30) Amon Düül II / Archangels Thunderbird (1970)

31) Lucifer's Friend / Ride the Sky (1970)

32) Ash Ra Tempel / Amboss (1971)

33) CAN / Mushroom (1971)

34) Juliane Werding / Am tag, als Conny Kramer starb (1971)

35) Faust / It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (1972)

36) Les Humphries Singers / Mexico (1972)

37) Neu! / Super (1973)

38) Wolf Biermann / Ermutigung (1974)

39) Bläck Fööss / Drink doch eine met (1974)

40) Cluster / Caramel (1974)

41) Udo Lindenberg & das Panik-Orchester / Cowboy Rocker (1974)

42) Tangerine Dream / Phaedra (1974)

43) Eberhard Weber / The Colours of Chloë (1974)

44) Popol Vuh / Aguirre I (L'acrime di rei) (1975)

45) Marianne Rosenberg / Ich bin wie du (1975)

46) Boney M. / Daddy Cool (1976)

47) Silver Convention / Get Up and Boogie (1976)

48) Kraftwerk / Trans-Europe Express (1977)

49) Hannes Wader / Die Moorsoldaten (1977)

50) Nina Hagen Band / Unbeschreiblich weiblich (1978)

51) Passport / Ataraxia, Part 2 (1978)

52) Dschinghis Khan / Dschinghis Khan (1979)

53) Karat / Albatros (1979)

54) Abwärts / Computerstaat (1980)

55) Fehlfarben / Ein jahr (Es geht voran) (1980)

56) Rheingold / Dreiklangsdimensionen (1980)

57) Weltklang / Veb Heimat (1980)

58) D.A.F. / Der Mussolini (1981)

59) Die Doraus und die Marinas / Fred vom Jupiter (1981)

60) Extrabreit / Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt (1981)

61) Palais Schaumburg / Wir bauen eine neue Stadt (1981)

62) Biermösl Blosn / Was braucht ma auf'm Bauerndorf (1982)

63) DöF / Codo (...düse im Sauseschritt) (1983)

64) Nena / 99 Luftballons (1983)

65) Trio / Herz ist trumpf (Dann rufst du an....) (1983)

66) Alphaville / Forever Young (1984)

67) Dissidenten / Fata Morgana (1984)

68) Hubert Kah / Engel 07 (1984)

69) Klaus Lage / 1000 und 1 nacht (Zoom!) (1984)

70) Moti Special / Cold Days, Hot Nights (1984)

71) Propaganda / Dr. Mabuse (1984)

72) Scorpions / Rock You Like a Hurricane (1984)

73) Einstürzende Neubauten / Halber Mensch (1985)

74) Heinz Rudolf Kunze / Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (1985)

75) Modern Talking / Cheri Cheri Lady (1985)

76) Camouflage / Love Is a Shield (1989)

77) Matthias Reim / Verdammt, ich lieb' dich (1990)

78) Jam & Spoon / Stella (1992)

79) Mouse on Mars / Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber (1995)

80) Blümchen / Boomerang (1996)

81) Die Sterne / Was hat Dich bloß so ruiniert (1996)

82) GAS / Zauberberg 1 (1997)

83) Wise Guys / Jetzt ist Sommer (2001)

84) Max Richter / November (2002)

85) Ulrich Schnauss / On My Own (2003)

86) Juli / Perfekte Welle (2004)

87) Rammstein / Mein Teil (2004)

88) Isolée / Schrapnell (2005)

89) Ayọ / Down on My Knees (2006)

90) Sibylle Baier / Forget About (2006)

91) Clueso / Gewinner (2009)

92) Hans Zimmer / Time (2010)

93) C418 / Sweden (2011)

94) Blawan / Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage (2012)

95) Helene Fischer / Atemlos durch die Nacht (2013)

96) Moderat / Bad Kingdom (2013)

97) Revolverheld / Ich lass für dich das Licht an (2013)

98) Andreas Bourani / Auf uns (2014)

99) Tocotronic / Electric Guitar (2018)

100) Nils Frahm / Because This Must Be (2021)

ドイツ人の音楽を150、200曲選ぶことは容易だ。しかしベートーヴェン、ブラームス、カン、クラフトワークといった大御所にマスターピースが集中し、中堅が意外に薄い。ボニーMや日本で人気の高かったアラベスクのような、ありふれた中庸ポップがもてはやされる傾向に��り、英仏伊に比べ人口の多さのわりに多様性に欠ける印象。

地方分権の根付いた連邦制であり、現在も世界一の移民受け入れ国。そうした風土において、総力戦のできる国民国家としての糾合を図る言葉は、ヒトラーやトランプの演説のような俗悪な扇動・大衆迎合に陥らざるをえないのかもしれない。

[vinylica]

D.A.F - Gold Une Liebe - 1981

Inimitable électro suintante et saccadée du duo qu'on est presque obligé d'écouter tout de cuir vétu !

Album produit par Conny Plank.

https://youtu.be/odAlgSnDZsk?feature=shared

[parure-d-insomnie]

D.A.F _____''Als wär's das letzte Mal'' (1981)______album 'Alles ist Gut'.

[postpunkindustrial]

Tina Schnekenburger / Die Krupps

Performing with The D.A.F.

1981 - DAF - Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Feuerwache, Mannheim 

[weimar-dancefloor]

Verschwende Deine Jugend by D.A.F. / Das Ist DAF / Groenland Records / 2017 / Germany

Original release Gold und Liebe (1981 , Virgin)

[surrealistnyc]

Just out from Ab irato, Un carnet d'excursion presents two collaborations between its three poet-artists: Jaques Abeille, and Anne-Marie and Jean-Pierre Guillon. The book opens with Abeille’s prose poem “Un carnet d’excursion” (“a travel notebook”) from the early 1970s accompanied by ink drawings by Anne-Marie Guillon from the same period. In the "Manuel de vitrier" (glazier's manual), Jacques Abeille and Jean-Pierre Guillon play a kind of telephone game in which one sends a drawing to the other to which the recipient replies with a drawing in turn and so on until they completed a suite of 14 pieces, a dialogue in images. [text in French]

Since little is available in English on the authors, below are a few notes:

Jacques Abeille introduced himself to the surrealist group in Paris through a response to the 1964 survey on erotic representations in La Brèche #7. In 1966, after meeting André and Georges Mimiague, he joined the brothers in founding the group Parapluycha in 1966 in Bourdeaux. He remained active after the dissolution of the Paris group, responding to Vincent Bounoure's 1969 enquête "Rien ou quoi?" and subsequently appearing in Gradiva, the Bulletin de Liaison Surréaliste (BLS), Surréalisme, Brumes Blondes, and Ce Qui Sera. His major work le Cycle des Contrées, a series of labyrinthine novels exploring imaginary lands, began with Le Jardin statuaire in 1982 and continued through seven more titles over the next 30 years. As Abeille notes, writing for him is a state of alienation that leads him by the thread of the pen. Alongside these works, Abeille published a number of erotic tales as Leo Berthe (who also appears as a character in the Cycle) and prior to that deployed Meville’s Bartleby as pseudonym for his poetic story La Crépusculaire (1971).

Anne-Marie Guillon created surrealist compositions in oils, ink, lace, and patterned seashells, appearing in the Bulletin de Liaison Surréaliste and elsewhere (four of which may be seen at the end of this post). Noting that while she admired the works of Toyen and Mimi Parent, Jean-Pierre wrote in BLS #9 that nothing was more pressing for her than to create A NEW POINT. She died in 1992.

In the early 1960s Jean-Pierre Guillon along with his friends Annie Le Brun and Hervé Delabarre contacted André Breton and the Paris group. Curiously like Abeille, he first published in La Brèche #7—a poem inspired by a phrase heard in a dream: “the men in the dream lived a hundred million years, each 20 years old: it was the wished-for age of Avalcanti during his 1629 voyage.” He continued to document his dream-life as poetic evidence, in 1996 gathering a selection in Les nuits du veilleur du nuit (“The nights of the night watchman”). After the dissolution of the Paris group, he aligned with Vincent Bounoure’s position, participating in BLS, Surréalisme, Phases, and later was regularly involved in S.U.R.R. At the same time he worked to save Maurice Fourré’s novels from oblivion (whose La nuit du Rose-Hôtel is a hermetic masterpiece) and with others founded L’Association des amis de Maurice Fourré. He also prized the paintings of Yves Tanguy to the point of translating Gordon Onslow Ford's essay "Yves Tanguy and Automatism" for publication in 2002 éditions de la Digitale. In 2011, a year before his death, Le Grognard gathered his biting, satirical polemics against public abuses of D.A.F. de Sade, André Breton, Benjamin Péret, and others in a convulsive issue well worth reading.

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Jacques Abeille's le Cycle des Contrees and other novels on fr.wikipedia.

Selected works by Jean-Pierre Guillon:

Château d’Os with collages by Albert Marencin (éditions Même et Autre, 1979)

Le Bourgeon-Corail, (chez l'auteur, 1981)

L’État second, (éditions du Fourneau, 1987)

Les nuits du veilleur de nuit, (La Maison de verre, 1996)

Le Grognard, #18, La Main dan le sac, (Éditions du Petit Pavé, 2011)

Anne-Marie Guillon's paintings and other works as published Bulletin de Liaison Surréaliste #9:

[c-40]

A-T-2 231 NME Cassettes 

There's a new book been published called Whatever Happened To The C86 Kids? (yawn!) C86 was a cassette put out by the New Musical Express in 1986, 5-years after the C81 cassette. To obtain the cassette you cut out and collected the tokens in the NME then sent them to an address with a small amount of cash and a stamped addressed envelope. The copy on the Facebook ad goes "C86 was the sound and ethos that defined a generation. It was arguably the point in which 'indie' was born. The responses to this are really entertaining and I completely agree with them

A common criticism of C86 is after it the term 'Indie' became synonymous with twee Jangle Pop by white kids, so it had a reductive effect and pushed out more interesting music that was also being released independently. What doesn't get mentioned is the enormous success of The Smiths, who release The Queen Is Dead in 1986, and how they contribute to 'indie' becoming shorthand for jangle pop. The NME was in love with The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead was voted NME's greatest album of all time. The Smiths label Rough Trade later released C86 as an LP

"Birth of Indie? First Indie chart was 1979. "Where's Captain Kirk?" by Spizzenergi was number 1.

Up to 86 or so it was a broad church of sounds and styles [...] am I the only one who thinks the term was misappropriated?"

People took offence at the claim it was the point at which indie was born, it's a misleading claim, it's the point 'indie' is understood to mean jangle pop was born

"It seemed to me it later became a term for a very narrow conservative style"

Something similar happened earlier in this year when in an interview for the Guardian he claimed to have accidentally invited trip-hop, Coldcut responded by pointing out he used to buy Ninja Tune records from them way before then... why let the facts get in the way of a story, especially if you're pedalling some product...

Another criticism is it wasn't as interesting or varied as the original C81 cassette which, astonishingly, came out in 1981 and covered a whole range of post-punk and new wave music, I've shared the some of the bands on here, Scritti Politti, The Beat, Cabaret Voltaire, D.A.F., Essential Logic...

"Never heard of it. I had C81 but was NME still even a credible paper in '86?"

"Why does C81 never get a mention?"

My microblog is called C40 in recognition of these two cassettes and as I'm focusing on music from this time period, 40-years-ago. I own C81 and C86 and much prefer C81... this blog is about variety and in that light why do none of the other NME cassettes get a mention?

Before I forget Simon Reynolds has written about C86 a lot, I kind of agree with his take here

C81 (Copy 001) was produced in conjunction with Rough Trade Records and features artists Rough Trade were distributing in the UK at the time but the NME released another cassette in 1981 called Dancin' Master (NME 001.) Dancin' Master was as varied as C81 but it also included two edited tracks from Sugar Hill records alongside the new wave, no wave, power pop, and reggae

1982, and that's what we're interested in here, Jive Wire (NME 002) carries on from the previous two cassettes moving away from post-punk as popular music was. Like the previous cassettes it's a mixture of exclusives and current releases from artists labels are trying to push

Dub mix of Thompson Twins' In The Name Of Love only found on Jive Wire, I think

Jive Wire has a brilliant tracklisting, Suicide, Gill Scott-Heron, Black Uhuru, The Gun Club, The Beat

NME 003 was a classic Stax Records compilation, by 1982 Stax wasn't releasing new music, owners of the Stax back catalogue Fantasy Records were repackaging and reissuing

Mighty Reel (NME 004) picks up from Jive Wire, Elvis Costello, Haircut 100, Kid Creole, Weekend, Brother "D" with Collective Effort, The Honeymoon Killers, BEF and Billy Mackenzie, Mari Wilson, King Sunny Ade, Ornette Coleman, Robert Wyatt, Virginia Astley, Rockers Revenge, Fun Boy Three, Liaisons Dangereuses, Cabaret Voltaire, Yello, and...

UB40 - Forget The Cost. Mickey Dread mix exclusive to this cassette. This mix is all about what we get after 3m50s. I wish there was a better recording of it uploaded to YouTube

Michael Smith - Trainer, produced by Dennis Bovell and Linton Kwesi Johnson

NME 005 was a 60s soul/funk/blues/jazz compilation in conjunction with Charly Records the big re-issue label

[freshnet]

On my @BBC6Music show tonight 20 Feb we have: 2100-2130 DAN LE SAC & SCROOBIUS PIP - Thou Shalt Always Kill @danlesac & @scroobiuspipyo MYTBE - Tall Tales @itmytbe JED TIMMS - Safe House @jedtimmsmusic CHERYM - Kisses On My Cards @cherymofficial THE GORSTEY LEA STREET CHOIR - Saint Marie @thegorsteyleastreetchoir SABIYHA - Lullaby @sabiyha_ GRASSCUT - Coprolite Tip @grasscutmusic GLENN MALTMAN - The Loneliness Of Space #glennmaltman 2130-2240 German Music Special curated by @miserable_martin... D.A.F. - Der Mussolini (1981) #DeutschAmerikanischeFreundschaft DAS DING AUSM SUMPF - Genau Du @dasdingausmsumpf SOPHIE HUNGER - Halluzinationen @SophieHunger ALL DIESE GEWALT - Andere @alldiesegewalt ANNA ERHARD - Short Cut @anna_erhard LABRASSBANDA - Danzn @labrassbandaofficial WEIN & HASCHISCH - Papa War Ein Model @weinundhaschisch SCHORL3 - Gib Mir Mehr @schorl3 MARIA BASEL - Wake Up Tired @maria.basel KAAK - Spiegelbild @wirsindkaak CHARLOTTE BRANDI, DIRK VON LOWTZOW - Wind @charlottebrandimusic THE SCREENSHOTS - Walter White Ist Tot @diescreenshots KLEE - Danke Nein @kleemusik BUNGALOW GANG - Zu Viel Ist Zu Viel @merykilic AUDIO88, YASSIN, BAZZAZIAN - Lauf @audio88yassin CULK - Jahre Später @culkmusic DIN MARTIN - Hooray @wearedinmartin 2240-2300 THE ANCHORESS - The Art Of Losing @theanchoressofficial MUSH - Hazmat Suits @hellomushband WE WANT YOU TO DANCE - Teenage Rebellion Calling @wewantyoutodance HALLAN - Hands Up @hallanband TEST CARD GIRL - Don't Go @testcardgirlmusic XADI feat DANIEL ADÉ - TapTap @Xadiboi 2300-0000 our After Hour: ANI DIFRANCO - Chloroform @anidifranco O ATLAS - Where Im Calling From #OAtlas CHLOË MARCH - All Things Good @chloejmarch KATE DIMBLEBY - Musical Boxes @katedimbleby ORPHANS & VANDALS - Terra Firma #OrphansAndVandals BEST BOY GRIP - Monster and Me @elmaorkestra PHANTOM LIMB - Good Fortune #PhantomLimbBand TROY FAID - Solus @troy_faid MISHAPED PEARLS - Fledgeling @MishapedPearls REVERE - The Escape Artist #revere RUSSELL JEANES - Simple Jayne @russelljeanes LAST MANGO IN PARIS - Kiss Your Teeth @lastmangoinparis1 RUINZ ASON X JFLAMES - Best Dressed @RuinzAson @JflamesOnDaBeat CAJITA - Dont Panic @thejchakravorty — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2ZBX6qk

[esoteric-synth]

Der Plan -- “Renate” -- from Normalette Surprise, 1981, on Ata Tak.

Der Plan is considered one of the pioneers of German new wave, or Neue Deutsche Welle. The group formed in 1979, and has included multiple members of D.A.F.

[paul-clarkson]

Music: 1981 Mix

My self-indulgent tour of the music of the early 80s continues.

1981 saw “rock” fully embracing new technologies: synthesizers, sampling and rap. Check out, for instance, the rapping Austrian…

These new technologies played a role in many transformational and evolutionary changes. Pete Shelley, lead singer for pioneering punk band The Buzzcocks, surprised everyone with the synth-led, danceable, transcendent “Homosapien”. The Human League evolved from a quirky experimental synth band to a pop band prominently featuring female vocalists. Track down “Circus of Death” on YouTube sometime if you want to hear how much a band can change in two years. The evolution of The Human League also spun off Heaven 17. New Order arose from the ashes of Joy Division like a Phoenix brandishing a sequencer. Robert Fripp decided, for Robert Fripp reasons, to start a new version of King Crimson after almost seven years of dormancy.

Then there’s Talking Heads, which spawned three separate projects in 1981. What I hear in these records is that David Byrne wanted to be Brian Eno, Jerry Harrison wanted to be David Byrne, and Tina Weymouth is an under-appreciated genius. 

Meanwhile, back in the USA, good old guitar/bass/drums rock ’n’ roll was alive and well. 1981 saw the first single from R.E.M. and first albums from Go-Go’s and The Replacements. In addition, Mission of Burma released the EP that would make them college radio station staples.

The 1981 mix, as well as my 1980 mix, is available here.

Part 1: Pull Up to the Bumper, Baby

01 You Can’t be Funky - Bush Tetras

02 Bustin’ Out - Material with Nona Hendryx

03 (We Don’t Need this) Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17

04 Der Mussolini - D.A.F.

05 Der Kommissar - Falco

06 The Jezebel Spirit - Brian Eno & David Byrne

07 Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club

08 Worlds in Collision - Jerry Harrison

09 This is Radio Clash - The Clash

10 Pull Up to the Bumper - Grace Jones

11 Don’t You Want Me - The Human League

12 Controversy - Prince

13 Everything’s Gone Green - New Order

14 Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell

15 The Art of Parties - Japan

Part 2: We are on Our Own and the Only Thing Known is Our Love

01 Takin’ a Ride - The Replacements

02 Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go’s

03 That’s When I Reach for My Revolver - Mission of Burma

04 Absolute Beginners - The Jam

05 Message of Love - The Pretenders

06 Homosapien - Pete Shelley

07 Discipline - King Crimson

08 Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.

09 Afterimage - Afterimage

10 We’re Desperate - X

11 Cheeseburger - Gang of Four

12 The Punch Line - Minutemen

13 Raindance - The Past Seven Days

14 Tickets are Free - Norman Salant

15 Tempted - Squeeze

16 Do Me Lover - Carlene Carter with Paul Carrack

17 From a Whisper to a Scream - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

18 Torchlight - Ellen Foley

19 Respectable Street - XTC

20 Safe as Houses - Stiff Little Fingers

21 Re - Dif Juz

[alamio]

willkommen-in-germany: D.A.F. - Der Der Räuber und der...

D.A.F. - Der Der Räuber und der Prinz

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft or D.A.F. is an influential German electropunk/industrial/NDW band from Düsseldorf. 

Albums: Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft (1979) - * Die Kleinen und die Bösen (1980, reissued 1990) - * Alles ist gut, (1981, reissued 1998) - * Gold und Liebe (1981, reissued 1998) - Für immer (1982, reissued 1998) - 1st Step to Heaven (1986) - Fünfzehn neue D.A.F-Lieder (2003) - Das Beste von DAF (2009)

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“Ich Und Die Wirklichkeit” de D.A.F., del disco “Alles ist Gut” (Electropunk / EBM / Neue Deutsche Welle, Alemania, 1981).

[airecoloroscuro]

“Alle Gegen Alle” de D.A.F., del disco “Alles ist Gut” (Electropunk / EBM, Alemania, 1981).