''Die Kleinen und die Bösen'' (''The Small and the Evil'') is the second album by
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (; "German-American Friendship"), or D.A.F., is an influential German electropunk/Neue Deutsche Welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López (vocals), Robert Görl (drum ...
, released on 13 June 1980. It was the first album ever released on
Mute Records
Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...
.
Side A and the first track of side B are studio recordings produced by
Conny Plank
Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was invo ...
. The remainder of side B is a live recording from the
Electric Ballroom
The Electric Ballroom is a 1,500-capacity performance venue (primarily for rock bands) and indoor market located at 184 Camden High Street in Camden Town, London, England.
History
The Electric Ballroom started as an Irish ballroom in the 1930 ...
,
Camden Town
Camden Town (), often shortened to Camden, is a district of northwest London, England, north of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Camden, and identified in the London Plan as o ...
, London.
Personnel
For this album, the band was
Gabi Delgado-López
Gabriel Delgado-López (18 April 1958 – 22 March 2020), commonly known as Gabi Delgado, was a Spanish-born German composer, lyricist and producer, best known as singer and co-founder, with Robert Görl, of the German electronic band Deutsch Am ...
,
Robert Görl
Robert Görl (born 15 June 1955 in Munich) is a German musician, best known for his work with Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) and for his solo recordings, particularly ''Night Full Of Tension'' and "Darling Don't Leave Me" (together ...
,
Chrislo Haas
Christian Ludwig "Chrislo" Haas (16 November 1956 – 23 October 2004) was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle musician best known as a member of Liaisons Dangereuses and a founding member of Minus Delta t, D.A.F and Der Plan, and also as a memb ...
, Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans. Haas, Kemner and Spelmans left before D.A.F.'s breakthrough follow-up album, ''
Alles ist gut
''Alles ist gut'' (''Everything Is Fine'') is the third album by German electropunk band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. It was released in 1981 and was the band's first album on the Virgin Records label. It includes the hit single "Der Musso ...
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Reception
Despite the album's low sales, ''The Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
Guide to Electronica'' notes its influence: "it helped not merely in establishing the group's cachet, but the label's and, in turn, the whole genre of experimental electronic music in the '80s and beyond."[Ned Raggett]
"DAF."
''AllMusic Guide to Electronica: the definitive guide to electronic music'', p114. Vladimir Bogdanov, ed., 2001. Backbeat Books. . ''Trouser Press'' notes the band's movement from industrial noise toward modern dance: "Material is more polished, with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat." Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his professional career on the staff of ''Melody Maker'' in the mid-1980s. He has since gone on to freelance and publish a number of full-length books on music ...
, in '' Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984'', describes it as "brilliant and sinister".[
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Track listing
Side A:
#"Osten währt am längsten" 5:44
#"Essen, dann schlafen" 1:05
#"Co Co Pino" 3:25
#"Kinderfunk" 3:02
#"Nachtarbeit" 1:53
#"Ich gebe dir ein Stück von mir" 1:41
#"De Panne" 2:34
Side B:
#"Gewalt" 1:24
#"Gib's mir" 1:01
#"Auf Wiedersehen" 1:59
#"Das ist Liebe" 1:22
#"Was ist eine Welle" 1:15
#"Anzufassen und anzufassen" 1:44
#"Volkstanz" 0:47
#"Die lustigen Stiefel" 1:50
#"Die Kleinen und die Bösen" 1:05
#"Die fesche Lola" 1:41
#"El Basilon" 2:51
#"Y La Gracia" 2:05
References
External links
Robert Görl.de discography "Die Kleinen und die Bösen"
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1980 albums
Albums produced by Conny Plank
Mute Records albums
Live industrial rock albums
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft albums