Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft “Für immer”

sfilzen — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:34:12 +0000

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft “Für immer” 1982. The album cover reminds me of that trend “tell me you’re 80’s euro-synthpop without saying you’re 80’s euro-synthpop” ie it’s dripping in electronic beep-boops, sparse drums (machine + real thing), though there is a mix of bright 80’s neon energy and dark industrial goth. We picked up Für immer last week in Berlin, I think at the weird 33rpm store. It was D.A.F.’s (translates as “German-American Friendship”) fifth LP; they formed in Düsseldorf in ’78, no doubt influenced by Kraftwerk. Their specific genre is described as Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) which feels a bit more industrial than most British or American new wave and artists in the NDW genre were big influences on the EBM movement. D.A.F. are also lumped in with the electropunk and art punk descriptions but this LP is, to me, synthpop/industrial; overall it’s not hypnotic enough to be EBM. Anyway, it’s great! The opener “Im Dschungel der Liebe” (“Jungle of Love”) is straight-up new wave/synthpop with delightful plink plunks to accent the bleep bloops. “Ein bisschen Krieg” (“A Little War”), the second track, does a sharp turn into industrial territory (this one does veer to EBM). One of my top tracks, “Verlieb dich in mich” (“Fall in Love with Me”) is 1000% Devo inspired, as is “Kebabträume” (“Kebab Dreams” – which is hilarious based on our continuous dreams of the Doner kebab we consumed in Berlin). “Prinzessin” (“Princess”) takes another dark turn, though this a bit more Cure-esque in its swirly late -night atmosphere.

I couldn’t find any live performances or videos from Für immer so here’s a contemporary video of “Liebe auf den ersten Blick” off their 1981 LP Gold und Liebe featuring most excellent 80’s style dancing.

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Trio “Trio – Mini LP”

sfilzen — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:55:23 +0000

Trio “Trio – Mini LP” 1982. Six tracks of minimalist new wave German synth-pop, including the hit song “Da Da Da I Don’t Love You You Don’t Love Me Aha Aha Aha” – the EP has the long version which is just a lot longer and even more repetitive than the original, which first appeared on their debut LP Trio in 1981. “Da Da Da” went to #33 on the US Dance chart and to #2 on the UK singles chart. The repetitiveness of that song (as well as several others on the EP) was intentional; Trio’s “main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord songs). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently…” (wiki) The other tracks that employ this formula on the EP are “Anna Let Me In Let Me Out” and “Energie” (which has an identical background beat as “Da Da Da” with a spoken-German introduction before layering over some tropical-flavored guitar effects and rather lo-fi bluesy English-language lyrics). The other three tracks that break from the monotony: “Broken Hearts For You and Me,” which is surprisingly straight-forward classic rock, “Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone,” which is a pretty great post-punk rocker, borderline gothic new wave in the vein of early The Cure, and “Ja Ja Ja” which is a breakneck psychobilly punk rocker, complete with hoots and hollers (with a German accent).

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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft “Für immer”

Trio “Trio – Mini LP”