By the time of Alles Ist Gut D.A.F. had figured out a new streamlined approach for their aggressive edge, reducing everything down to mostly percussion, synth bass, vocals both declamatory and murmuring and their own dry yet knowingly leering wit. The result was a stellar breakthrough for not only the Neue Deutsche Welle but for hard-edge dance music worldwide, with the brutal groove of songs like “Der Mussolini” and “Verlier’ nicht den Kopf” resulting in a German hit album and attention from an incipient generation of industrial/dance fans worldwide.

– Ned Raggett