Editing Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (section)

===Formation and early albums===
Görl came to Düsseldorf in August 1978 and met Delgado as both were regulars at punk club Ratinger Hof. Görl noted, "The earliest line up of DAF was Gabi and me in the basement of the Ratinger Hof. We created our basic ideas and we had a very strong will as a duo. Gabi Delgado played the [[stylophone]] and I played the drums." Several early Neue Deutsche Welle bands formed from this social group, and Görl and Delgado played with multiple other bands.<ref name=popshifter>{{cite web|url=http://popshifter.com/2009-03-30/disliking-influence-q-a-with-robert-gorl-of-daf/|title=Disliking Influence: Q & A with Robert Görl of DAF|first=Emily|last=Carney|work=Popshifter|date=30 March 2009|access-date=23 March 2014}}</ref> The first two D.A.F. albums featured the original four-piece line-up and a range of styles. Their first album, ''[[Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft]]'', was released in 1979 on Dahlke's Ata Tak label (then called Warning). The album was 22 improvised untitled instrumentals, Delgado having temporarily left the band at the time.

The band then moved to [[London]]. As Delgado later noted, "at that time if you wanted to do new music you’d go to London because that was the center, not Düsseldorf."<ref name=venia>{{cite web|url=http://venia-mag.net/interview/a-i/daf-deutsch-amerikanische-freundschaft/?langen|title=DAF – Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|work=Venia-Mag|first=Ivana|last=Sataić|date=11 September 2010|access-date=15 March 2014}}</ref> Daniel Miller signed DAF to [[Mute Records]] because "they weren’t relying on past rock traditions at all, which is the criterion of what goes on Mute."<ref name="Rip It Up, ch. 18">''Rip It Up'', ch. 18.</ref> DAF recorded ''[[Die Kleinen und die Bösen]]'' (The Small Ones and the Evil Ones) for Mute, one side studio and most of the other side live. According to the Trouser Press, ''Ein Produkt...'' featured "shrieking, colliding overdubbed synths and guitars" while ''Die Kleinen...'' presented a more polished sound "with anarchic synthesizer work slowly integrating a solid, defined beat."<ref name="trouser-press" />