D.A.F – 1st Step To Heaven, Vinyl LP

Stripped down to the core duo of Robert Grl and Gabi Delgado and with Conny Plank again behind the boards with crisp, focused production, with Alles ist Gut (Everything Is Fine) DAF turned into an honest-to-goodness German hit machine.

Even more important and impressive was how they did it – keeping the electronic brutality that characterized them, but stripped down to nothing but Grls massive drumming, electronic bass and synth tones, and Delgado’s deep, commanding singing. The result was and remains massively influential. A must have for all fans of electronic music. -Groenland