On 22 Jun 2000, Brian MacDonald wrote
quoted 1 line I recently rediscovered DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSHAFT..> I recently rediscovered DEUTSCH AMERIKANISCHE FREUNDSHAFT..
and proceeded to wax very lyrical for quite a bit longer :-)
I don't know so much... I jumped on the Neue Deutsche Welle at the
time it happened and fully embraced DAF as my No. 1 Heroes.
However, the records have laid mouldering for ages and about a
year ago Wire Magazine stuck a free sampler CD on the front cover
(as they do from time to time) with a DAF track on it, and I was
*so* please to see it... only to be *so* disappointed on hearing it
again.
IMO they haven't aged well. In the intervening years there has been
so much progress in the way we create and process sound that their
music now sounds very dated (to me). I am also a huge Wire fan
and would certainly agree that Wire / Suidice / DAF etc. etc. all
played major roles in forging the way and laying down the
foundations to the music we are enjoying today, but however good
their ideas, they relied on equipment that was available to them in
their days.
Onward and upward !
I
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